Lighting infrastructure and revenue model

• US 8,732,031 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2013
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sensity Systems, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Martin, Hugh, Cumpston, Rusty
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US13/915,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 : Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 : by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 : by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 : via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 : Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 : Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 : Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing

Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for implementing lighting infrastructure application frameworks and networks and associated revenue models. In one embodiment, a computing device may receive a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure application framework, and the data from the lighting infrastructure application framework may include data from lighting node platform(s). In an embodiment, the computing device may perform authorizations related to providing access to data, as well as transmit responses to request for data. Costs and revenues associated with applications may also be performed bassed on usage of platforms, sensors, and controllers within a lighting infrastructure. In an embodiment, software, applications, and other instructions may be transmitted by a computing device in response to receiving requests. In another embodiment, a computing device may process received data (e.g., sensor data from lighting node platforms) to detect trends or events relevant to applications.

Claims

1. A method for a computing device to implement a revenue model related to a lighting infrastructure, comprising:

receiving, at the computing device, a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure application framework, wherein the data from the lighting infrastructure application framework includes data from at least one lighting node platform device of a plurality of lighting node platform devices;

transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework;

determining lighting node platform device usage by the lighting infrastructure application framework related to the transmitted response;

calculating a revenue based on the determined lighting node platform device usage; and

calculating a fee related to the transmitted response.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering devices based on received registration information, wherein the registration information is transmitted by one of a device associated with an application provider and the first device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the registration information includes at least one of authentication credentials, access-control credentials, licensing information, advertisement authorization information, payment information, and a selection of at least one of a plurality of data types.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the plurality of data types includes energy usage data, occupancy sensor data, light sensor data, environmental sensor data, security sensor data, audio data, visual data, gas detection sensor data, intrusion detector data, motion sensor data, vibration sensor data, vehicle detection sensor data, safety sensor data, biohazard sensor data, scanning sensor data, location sensor data, biometric sensor data, mechanical sensor data, signal detectors, and industry specific sensor data, correlated data, and aggregated data.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising verifying an authorization for the first device to access the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework by determining whether the first device is authorized based on the received registration information;

and

transmitting a request for registration information from the first device when the first device is determined to not be authorized, and

wherein transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework comprises transmitting the response to the request from the first device when the first device is determined to be authorized.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the lighting infrastructure application framework includes at least one service platform computing device, at least one gateway platform device, and the plurality of lighting node platform devices, and

wherein the at least one gateway platform device is configured to exchange communications with the at least one service platform computing device, and

wherein the plurality of lighting node platform devices are configured to exchange communications with the at least one gateway platform device such that data associated with the plurality of lighting node platform devices is transmitted to the at least one service platform computing device via the at least one gateway platform device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the fee related to the transmitted response comprises:

determining usage characteristics for the first device based on the request; and

calculating the fee based on the determined usage characteristics.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the usage characteristics include at least one of a type of data, a frequency of data access, an amount of data, a data source location, a data demand, and a request time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the lighting infrastructure application framework includes a plurality of sensors such that each of the plurality of lighting node platform devices comprises at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, and

wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors provides sensor data to a service platform computer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of sensors comprises an energy use sensor, a light sensor, a motion detector, an occupancy sensor, an energy usage sensor, a light sensor, an environmental sensor, a security sensor, a motion detector, an audio sensor, a camera, a gas detection sensor, an intrusion detector, a vibration sensor, a people detection sensor, a vehicle detection sensor, a safety sensor, a biohazard sensor, a scanning sensor, a location sensor, a biometric sensor, a mechanical sensor, a signal detector, and an industry specific sensor.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, at the computing device, a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure application framework comprises receiving, at the computing device, the request transmitted by an application executing on the first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure application framework, wherein the first device is at least one of a third-party device and a service platform computer.

11. A method for a computing device to process data received in relation to a lighting infrastructure application framework, comprising:

receiving, at the computing device, data reported by a plurality of lighting node platform devices within the lighting infrastructure application framework;

processing the received data by at least one of analyzing or aggregating the received data;

detecting an occurrence of at least one of a plurality of predefined events based on the processing of the received data;

identifying a trend within the received data based on the processing of the received data; and

predicting a future occurrence of at least one of the plurality of predefined events based on the processing of the data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting messages reporting the analysis of the received data.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting commands based on at least one of the received data and the analysis of the received data, wherein the commands include at least one of software, scripts, and configuration data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the commands include operating instructions for sensors associated with the plurality of lighting node platform devices.