FRAMEWORK AND PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR EFFICIENT SENSE-AND-RESPOND SYSTEM

• US 20080183304A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute of Information Technology Assessment, International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Institute of Information Technology Assessment, International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mitchell, Stella J., Lee, Dae-Ryung, Munson, Jonathan P., Lee, Sang W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,779,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/3
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A sense-and-response system that may include a server with a rules-engine where the server may receive sensor values for rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors. The system may further include a controller that provides controller parameters to the server for the rules-engine operation. The server may provide to the controller rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters.

Claims

1. A sense-and-response system comprising:

a server including a rules-engine, said server receiving sensor values for the rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors; and

a controller that provides controller parameters to said server for the rules-engine operation;

said server providing to said controller rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller generates a controller response based upon the rules-engine output.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said server includes a registry of sensors in which each of the plurality of sensors is defined.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller comprises a plurality of controllers;

and

said server includes a buffer in which each of the plurality of controllers is identified individually and in groupings that share common demands on the rules-engine.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller provides controller parameters that include at least one of controller location, controller velocity, controller time-stamp, and controller subscription information.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said server receives the sensor values by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the rules-engine of said server defines a plurality of condition/actions pairs that are triggered by the sensor values.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising a plurality of controllers that subscribe to be notified by said server when at least one condition/actions pair is triggered.

9. A sense-and-response method comprising:

receiving sensor values from a plurality of sensors for a rules-engine operation at a server;

providing controller parameters for the rules-engine operation from a controller to the server; and

communicating rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters from the server to the controller.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising generating a controller response based upon the rules-engine output at the controller.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising defining the plurality of sensors in a registry in communication with the server.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing a plurality of controllers and identifying in a buffer each of the plurality of controllers individually and in groupings who share common demands on the rules-engine.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving the sensor values at the server by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising defining for a rules-engine a plurality of condition/actions pairs triggered by the sensor values.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising notifying the plurality of controllers when at least one condition/actions pair is triggered based upon a subscription between the plurality of controllers and the server.

16. A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:

computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for a sense-and-response method, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to;

receive sensor values from a plurality of sensors for a rules-engine operation at a server;

provide controller parameters for the rules-engine operation from a controller to the server; and

communicate rules-engine output based upon the controller parameters and sensor values related to the controller parameters from the server to the controller.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising program code configured to:

generate a controller response based upon the rules-engine output at the controller.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising program code configured to:

define the plurality of sensors in a registry in communication with the server.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising program code configured to:

provide for a plurality of controllers and to identify in a buffer each of the plurality of controllers individually and in groupings who share common demands on the rules-engine.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising program code configured to:

receive the sensor values at the server by at least one of polling and as it becomes available.