METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENSORS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one sensor to produce sensor data;
monitor logic to;
detect a sensor event based at least in part on the sensor data; and
generate a multimedia message in response to detection of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and an image; and
a communication module to wirelessly communicate with a messaging system to cause transmission of the multimedia message through a cellular network or a wireless local area network.
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Abstract
Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.
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8 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one sensor to produce sensor data; monitor logic to; detect a sensor event based at least in part on the sensor data; and generate a multimedia message in response to detection of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and an image; and a communication module to wirelessly communicate with a messaging system to cause transmission of the multimedia message through a cellular network or a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
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generating sensor data via at least one sensor of a system; detecting a sensor event based at least in part on the sensor data; generating a multimedia message in response to the detecting of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and an image; and communicating with a messaging system to transmit the multimedia message through a cellular network or a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. At least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a system, cause the system to:
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detect a sensor event based at least in part on the sensor data generated by at least one sensor of the system; generate a multimedia message in response to detection of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and an image; and communicate with a messaging system to cause transmission of the multimedia message through a cellular network or a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system comprising:
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at least one sensor; means for detecting a sensor event based at least in part on the sensor data; means for generating a multimedia message in response to the detecting of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and an image; and means for communicating with a messaging system to transmit the multimedia message through a cellular network or a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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