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Dynamic information source management

  • US 20050144343A1
  • Filed: 12/09/2004
  • Published: 06/30/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Sensor management system for managing a utilisation of one or more sensors by a context source, whereby each sensor is made available by means of a sensor service providing a communication interface for the sensor to a direct link or a network link, the sensor management system having a context source interaction means for interacting with the context source including a reception of a request from the context source for one or more sensors, each of a defined characteristic, a sensor service discovery means for discovering a sensor service available by the direct link or the network link and for storing lookup information concerning the sensor services discovered, a sensor management service for determining from the sensor service discovery means the particular lookup information stored for the sensor service which provides access to the sensor of the characteristic requested by the context source and which is available by the direct link or the network link, and a sensor access object means for providing a specific query to the sensor service corresponding to the request received by the context source interaction means and the particular lookup information determined by the sensor management service.

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