METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING DATA FEEDS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS

• US 20160255122A1
• Filed: 08/13/2014
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iotic Labs Limited
• Original Assignee: Iotic Labs Limited
• Inventors: GREEN, Paul Nigel, WHARTON, Mark Nicholas James
• Granted Patent: US 10,594,794 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1433 Vulnerability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1458 Denial of Service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/106 Packet or message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/108 Source integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 : Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 : Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Methods and synthesizing entities for synthesizing data feeds. The method includes registering the synthesizing entity with a registrar computer. Once the synthesizing entity is registered it can transmit a data feed request to the registrar computer for a data feed associated with a virtual device also registered with the registrar computer. The synthesizing entity then receives the requested data feed from the virtual device. The received data feed is then modified to generate a modified data feed. Once the modified data feed has been created the synthesizing entity can receive requests for the modified data feed from a virtual requestor device via the registrar. In response to receiving a request for the modified data feed the synthesizing entity provides the modified data feed to the virtual requestor device.

Claims

1. A synthesizing entity comprising:

a first application interface operable to register the synthesizing entity with a registrar computer;

a logic module configured to transmit a data feed request to the registrar computer for a data feed associated with a virtual device;

a second application interface configured to receive the requested data feed from the virtual device;

a synthesizing engine configured to modify the received data feed; and

a third application interface configured to receive a request for the modified data feed from a virtual requestor device via the registrar computer; and

wherein the logic module is further configured to provide the modified data feed to the virtual requestor device.

2. The synthesizing entity of claim 1, wherein the logic module is further configured to register the modified data feed with the registrar computer.

3. The synthesizing entity of claim 1, wherein the logic module and the second application interface are configured to request and receive, respectively, a plurality of data feeds;

and the synthesizing engine is configured to combine the plurality of received data feeds to produce the modified data feed.

4. The synthesizing entity of claim 3, wherein the synthesizing engine is configured to combine the plurality of received data feeds using one or more mathematical functions.

5. The synthesizing entity of claim 1, wherein the synthesizing engine is configured to combine the received data feed with a data feed generated by a device that is not registered with the registrar device.

6. The synthesizing entity of claim 1, wherein the synthesizing entity is configured to act as both a virtual device and a virtual requestor.

7. A method of synthesizing data feeds, the method comprising:

registering a synthesizing entity with a registrar computer;

transmitting a data feed request from the synthesizing entity to the registrar computer for a data feed associated with a virtual device;

receiving the requested data feed at the synthesizing entity from the virtual device;

modifying the received data feed at the synthesizing entity to generate a modified data feed;

receiving a request for the modified data feed at the synthesizing entity from a virtual requestor device via the registrar computer; and

providing the modified data feed to the virtual requestor device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising registering the modified data feed with the registrar computer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein modifying the received data feed comprises combining the received data feed with another data feed.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the received data feed comprises combining the received data feed with the other data feed using one or more mathematical functions.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the other data feed is generated by a device that is not registered with the registrar computer.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the other data feed is generated by a device that is registered with the registrar computer.