System, method and apparatus for enabling a shared infrastructure

• US 10,171,972 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Senseware, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Senseware, Inc.
• Inventors: Stamatakis, Julien G., Al-Momen, Serene
• Primary Examiner(s): Mirza, Adnan M
• Application Number:
  US15/803,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20180077223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
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Abstract

Parties having different responsibilities and interests at a monitored location can be given a partial view of the totality of the sensor channels of data generated by the various sensors installed at the monitored location. The partial views deliver customized sets of data streams to customers. The selective distribution of sensor information accommodates the divergent interests and needs of parties responsible for tracking the various characteristics of a monitored location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a host system from a configuration station via an electronic network, a first selection of a first plurality of sensors for association with a first transmission destination, and a second selection of a second plurality of sensors for association with a second transmission destination, the first plurality of sensors contained in a first set of wireless sensor nodes installed at a monitored location and the second plurality of sensors contained in a second set of wireless sensor nodes installed at the monitored location, the first set of wireless sensor nodes and the second set of wireless sensor nodes forming a single wireless network that communicates with the host system via a gateway device, wherein sensor information based on measurements by the first plurality of sensors and by the second plurality of sensors is transmitted to the gateway device via wireless communication for forwarding to the host system;

storing, by the host system, a first association between the first plurality of sensors and the first transmission destination, and a second association between the second plurality of sensors and the second transmission destination; and

based on the first association and the second association, transmitting, by the host system, first sensor information generated by measurements from the first plurality of sensors to the first transmission destination and transmitting, by the host system, second sensor information generated by measurements from the second plurality of sensors to the second transmission destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the first plurality of sensors and one of the second plurality of sensors are contained in the same wireless sensor node.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the first plurality of sensors is contained in a first sensor module unit and one of the second plurality of sensors is contained in a second sensor module unit, the first sensor module unit and the second sensor module unit physically attached to the same wireless sensor node.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of sensors is installed in a first physical part of the monitored location and the second plurality of sensors is installed in a second physical part of the monitored location, the first physical part different from the second physical part.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first physical part is controlled by a first party and the second physical part is controlled by a second party.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of sensors is associated with a first logical part of the monitored location and the second plurality of sensors is associated with a second logical part of the monitored location, the first logical part different from the second logical part.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first logical part is a responsibility of a first party and the second logical part is a responsibility of a second party.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission destination and the second transmission destination are different websites.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitored location is a building.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitored location is a property area.

11. A method, comprising:

displaying, by a configuration device, a first plurality of user interface elements associated with a first plurality of sensors contained in a first wireless sensor node installed at a monitored location;

displaying, by the configuration device, a second plurality of user interface elements associated with a second plurality of sensors contained in a second wireless sensor node installed at the monitored location, the first wireless sensor node and the second wireless sensor node forming a single wireless network with a gateway device, the gateway device having a wide area network connection with a host system remote from the monitored location, wherein sensor data based on measurements by the first plurality of sensors and by the second plurality of sensors is transmitted to the gateway device via wireless communication for forwarding to the host system;

receiving, by the configuration device, a first selection of one or more of the first plurality of sensors based on interaction by a user with the first plurality of user interface elements for association with a first transmission destination;

receiving, by the configuration device, a second selection of one or more of the second plurality of sensors based on interaction by the user with the second plurality of user interface elements for association with a second transmission destination; and

transmitting, by the configuration device to the host system, first configuration information based on the first selection of one or more of the first plurality of sensors, and second configuration information based on the second selection of the one or more of the second plurality of sensors, the transmitted first configuration information and transmitted second configuration information controlling the host system in determining a transmission destination for sensor information received from sensors at the monitored location.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the first plurality of sensors and one of the second plurality of sensors are contained in the same wireless sensor node.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the first plurality of sensors is contained in a first sensor module unit and one of the second plurality of sensors is contained in a second sensor module unit, the first sensor module unit and the second sensor module unit physically attached to the same wireless sensor node.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of sensors is installed in a first physical part of the monitored location and the second plurality of sensors is installed in a second physical part of the monitored location, the first physical part different from the second physical part.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first physical part is owned or leased by a first party and the second physical part is owned or leased by a second party.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the first selection of one or more of the first plurality of sensors is associated with a first logical part of the monitored location and the second selection of one or more of the second plurality of sensors is associated with a second logical part of the monitored location, the first logical part different from the second logical part.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first logical part is a responsibility of a first party and the second logical part is a responsibility of a second party.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first transmission destination and the second transmission destination are different websites.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the monitored location is a building.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the monitored location is a property area.