Identifying and Generating Sensor and Actuator Cohorts
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of generating cohorts using sensor and actuator input data, the computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving a signal from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects;
responsive to a determination that the signal is in an analog format, converting the signal from the analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data;
processing the digital signal data to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes; and
generating a set of cohorts using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a cohort using sensor and actuator input data. A signal is received from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects. In response to a determination that the signal is in an analog format, the signal is converted from the analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data. The digital signal data is processed to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects. The digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes. A set of cohorts is generated using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of generating cohorts using sensor and actuator input data, the computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects; responsive to a determination that the signal is in an analog format, converting the signal from the analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data; processing the digital signal data to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes; and generating a set of cohorts using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for generating cohorts using sensor and actuator input data, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to receive a signal from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects; computer usable program code configured to convert the signal from an analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data in response to a determination that the signal is in the analog format; computer usable program code configured to process the digital signal data to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes; and computer usable program code configured to generate a set of cohorts using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a bus system; a communications system coupled to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code; and a processing unit coupled to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to receive a signal from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects;
convert the signal from an analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data in response to a determination that the signal is in the analog format;
process the digital signal data to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes; and
generate a set of cohorts using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A sensor and actuator cohort generation system comprising:
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a set of signal sensors, wherein the set of signal sensors comprises a microphone; and a data processing system, wherein the data processing system comprises; a signal analysis engine, wherein a sensor and actuator analysis engine receives a signal from a set of sensors and actuators associated with a set of objects;
converts the signal from an analog format into a digital format to form digital signal data in response to a determination that the signal is in the analog format; and
processes the digital signal data to identify sensor and actuator attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital signal data comprises metadata describing the identified sensor and actuator attributes; anda cohort generation engine, wherein the cohort generation engine generates a set of cohorts using the sensor and actuator attributes, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one sensor and actuator attribute in common. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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