INFORMATION MODELING FOR THE FUTURE INTERNET OF THINGS

• US 20160006815A1
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IOT Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dong, Lijun, Wang, Chonggang, Seed, Dale N.
• Application Number:
  US14/768,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus for communication between multiple entities in an Internet of Things (IoT) are described herein. The method comprises receiving a first information wherein the first information comprises a first instance of a category of information, wherein the first instance comprises a field which relates to a second instance of a category of information, and wherein the first instance and second instance are each selected from the group consisting of an IoT content category; an IoT context category; an IoT policy category; an IoT decision category; an IoT event category; an IoT discovery category; and an IoT descriptor category.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A method of an Internet of Things (IoT) communication, the method comprising:

receiving, by an IoT entity, a first information over a communications medium;

wherein the first information comprises a first instance of a category of information, the category of information selected from a first group comprising content, context, policy, decision, event, discovery, and descriptor, the first information comprising an indicator of the category of information; and

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processing, by the IoT entity, the first information based on the category of information.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises at least one of a first field associated with a second instance of the category of information or a second field comprising a pointer to a resource.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first instance and the second instance further comprise a shared field.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises a content category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a statistic associated with an access frequency of the first information, and

a location of the first information.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance comprises a context category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a rule for deriving the first information,

a statistic associated with an access frequency of the first information, and

a location of the first information.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises a policy category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a purpose of the first information,

an entity affected by the first information,

a condition for processing the first information,

a decision that is made when the condition is satisfied, and

a reference from which at least a part of the information is derived.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises a decision category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a purpose of the first information,

a trigger for processing the first information,

an executor designated to process the first information,

a recipient, other than the executor, designated to receive a notification associated with processing of the first information,

an entity affected by the first information, and

an action to be taken by the recipient.

30. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises an event category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

an entity affected by the first information,

a location at which an event associated with the first information occurs,

a first time at which the event associated with the first information occurs, and

a second time during which the event associated with the first information occurs.

31. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises a discovery category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a first identity of information associated with sought information,

a type of information sought,

a second identity of an entity seeking information,

a time at which a discovery query is made,

a location from where the discovery query is made,

a keyword associated with sought information, and

a third identity of an entity that replies to the discovery query.

32. The method of claim 23, wherein the first instance further comprises a descriptor category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

an identity of an entity associated with the first information,

a type of the first information, and

a list comprising identity information for at least one item associated with the entity, the at least one item being selected from a third group comprising an application, a service, a capability, a functionality, a content, a context, a policy, a decision, an event, a discovery, a descriptor, and an interface.

33. A method of an Internet of Things (IoT) communication, the method comprising:

generating, via an IoT entity, a first information comprising a first instance of a category of information according to which the first information is processed, the category of information selected from a first group comprising content, context, policy, decision, event, discovery, and descriptor, the first information comprising an indicator of the category of information; and

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transmitting the first information over a communications medium.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises at least one of a first field that relates to a second instance of a category of information or a second field comprising a pointer to a resource.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the first instance and the second instance further comprise a shared field.

36. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises a content category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a statistic associated with an access frequency of the first information, and

a location of the first information.

37. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises a context category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a rule for deriving the first information,

a statistic associated with an access frequency of the first information, and

a location of the first information.

38. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance comprises a policy category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a purpose of the first information,

an entity affected by the first information,

a condition for processing the first information,

a decision that is made when the condition is satisfied, and

a reference from which at least a part of the information is derived.

39. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance comprises a decision category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a purpose of the first information,

a trigger for processing the first information,

an executor designated to process the first information,

a recipient, other than the executor, designated to receive a notification associated with processing of the first information,

an entity affected by the first information, and

an action to be taken by the recipient.

40. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises an event category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

an entity affected by the first information,

a location at which an event associated with the first information occurs,

a first time at which the event associated with the first information occurs, and

a second time during which the event associated with the first information occurs.

41. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises a discovery category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

a first identity of information associated with sought information,

a type of information sought,

a second identity of an entity seeking information,

a time at which a discovery query is made,

a location from where the discovery query is made,

a keyword associated with sought information, and

a third identity of an entity that replies to the discovery query.

42. The method of claim 33, wherein the first instance further comprises a descriptor category and field information selected from a second group comprising:

an identity of an entity associated with the first information,

a type of the first information, and

a list comprising identity information for at least one item associated with the entity, the at least one item being selected from a third group comprising an application, a service, a capability, a functionality, a content, a context, a policy, a decision, an event, a discovery, a descriptor, and an interface.