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Sensor virtualization through cloud storage and retrieval mechanisms

  • US 9,256,222 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2012
  • Issued: 02/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a data processing system, causes the data processing system to:

  • obtain sensor data from a plurality of physical sensors;

    store the sensor data in a virtual sensor storage system of the data processing system in at least one standardized format;

    receive a request from a requestor for a first type of sensor data;

    retrieve a portion of the sensor data stored in the virtual sensor storage system in response to receiving the request, wherein the portion of sensor data corresponds to the type of sensor data requested in the request from the requestor; and

    return the retrieved portion of the sensor data to the requestor in a format corresponding to a physical sensor configured to provide the requested type of sensor data, wherein the computer readable program causes the data processing system to retrieve a portion of the sensor data stored in the virtual sensor storage system in response to receiving the request further by;

    determining if there is a constraint associated with the portion of the sensor data, wherein the constraint specifies a limitation on which requestors may be provided the portion of the sensor data;

    determining if the requestor satisfies a condition of the constraint; and

    retrieving the portion of the sensor data only in response to the requestor not satisfying a condition of the constraint.

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