System and method for aggregating sensor devices using a network

• US 20050097200A1
• Filed: 10/14/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Denning, Donald R. Jr., Ayer, Steven M., Avery, Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/684,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20050097200A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

Several sensors or other data collecting and transmitting devices may be made accessible to computers on a network by advertising their presence and establishing communications. This may be accomplished by using a standard network protocol and an aggregating device on the network. One such protocol is the Session Initiation Protocol. The sensor devices may be heterogeneous.

Claims

1. A method for network communication of sensor devices on a network comprising the steps of:

connecting a sensor device to a first network;

connecting an aggregating device to the first network; and

transmitting sensor information from the sensor device to the aggregating device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the sensor information is transmitted using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sensor device is an SIP user agent.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the aggregating device is an SIP server.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the sensor device is a physiology sensor device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

connecting a second sensor device to the first network; and

transmitting sensor information from the second sensor device to the aggregating device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the sensor devices are heterogeneous.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising connecting the aggregating device to a second network.

9. A method for network communication of sensor devices on a network comprising the steps of:

connecting a sensor device to an aggregating device;

connecting the aggregating device to the network; and

transmitting sensor information from the sensor device to the aggregating device.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the sensor information is transmitted using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the sensor device is an SIP user agent.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the aggregating device is an SIP server.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the sensor device is a physiology sensor device.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

connecting a second sensor device to the network; and

transmitting sensor information from the second sensor device to the aggregating device.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the sensor devices are heterogeneous.

16. A system for network communication of sensor devices on a network comprising:

an aggregating device connected to the network; and

means for connecting one or more sensor devices to the network such that respective sensor information is transmitted from each sensor device to the aggregating device.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the sensor information is transmitted using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

18. The system of claim 17 wherein each sensor device is a SIP user agents and the aggregating device is an SIP server.

19. The system of claim 16 wherein at least one of the sensor devices is a physiology sensor device.