Using federated mote-associated logs

• US 8,352,420 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US11/999,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216713A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,862 Days
• Field of Search: 707/609, 707/672, 707/705, 707/758, 707/792, 455/447, 455/426.2, 455/6.4, 455/423, 702/122, 709/200, 709/208, 709/223, 709/224
• US Class Current: 707/609
• 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 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

Systems or methods may utilize one or more mote-related content logs. By way of example, but not limitation, a system using one or more processing components may be configured (i) to accept input defining a mote-appropriate network search and (ii) to search at least one mote content log of at least one federated log in response to the accepted input, with the at least one federated log stored by a memory, wherein the search may include searching a time series of at least two mote logs that correspond to at least a first mote and a second mote for the accepted input. In certain example implementations, a time series may include at least a portion of at least one mote content log of at least one federated log, or a first mote may correspond to a first physical location and a second mote may correspond to a second physical location.

Claims

1. A method implemented at least partially using one or more processing components, the method comprising:

accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search using one or more processing components; and

searching at least one mote content log of at least one federated log in response to said accepted input using the one or more processing components, the at least one federated log stored by at least one memory, said searching including searching a time series of at least two mote logs that correspond to at least a first mote and a second mote for said accepted input, the time series including at least a portion of the at least one mote content log of the at least one federated log, wherein the first mote corresponds to a first physical location and the second mote corresponds to a second physical location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search using one or more processing components comprises:

accepting a visual-definition input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search using one or more processing components comprises:

accepting at least one of an infrared-definition input or a temperature-definition input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search using one or more processing components comprises:

accepting a pressure-definition input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search using one or more processing components comprises:

accepting a sonic-definition input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one mote content log of at least one federated log in response to said accepted input using the one or more processing components comprises:

searching a federated log having at least one first-administered content log and at least one second-administered content log.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said searching a federated log having at least one first-administered content log and at least one second-administered content log comprises:

searching at least one of a first-administered mote-addressed content log, a first-administered multi-mote content log, or a first-administered aggregation of content logs.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one first-administered content log corresponds to at least a portion of a mote network that is administered by a first administrator, and the at least one second-administered content log corresponds to at least a portion of a mote network that is administered by a second administrator.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said searching at least one mote content log of at least one federated log in response to said accepted input using the one or more processing components, said searching at least one mote content log including searching a time series of at least two mote logs that correspond to at least a first mote and a second mote for said accepted input comprises:

associating said accepted input with the first physical location corresponding to the first mote and with the second physical location corresponding to the second mote at one or more times of the time series of the at least two mote logs.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said associating said accepted input with the first physical location corresponding to the first mote and with the second physical location corresponding to the second mote at one or more times of the time series of the at least two mote logs comprises:

locating an image in motion from the at least two mote logs.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said associating said accepted input with the first physical location corresponding to the first mote and with the second physical location corresponding to the second mote at one or more times of the time series of the at least two mote logs comprises:

locating a pattern of sound over time from the at least two mote logs.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein said associating said accepted input with the first physical location corresponding to the first mote and with the second physical location corresponding to the second mote at one or more times of the time series of the at least two mote logs comprises:

locating a sound distributed proximate to at least the first mote and the second mote from the at least two mote logs.

13. A system comprising:

at least one memory; and

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search; and

searching at least one mote content log of at least one federated log responsive to said accepted input, the at least one federated log accessible to said one or more processing components, the searching including searching a time series of at least two mote logs that correspond to at least a first mote and a second mote for said accepted input, the time series including at least a portion of the at least one mote content log of the at least one federated log, wherein the first mote corresponds to a first physical location and the second mote corresponds to a second physical location.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

accepting a visual-definition input.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

accepting at least one of an infrared-definition input or a temperature-definition input.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

accepting a pressure-definition input.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including accepting input defining a mote-appropriate network search comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

accepting a sonic-definition input.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including searching at least one mote content log of at least one federated log responsive to said accepted input comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

searching a federated log having at least one first-administered content log and at least one second-administered content log.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including searching a federated log having at least one first-administered content log and at least one second-administered content log comprises:

one or more processing components operably coupled to said at least one memory and configured to implement a process including;

searching at least one of a first-administered mote-addressed content log, a first-administered multi-mote content log, or a first-administered aggregation of content logs.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein said one or more processing components comprise:

electrical circuitry.