Pervasive network for environmental sensing
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring environmental conditions, comprising the steps of:
- providing a system, wherein said system comprises a memory, at least one hardware processor coupled to said memory, at least one network interface coupled to said at least one hardware processor, a first distinct software module loadable into said memory and executable on said at least one hardware processor, and a second distinct software module loadable into said memory and executable on said at least one hardware processor;
acquiring data pertaining to environmental information using a multiplicity of sensors on a multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, wherein said data is acquired over said at least one network interface, by said first distinct software module executing on said at least one hardware processor;
analyzing said data to determine occurrence of at least one environmental event, wherein said analyzing is carried out by said second distinct software module executing on said at least one hardware processor, wherein said analyzing step is performed by a centralized server which obtains said data from said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, and wherein said analyzing includes fusing said data from the multiplicity of sensors on the multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, said at least one hardware processor being part of said centralized server; and
providing notification of said at least one environmental event from the centralized server to at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices from which said data was obtained, wherein the at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices functions as both a provider of said data pertaining to the environmental information which is analyzed to determine the occurrence of said at least one environmental event, and a device through which the notification of the occurrence of said at least one environmental event occurs.
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Abstract
Data pertaining to environmental information is acquired using sensors on a multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, and analyzed to determine occurrence of at least one environmental event. Such data can be obtained, for example, from an inventive wireless communications device including an antenna, transmit circuitry coupled to the antenna for transmission of radio frequency radiation therefrom, at least one environmental sensor configured to obtain environmental data, and a communications module coupled to the at least one environmental sensor and configured to cause transmission of a representation of the data via the antenna and the transmit circuitry.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring environmental conditions, comprising the steps of:
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providing a system, wherein said system comprises a memory, at least one hardware processor coupled to said memory, at least one network interface coupled to said at least one hardware processor, a first distinct software module loadable into said memory and executable on said at least one hardware processor, and a second distinct software module loadable into said memory and executable on said at least one hardware processor; acquiring data pertaining to environmental information using a multiplicity of sensors on a multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, wherein said data is acquired over said at least one network interface, by said first distinct software module executing on said at least one hardware processor; analyzing said data to determine occurrence of at least one environmental event, wherein said analyzing is carried out by said second distinct software module executing on said at least one hardware processor, wherein said analyzing step is performed by a centralized server which obtains said data from said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, and wherein said analyzing includes fusing said data from the multiplicity of sensors on the multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, said at least one hardware processor being part of said centralized server; and providing notification of said at least one environmental event from the centralized server to at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices from which said data was obtained, wherein the at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices functions as both a provider of said data pertaining to the environmental information which is analyzed to determine the occurrence of said at least one environmental event, and a device through which the notification of the occurrence of said at least one environmental event occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article of manufacture for monitoring environmental conditions, comprising a tangible machine readable recordable storage medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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acquiring data pertaining to environmental information using a multiplicity of sensors on a multiplicity of networked pervasive devices; analyzing said data to determine occurrence of at least one environmental event, wherein said analyzing step is performed by a centralized server which obtains said data from said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices, and wherein said analyzing includes fusing said data from the multiplicity of sensors on the multiplicity of networked pervasive devices; and providing notification of said at least one environmental event from the centralized server to at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices from which said data was obtained, wherein the at least one of said multiplicity of networked pervasive devices functions as both a provider of said data pertaining to the environmental information which is analyzed to determine the occurrence of said at least one environmental event, and a device through which the notification of the occurrence of said at least one environmental event occurs. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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