Framework and programming model for efficient sense-and-respond system

• US 7,779,104 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Institute of Information Technology Assessment, International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Sang W., Lee, Dae-Ryung, Munson, Jonathan P., Mitchell, Stella J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilles; Jude J Jean
• Application Number:
  US11/626,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/205, 709/201, 709/204, 709/238, 713153-154, 370/310, 370/395.21, 370/328, 705/5, 705/7, 705/8
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A sense-and-response system that may include a server with a rules-engine where the server may receive sensor values for rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors. The system may further include a controller that provides controller parameters to the server for the rules-engine operation. The server may provide to the controller rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters.

Claims

1. A sense-and-response system comprising:

a server including a rules-engine, said server receiving sensor values for the rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors; and

a controller that provides controller parameters to said server for the rules-engine operation;

said server providing to said controller rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters, and said controller generates a controller response based upon the rules-engine output.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said server includes a registry of sensors in which each of the plurality of sensors is defined.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller comprises a plurality of controllers;

and said server includes a buffer in which each of the plurality of controllers is identified individually and in groupings who share common demands on the rules-engine.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller provides controller parameters that include at least one of controller location, controller velocity, controller time-stamp, and controller subscription information.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said server receives the sensor values by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the rules-engine of said server defines a plurality of condition/actions pairs which are triggered by the sensor values.

7. The system of claim 6 further comprising a plurality of controllers that subscribe to be notified by said server when at least one condition/actions pair is triggered.

8. A sense-and-response method comprising:

receiving sensor values from a plurality of sensors for a rules-engine operation at a server;

providing controller parameters for the rules-engine operation from a controller to the server;

communicating rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters from the server to the controller; and

generating a controller response based upon the rules-engine output at the controller.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising defining the plurality of sensors in a registry in communication with the server.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing a plurality of controllers and identifying in a buffer each of the plurality of controllers individually and in groupings who share common demands on the rules-engine.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving the sensor values at the server by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising defining for a rules-engine a plurality of condition/actions pairs triggered by the sensor values.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising notifying the plurality of controllers when at least one condition/actions pair is triggered based upon a subscription between the plurality of controllers and the server.

14. A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:

computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for a sense-and-response method, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to;

receive sensor values from a plurality of sensors for a rules-engine operation at a server;

provide controller parameters for the rules-engine operation from a controller to the server;

communicate rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters from the server to the controller; and

generate a controller response based upon the rules-engine output at the controller.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising program code configured to:

define the plurality of sensors in a registry in communication with the server.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising program code configured to:

provide for a plurality of controllers and to identify in a buffer each of the plurality of controllers individually and in groupings who share common demands on the rules-engine.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising program code configured to:

receive the sensor values at the server by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.