Methods and arrangements for sensors
First Claim
1. A mobile device comprising:
- at least one sensor to produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data;
logic to initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; and
a communication module to;
determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
communicatively connect the mobile device with a wireless network, the communication module to transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email.
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Abstract
Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.
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21 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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at least one sensor to produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data; logic to initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; and a communication module to; determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and communicatively connect the mobile device with a wireless network, the communication module to transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile device comprising:
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at least one sensor; one or more processors; at least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to; produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at the at least one sensor; initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. At least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
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produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors of the mobile device; initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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producing, by a mobile device, a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors; initializing generation, by the mobile device responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; determining, by the mobile device based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and transmitting, by the mobile device, the message as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email to a messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A mobile device comprising:
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means for producing a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors of the mobile device; means for initializing generation, based at least in part on the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; means for determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and means for transmitting the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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