Emergent Information Database Management System

• US 20090045948A1
• Filed: 08/14/2007
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Miller, Landon C. G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,710,259 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms

Abstract

A method for recreating known emergent information comprises initially storing data in a database. Multiple data patterns, which are based on known emergent information, are developed. These multiple data patterns are ranked according to each data pattern'"'"'s historic accuracy in creating the known emergent information. The data is applied to a highest-ranked data pattern to recreate the known emergent information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the data bus; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for recreating known emergent information by performing the steps of;

storing initial data in a database;

developing multiple data patterns that are based on the stored initial data, wherein each data pattern is based on a creation of specific data of specific data types within a predefined time limit;

ranking multiple data patterns according to each data pattern'"'"'s historic accuracy in creating a known emergent information;

applying newly received data to a highest-ranked data pattern to recreate the known emergent information;

performing a response to address the emergent information, wherein the initial data is received from an array of sensors in an array location, and wherein the array location is on a water coastline, and wherein the array of sensors comprises a weather sensor, a thermal sensor, a video camera, a radar system, and an audio sensor, and wherein the known emergent information is initially created by;

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal;

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors, and wherein the relationship rule defines how each sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with other sensors in the array of sensors;

activating the array of sensors, wherein each sensor in the array of sensors comprises multiple different trigger rules to be used in a creation of different emergent information; and

in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals;

a local controller at the array location, wherein the response to address the emergent information is performed by the local controller at the array location using a consolidation of trigger rules from the array of sensors; and

updating, from a remote controller, the trigger rule and the relationship rule in each sensor in the array of sensors.

2. A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the data bus; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for recreating known emergent information by performing the steps of;

storing initial data in a database;

developing multiple data patterns that are based on the stored initial data, wherein each data pattern is based on a creation of specific data of specific data types within a predefined time limit;

ranking multiple data patterns according to each data pattern'"'"'s historic accuracy in creating a known emergent information;

applying newly received data to a highest-ranked data pattern to recreate the known emergent information; and

performing a response to address the emergent information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data is received from an array of sensors in an array location, and wherein the known emergent information is initially created by the instructions being further configured for:

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal;

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors;

activating the array of sensors; and

in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the local controller is composed of only the sensors, and wherein the local controller responds to the emergent information by using a consolidation of trigger rules from the array of sensors.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein each sensor in the array of sensors comprises multiple different trigger rules to be used in a creation of different emergent information.

6. A computer-readable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for recreating emergent information by performing the steps of:

storing initial data in a database;

developing multiple data patterns that are based on the stored initial data, wherein each data pattern is based on a creation of specific data of specific data types within a predefined time limit;

ranking multiple data patterns according to each data pattern'"'"'s historic accuracy in creating a known emergent information;

applying newly received data to a highest-ranked data pattern to recreate the known emergent information; and

performing a response to address the emergent information.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the data is received from an array of sensors in an array location, and wherein the known emergent information is initially created by the instructions being further configured for:

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal;

programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors;

activating the array of sensors; and

in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the array location is a well, and wherein the array of sensors comprises a pressure sensor and a heat sensor coupled to a downhole drill bit.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the response to address the emergent information is performed by a local controller at the array location using a consolidation of trigger rules from the array of sensors.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the relationship rule defines how each sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with other sensors in the array of sensors.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the relationship rule defines which sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with a remote controller for the array of sensors.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the computer-usable medium is a component of a remote server, and wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a supervisory computer from the remote server.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the computer executable instructions are capable of being provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.