Smart City Apparatus, System, and Method
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, with a computing system, at least one first sensor data from each of one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
)-capable devices of a plurality of IoT-capable devices disposed throughout a population area via machine-to-machine communications, each of the one or more IoT-capable devices comprising one or more first sensors that collect the at least one first sensor data;
analyzing, with the computing system, the at least one first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to be taken;
identifying, with the computing system, one or more devices disposed within the population area for performing the determined one or more first actions to be taken, based on the at least one first sensor data from each of the one or more IoT-capable devices; and
autonomously controlling, with the computing system, each of the identified one or more devices to perform one or more tasks, based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken.
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
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29 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, with a computing system, at least one first sensor data from each of one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
)-capable devices of a plurality of IoT-capable devices disposed throughout a population area via machine-to-machine communications, each of the one or more IoT-capable devices comprising one or more first sensors that collect the at least one first sensor data;analyzing, with the computing system, the at least one first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to be taken; identifying, with the computing system, one or more devices disposed within the population area for performing the determined one or more first actions to be taken, based on the at least one first sensor data from each of the one or more IoT-capable devices; and autonomously controlling, with the computing system, each of the identified one or more devices to perform one or more tasks, based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
)-capable devices of a plurality of IoT-capable devices disposed throughout a population area, each IoT-capable device comprising;one or more first sensors; a first transceiver; at least one first processor; and a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the IoT-capable device to; receive at least one first sensor data from the one or more first sensors; and send the at least one first sensor data to a computing system via machine-to-machine communications, via the first transceiver; the computing system, comprising; a second transceiver; at least one second processor; a second non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one second processor, the second non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a second set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one second processor, causes the computing system to; receive the at least one first sensor data from each of one or more IoT-capable devices via machine-to-machine communications via the second transceiver; analyze the at least one first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to be taken; identify one or more devices disposed within the population area for performing the determined one or more first actions to be taken, based on the at least one first sensor data from each of the one or more IoT-capable devices; and autonomously control each of the identified one or more devices to perform one or more tasks, based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, by sending control instructions to each of the identified one or more devices; and the one or more devices disposed within the population area, each comprising; a third transceiver; at least one third processor; and a third non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one third processor, the third non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a third set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one third processor, causes the device to; receive the control instructions from the computing system; and perform one or more tasks of the device based on the control instructions. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more first processors; and a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled with the one or more first processors, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, causes the apparatus to; receive at least one first sensor data from each of one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
)-capable devices of a plurality of IoT-capable devices disposed throughout a population area via machine-to-machine communications, each of the one or more IoT-capable devices comprising one or more first sensors that collect the at least one first sensor data;analyze the at least one first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to be taken; identify one or more devices disposed within the population area for performing the determined one or more first actions to be taken, based on the at least one first sensor data from each of the one or more IoT-capable devices; and autonomously control each of the identified one or more devices to perform one or more tasks, based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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