OCCURRENCE DATA DETECTION AND STORAGE FOR MOTE NETWORKS

• US 20090282156A1
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tegreene, Clarence T., Jung, Edward K.Y.
• Granted Patent: US 8,275,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/005 Solid-state data loggers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems and processes for detecting and storing occurrence data using mote networks are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a computing component coupled with a data storage device and operable to receive data from one or more motes. Instructions on the data storage device configure the computing component to receive data from one or more motes into a received data set, receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, the representative feature including at least one recognizable pattern of at least one parameter in the data received from the one or more of the motes, select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding one of the representative features of the target-occurrence, and in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, automatically search the received data set for data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature using the selected pattern recognition criteria.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more motes, each mote being respectively operable to receive and communicate data related to at least one parameter;

a computing device operable to communicate with the one or more motes, the computing device having a processing unit coupled to a data storage device; and

one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to;

store an instance of data related to the at least one parameter from at least one mote of the one or more motes in a received data set in the data storage device;

receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence, the target-occurrence including at least one recognizable pattern of data received by at least one mote of the one or more motes related to the at least one parameter;

in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, search the received data set for data correlating to the target-occurrence; and

when received data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, store the correlated received data in a retained data storage.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more motes includes:

one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a parameter sensed by a sensor.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a parameter sensed by a sensor includes:

one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a parameter selected from a group consisting of optical, acoustic, pressure, temperature, thermal, acceleration, magnetic, biological, chemical, and motion.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a parameter sensed by a sensor includes:

one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a parameter related to at least one of infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more motes, each mote being respectively operable to receive and communicate data related to at least one parameter includes:

one or more motes operable to receive and communicate data related to a chronological sequence.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more motes, each mote being respectively operable to receive and communicate data related to at least one parameter includes:

one or more motes having a unique identifier.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more motes having a unique identifier includes:

one or more motes operable to communicate the unique identifier in an association with the received data related to the at least one parameter.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device further configure the computing device to:

delete the instance of data related to the received parameter from the received data set according to a deletion sequence.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence, the target-occurrence including at least one recognizable pattern of data received by at least one mote of the one or more motes related to the at least one parameter includes:

receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence, the target-occurrence including at least one recognizable pattern of data defining a feature of the target-occurrence.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein when received data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, store the correlated received data in a retained data storage includes:

store the correlated received data in a retained data storage in the data storage device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device further configure the computing device to:

store another instance of data related to the at least one parameter from at least one mote of the plurality of motes in a sensor data set in the data storage device;

search the sensor data set for data correlating to the target-occurrence; and

when sensor data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, store the correlated sensor data in a retained data storage.

12. An occurrence-data storage system, comprising:

a computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes, each mote operable to receive data representing a respective feature, and to communicate the received data to the computing device, the respective feature having a correlation to an occurrence; and

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to;

store received data from a first mote of the one or more distributed motes in a first receiver data set in the digital data storage device;

access selection data corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, the representative feature including at least one recognizable pattern of at least one parameter corresponding to the data received by one or more of the motes;

select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to one of the representative features of the target-occurrence;

in response to the accessing of selection data corresponding to the target-occurrence, search the first receiver data set for data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature using the selected pattern recognition criteria; and

when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, at least one of store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage or provide an indication of a discovered receiver data correlation.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, at least one of store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage or provide an indication of a discovered receiver data correlation includes:

when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage that is local to the first mote.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, at least one of store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage or provide an indication of a discovered receiver data correlation includes:

when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage that is local to the computing device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, at least one of store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage or provide an indication of a discovered receiver data correlation includes:

when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage that is a remote digital storage device.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, at least one of store the correlated receiver data in a retained data storage or provide an indication of a discovered receiver data correlation includes:

when receiver data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, store the correlated receiver data in a controlled-access data storage.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes includes:

a computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes over a communications link.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes over a communications link includes:

a computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes over a communications link that includes at least one of an optical link, a wireless link, or a wired link.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes over a communications link includes:

a computing device having a processing unit coupled to a digital data storage device and being operable to communicate with the one or more distributed motes over a communications link that includes an intermediate mote that relays a communication between one or more other motes and the computing device.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to access selection data corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, the representative feature including at least one recognizable pattern of at least one parameter corresponding to the data received by one or more of the motes includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to receive the target-occurrence from a program.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to receive the target-occurrence from a program includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to receive the target-occurrence from a program running on another computing device.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to one of the representative features of the target-occurrence includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to automatically select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to one of the representative features of the target-occurrence in response to a user selected target-occurrence.

23. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to one of the representative features of the target-occurrence includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to automatically select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to one of the representative features of the target-occurrence in response to a characteristic of a user selected target-occurrence.

24. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device further configure the computing device to:

delete the instance of data related to the received parameter from the first received data set according to a deletion sequence.

25. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device further configure the computing device to:

delete the instance of data related to the received parameter from the first received data set according to a deletion sequence, the deletion sequence having a substantially first-in, first-out order.

26. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to store received data from a first mote of the one or more distributed motes in a first receiver data set in the digital data storage device includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to store received data from a first mote of the one or more distributed motes in a first receiver data set in the digital data storage device that includes a multi-element data structure from which elements can be removed only in the same order in which the elements were inserted.

27. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to store received data from a first mote of the one or more distributed motes in a first receiver data set in the digital data storage device includes:

one or more instructions loaded on the digital data storage device that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the computing device to store received data from a first mote of the one or more distributed motes in a first receiver data set in the digital data storage device that includes a multi-element data structure from which elements can be removed based on factors other than order of insertion.

28. An occurrence-data storage system, comprising:

a computing component coupled with a data storage device and operable to receive data from one or more motes, the data representing a feature having a correlation to an occurrence; and

one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device that, when executed by the computing component, configure the computing component to;

receive data from one or more motes into a received data set;

receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, the representative feature including at least one recognizable pattern of at least one parameter in the data received from the one or more of the motes;

select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding one of the representative features of the target-occurrence; and

in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, automatically search the received data set for data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature using the selected pattern recognition criteria.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device further configure the computing component to:

when data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, store the correlated received data in a retained data storage.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the one or more instructions loaded on the data storage device further configure the computing component to:

delete the instance of data related to the received parameter from the received data set according to a deletion sequence.