Using federated mote-associated indexes

• US 20060064402A1
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TriPlay Incorporated
• Original Assignee: TriPlay Incorporated
• Inventors: Tegreene, Clarence T., Jung, Edward K. Y.
• Application Number:
  US10/900,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064402A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems and related methods utilizing one or more mote-related content logs.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task;

searching at least one federated index in response to said accepted input; and

presenting an indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

accepting a visual-task input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

accepting at least one of an infrared-task input or a temperature-task input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

accepting a pressure-task input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

accepting a sonic-task input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one federated index further comprises:

searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index further comprises:

searching at least one of a first-administered mote-addressed content index, a first-administered multi-mote content index, or a first-administered aggregation of content indexes.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index further comprises:

searching at least one of a second-administered mote-addressed content index, a second-administered multi-mote content index, or a second-administered aggregation of content indexes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one federated index further comprises:

searching a time series of at least two federated indexes.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one federated index further comprises:

searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index further comprises:

searching a time series of at least two multi-mote indexes, the time series including the at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one federated index further comprises:

searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

searching a time series of at least two aggregations of content indexes, the time series including the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

searching at least one mote-addressed content index of the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein said searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to electrical circuitry configurable to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to electrical circuitry configurable to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to a processor configurable by a computer program to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

presenting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task through a graphical user interface.

19. A system comprising:

means for accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task;

means for searching at least one federated index responsive to said means for accepting input; and

means for presenting an indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for accepting a visual-task input.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for accepting at least one of an infrared-task input or a temperature-task input.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for accepting a pressure-task input.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for accepting a sonic-task input.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for searching at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index further comprises:

means for searching at least one of a first-administered mote-addressed content index, a first-administered multi-mote content index, or a first-administered aggregation of content indexes.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein said means for searching a federated index having at least one first-administered content index and at least one second-administered content index further comprises:

means for searching at least one of a second-administered mote-addressed content index, a second-administered multi-mote content index, or a second-administered aggregation of content indexes.

27. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for searching at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching a time series of at least two federated indexes.

28. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for searching at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein said means for searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching a time series of at least two multi-mote indexes, the time series including the at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one federated index.

30. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for searching at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching a time series of at least two aggregations of content indexes, the time series including the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching at least one mote-addressed content index of the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for searching at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching at least one multi-mote content index of the at least one aggregation of content indexes, wherein the at least one aggregation of content indexes forms a part of the at least one federated index.

34. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for presenting an indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to electrical circuitry configurable to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein said means for transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to electrical circuitry configurable to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for transmitting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task to a processor configurable by a computer program to utilize the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task.

36. The system of claim 19, wherein said means for presenting an indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task further comprises:

means for presenting the indication of motes appropriate to the mote-appropriate network task through a graphical user interface.

37. A method comprising:

loading at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

searching the loaded at least one federated index in response to said input.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein said loading at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

loading the at least one federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein said searching the loaded at least one federated index further comprises:

searching the loaded at least one federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

40. A system comprising:

means for loading at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

means for accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

means for searching the loaded at least one federated index responsive to said means for accepting input.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein said means for loading at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

means for loading the at least one federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein said means for searching the loaded at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching the loaded at least one federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

43. A method comprising:

loading at least one mote-addressed content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

searching the loaded at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index in response to said input.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein said loading at least one mote-addressed content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

loading the at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

45. The method of claim 43, wherein said searching the loaded at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index further comprises:

searching the at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

46. A system comprising:

means for loading at least one mote-addressed content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

means for accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

means for searching the loaded at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index responsive to said means for accepting input.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein said means for loading at least one mote-addressed content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

means for loading the at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

48. The system of claim 46, wherein said means for searching the loaded at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index further comprises:

means for searching the at least one mote-addressed content index of the federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

49. A method comprising:

loading at least one multi-mote content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index in response to said input.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein said loading at least one multi-mote content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

loading the at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

51. The method of claim 49, wherein said searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index further comprises:

searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

52. A system comprising:

means for loading at least one multi-mote content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

means for accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

means for searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index responsive to said means for accepting input.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein said means for loading at least one multi-mote content index of a federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

means for loading the at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

54. The system of claim 52, wherein said means for searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index further comprises:

means for searching the loaded at least one multi-mote content index of the federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

55. A method comprising:

loading at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index in response to said input.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein said loading at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

loading the at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

57. The method of claim 55, wherein said searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

58. A system comprising:

means for loading at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network;

means for accepting input defining a task of the mote-appropriate network; and

means for searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index, responsive to said means for accepting input.

59. The system of claim 58, wherein said means for loading at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of at least one federated index to a computer system external to a mote-appropriate network further comprises:

means for loading the at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index to at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.

60. The system of claim 58, wherein said means for searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index further comprises:

means for searching the loaded at least one aggregation of content indexes wherein the at least one aggregation forms a part of the at least one federated index via at least one of a notebook computer system, a minicomputer system, a server computer system, or a mainframe computer system.