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Universal internet of things apparatus and methods

  • US 9,052,216 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2014
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a first input configured to receive first facility data, wherein the first facility data is associated with a facility and has a first protocol;

    first circuitry configured to sample the first facility data at a first sampling rate to generate first digital facility data, wherein the first sampling rate is substantially continuous;

    a second input configured to receive second facility data, wherein the second facility data is associated with the facility and has a second protocol different from the first protocol;

    second circuitry configured to sample the second facility data at a second sampling rate to generate second digital facility data, wherein the second sampling rate is substantially continuous; and

    a communication port comprising an analog I/O module configured to transmit reporting digital data over a network, the communication port further comprising a software digital I/O module configured to transmit the reporting digital data over the network using a network protocol different from the first protocol and the second protocol, wherein the reporting digital data is based, at least in part, on at least one of the first digital facility data and the second digital facility data, and wherein the reporting digital data is transmitted at a reporting rate that is decoupled from the first sampling rate and the second sampling rate.

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