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Processing communications via a sensor network

  • US 9,467,274 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2013
  • Issued: 10/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by an aggregator device, provisioning information for an application device;

    establishing, by the aggregator device, a tunnel with the application device within a sensor network based on receiving the provisioning information;

    providing, by the aggregator device, the provisioning information to the application device to cause the application device to gather or process data within the sensor network;

    receiving, by the aggregator device, a command instruction from a user device via a service provider network,the command instruction relating to the data gathered or processed by the application device, andthe sensor network being separate from the service provider network;

    communicating, by the aggregator device, with the application device, within the sensor network and independently of the service provider network, to process the command instruction,the command instruction being processed within the sensor network to reduce load on the service provider network;

    forming, by the aggregator device, a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and

    providing, by the aggregator device, the response to the command instruction towards the user device.

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