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Systems and methods for the flexible access and management of monitoring applications in a network of moving things including, for example, autonomous vehicles

  • US 10,321,291 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2017
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing a plurality of software applications comprising a first software application and a second software application that are configured to perform, on a node of a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, monitoring of various aspects of operation of the node and the network, the method comprising:

  • determining a current operating context of the node using information sources communicatively coupled to the node and data representative of one or more types of context in which the node is operable, wherein the current operating context comprises a current physical location and a direction of travel of the node;

    adjusting a respective mode of operation of each of the plurality of software applications, each respective mode of operation corresponding to a particular usage level of at least one node resource comprising one or both of data storage capacity and monitoring sampling period, according to the determined current operating context; and

    requiring the first software application running on the node in a respective first mode of operation to limit usage of at least one resource of the node, based on execution of the second software application on the node in a respective second mode of operation, according to the determined current operating context and a respective application type assigned to the first software application and the second software application.

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