CUSTOMIZING DISTRIBUTION OF DATA FROM A SENSOR NETWORK DATA

• US 20130159454A1
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hunter, James M., Milazzo, Cedar, Williams, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US13/328,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159454A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

Distribution of data captured from a location by a sensor network based on selected distribution settings is disclosed. Data describing usage of one or more items at a location is received from a sensor network associated with the location. A sensor data distribution setting identifying a subset of the data from the sensor network and identifying a server associated with the subset is received. Responsive to the sensor data distribution setting, the subset of data is transmitted to the server associated with the subset without transmitting data from the sensor network data not included in the subset.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a sensor network, data describing usage of one or more items at a location associated with the sensor network;

receiving a sensor data distribution setting identifying a subset of the data from the sensor network data and a server associated with the subset; and

responsive to the sensor data distribution setting, transmitting the subset of data to the server associated with the subset without transmitting data from the sensor network data not included in the subset.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured from one or more sensors associated with a first metatag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured from one or more sensors included in a region of the location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured by the sensor network between a first time and a second time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured from a specified type of sensor included in the sensor network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving content from the server responsive to the server receiving the subset of data; and

transmitting the content to a client device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein responsive to the server receiving the subset of data comprises:

responsive to the subset of data including data associated with one or more attributes identified by the server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the subset of data to the server associated with the subset without transmitting data from the sensor network data not included in the subset comprises:

selecting sensor network data having an attribute matching an attribute included in the sensor data distribution setting; and

transmitting the sensor network data having the attribute matching the attribute included in the sensor data distribution setting to the server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the attributes comprise at least one metatag.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises a value generated from applying a rule to data captured by a plurality of sensors in the sensor network.

11. A system comprising:

a sensor network associated with a location and with an account, the sensor network capturing data describing usage of one or more items at the location; and

a sensor data distribution server coupled to the sensor network, the sensor data distribution server configured to receive data describing usage of one or more items at the location from the sensor network and to select a subset of the data from the sensor network data based on a sensor data distribution setting and to transmit the subset of the data from the sensor network data to a server identified by the sensor data distribution setting without transmitting data from the sensor network data not in the subset.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the sensor data distribution server is further configured to receive content from the server responsive to the server receiving the subset of data.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a client device coupled to the sensor data distribution server, the client device configured to receive the content.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the content received from the server is proportional to the amount of data in the subset of the data from the sensor network.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein responsive to the server receiving the subset of data comprises:

responsive to the subset of data including data associated with one or more attributes identified by the server.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the content received from the server includes an indication of additional content data for transmission by the server responsive to the server receiving additional sensor network data.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a client device coupled to the sensor data distribution server, the client device configured to select the sensor data distribution setting and to transmit the sensor data distribution setting to the sensor data distribution server.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured from one or more sensors associated with a first metatag.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the subset of the data from the sensor network data comprises data captured by the sensor network between a first time and a second time.

20. A method comprising:

selecting a sensor identifier associated with a sensor included in a sensor network associated with a location;

associating a server with the sensor identifier;

generating a sensor data distribution setting including the sensor identifier and the server; and

transmitting the sensor data distribution setting to a sensor data distribution server, the sensor data distribution server identifying a subset of data from the sensor network based on the sensor data distribution setting.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein generating the sensor data distribution setting including the sensor identifier and the server comprises:

selecting a first time and a second time associated with the sensor identifier, where data captured by the sensor associated with the sensor identifier between the first time and the second time is associated with the server.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein generating the sensor data distribution setting including the sensor identifier and the server comprises:

selecting a frequency of transmission associated with the sensor identifier, the time interval describing a frequency with which data captured by the sensor identifier is transmitted to the server.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein selecting the sensor identifier associated with the sensor included in the sensor network associated with the location comprises:

selecting one or more sensors associated with a first metatag.