Mote servicing

• US 20110057793A1
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
• 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: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,132,059 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

One aspect can include determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced, and determining at least partially using the at least one mote device that is operationally located within a mote network is not meeting a goal of the at least one mote device with respect to the mote network and should be serviced. Another aspect can include determining that at least one mote device should undergo routine servicing and configuring the at least one mote device to indicate the at least one mote device should undergo the routine servicing.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced; and

indicating, using a shape of the at least one mote device, that the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially in response to the determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining at least partially using the at least one mote device that is operationally located within a mote network is not meeting a goal of the at least one mote device with respect to the mote network and should be serviced.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be reconfigured.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be discarded.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be collected.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be replaced.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be repaired in situ.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be recharged.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be operationally transferred from a first mote network to a second mote network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device does not have access to a sufficient power to operate properly and should be serviced.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that a battery that provides power to the at least one mote device does not provide a sufficient power to the at least one mote device for the at least one mote device to operate properly, and should be serviced.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that the at least one mote device does not have adequate data storage capabilities to operate properly, and should be serviced.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced comprises:

determining that a computation time of the at least one mote device exceeds a prescribed duration, and should be serviced.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a status indicator operationally associated with the at least one mote device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a shape of the at least one mote device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a position of the at least one mote device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a change in conformation of the at least one mote device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a change in color of the at least one mote device.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a light signal of the at least one mote device.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using an auditory signal of the at least one mote device.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially using a vibration of the at least one mote device.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced using at least one chemical tag or at least one fluorescent tag.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced to at least one other mote device.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced to a servicing device.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced comprises:

indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced to a controller device.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing at least one parameter using the at least one mote device.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

actuating at least a portion of at least one other device using the at least one mote device.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an image at least partially using the at least one mote device.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a sensed condition of the at least one mote device.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a sensed error condition of the at least one mote device.

31. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a sensed diagnostic test failure of the at least one mote device.

32-71. -71. (canceled)

72. A method, comprising:

determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced; and

at least partially in response to the determining, indicating the at least one mote device is to be serviced, including the at least one mote device at least partially displacing itself.

73. One or more non-transitory media bearing device-readable instructions that, when executed, perform a process comprising:

determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced; and

indicating, using a shape of the at least one mote device, that the at least one mote device is to be serviced at least partially in response to the determining that the at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced.