PROCESSING COMMUNICATIONS VIA A SENSOR NETWORK

• US 20150031381A1
• Filed: 07/25/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: KOTECHA, Lalit R., Neisinger, Chris S., Draznin, Sagiv
• Granted Patent: US 9,467,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/452.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A first device may receive provisioning information for a second device; establish a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information; provide the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network; and receive a command instruction from a user device via a second network. The command instruction may relate to the data gathered or processed by the second device. The first network may be separate from the second network. The first device may communicate with the second device within the first network and independently of the second network to process the command instruction; form a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and provide the response to the command instruction towards the user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first device, provisioning information for a second device;

establishing, by the first device, a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information;

providing, by the first device, the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network;

receiving, by the first device, a command instruction from a user device via a second network,

the command instruction relating to the data gathered or processed by the second device,

the first network being separate from the second network;

communicating, by the first device, with the second device, within the first network and independently of the second network, to process the command instruction;

forming, by the first device, a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and

providing, by the first device, the response to the command instruction towards the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, where the first network is a sensor network local to the first device and the second device, and where the second network is a service provider network external to the sensor network.

3. The method of claim 1, where the command instruction includes an instruction to cause the second device to adjust a sensor device, capture an image via a camera device, trigger a switch, provide content, or provide an alert based on the occurrence of an event that is identified by the second device based on the data gathered or processed by the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, where the second device is a machine-to-machine device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authorizing the user device based on authorization information included in the command instruction,

where communicating with the second device to process the command instruction is based on authorizing the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the command instruction via a third device based on the third device authorizing the user device to access the second network to provide the command instruction,

where receiving the command instruction from the user device includes receiving the command instruction via the third device.

7. The method of claim 1, where the provisioning information includes provisioning information for a third device to gather data,

where providing the provisioning information to the second device causes the second device to establish a tunnel with the third device and process data gathered by the third device.

8. The method of claim 7, where providing the provisioning information to the second device further causes the second to device to determine that the second device is capable of processing data gathered by the third device and establish the tunnel based on determining that the second device is capable of processing data gathered by the third device.

9. A system comprising:

a first device to;

receive provisioning information for a second device,

the second device being associated with a machine-to-machine device;

establish a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information;

provide the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network;

receive a command instruction from a user device via a second network,

the command instruction relating to the data gathered or processed by the second device,

the first network being separate from the second network;

communicate with the second device within the first network and independently of the second network to process the command instruction;

form a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and

provide the response to the command instruction towards the user device.

10. The system of claim 9, where the first network is a sensor network local to the first device and the second device, and where the second network is a service provider network external to the sensor network.

11. The system of claim 9, where the command instruction includes an instruction to cause the second device to adjust a sensor device, capture an image via a camera device, trigger a switch, provide an alert, or provide content based on the occurrence of an event that is identified by the second device based on the data gathered or processed by the second device.

12. The system of claim 9, where the first device is further to:

authorize the user device based on authorization information included in the command instruction,

where when communicating with the second device to process the command instruction, the first device is further to communicate with the second device to process the command instruction based on authorizing the user device.

13. The system of claim 9, where the first device is further to:

receive the command instruction via a third device based on the third device authorizing the user device to access the second network to provide the command instruction,

where when receiving the command instruction from the user device, the first device is further to receive the command instruction from the user device via the third device.

14. The system of claim 9, where the provisioning information includes provisioning information for a third device to gather data,

where when providing the provisioning information to the second device, the first device is further to provide the provisioning information to cause the second device to establish a tunnel with the third device and process data gathered by the third device.

15. A computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive provisioning information for a second device;

establish a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information;

provide the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network;

receive a command instruction from a user device via a second network,

the command instruction relating to the data gathered or processed by the second device,

the first network being separate from the second network;

authorize the user device based on authorization information included in the command instruction;

communicate with the second device within the first network and independently of the second network to process the command instruction based on authorizing the user device;

form a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and

provide the response to the command instruction towards the user device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the first network is a sensor network local to the first device and the second device, and where the second network is a service provider network external to the sensor network.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the command instruction includes an instruction to cause the second device to adjust a sensor device, capture an image via a camera device, trigger a switch, provide an alert, or provide content based on the occurrence of an event that is identified by the second device based on the data gathered or processed by the second device.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the second device is associated with a machine-to-machine device.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive the command instruction via a third device based on the third device authorizing the user device to access second network to provide the command instruction,

where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to receive the command instruction from the user device, further cause the one or more processors to receive the command instruction from the user device via the third device.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the provisioning information includes provisioning information for a third device to gather data,

where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to provide the provisioning information to the second device, further cause the one or more processors to provide the provisioning information to cause the second device to establish a tunnel with the third device and process data gathered by the third device.