Systems and methods for displaying node information in wireless networks

• US 8,418,064 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2009
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synapse Wireless Incorporated (Mcwane Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Synapse Wireless Incorporated (Mcwane Incorporated)
• Inventors: Guagenti, Mark A., Ewing, David B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Jr., Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): DYER, ANDREW R
• Application Number:
  US12/437,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205, 715733-738, 715/740, 715/742, 715/744
• US Class Current: 715/734
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1867 Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0093 Point-to-multipoint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/10 based on available power or energy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/24 Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for displaying node information in wireless sensor networks. An exemplary system has logic that is configured to display a list of nodes in a wireless sensor network. The logic is further configured to display a plurality of function identifiers in response to a first user input identifying one of the nodes, and the function identifiers identify a plurality of functions and a script image of the one node. The logic is further configured to receive a second user input selecting one of the function identifiers and to transmit a remote procedure call through the wireless network to the one node in response to the second user input. The one node is configured to run the function or script image identified by the selected function identifier in response to the remote procedure call.

Claims

1. A system for displaying node information in a wireless mesh network, the system comprising:

a plurality of nodes forming the wireless mesh network, one of the plurality of nodes configured to receive from the wireless mesh network a plurality of scripts uploaded to the one node through the wireless mesh network, the one node further configured to store each of the scripts, wherein each of the scripts defines a respective function for the one node;

memory configured to store a list of the plurality of nodes; and

logic remote from the one node, the logic configured to display the list and to receive a first user input selecting the one node, the logic further configured to display a plurality of function identifiers in response to the first user input, each of the function identifiers identifying a respective one of the scripts stored at the one node, the logic further configured to receive a second user input selecting one of the function identifiers and to transmit a remote procedure call through the wireless mesh network to the one node in response to the second user input, wherein a virtual machine of the one node is configured to run the script identified by the selected function identifier in response to the remote procedure call, wherein the script identified by the selected function identifier comprises bytecode, and wherein the virtual machine is configured to run the script identified by the selected function identifier by interpreting the bytecode.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to display the list in a first window of a graphical user interface and to display the function identifiers in a second window of the graphical user interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to receive a third user input selecting one of the function identifiers, and wherein the logic is configured to display the script identified by the function identifier selected by the third user input.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to display the function identifiers as selectable hyperlinks in response to the first user input.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to retrieve the function identifiers from the one node in response to the first user input.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to display a respective node identifier for each node in said list and a respective value indicative of a quality of a respective communication channel through the wireless mesh network for each node in the list.

7. A method for displaying node information in a wireless mesh network having a plurality of nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving at one of the plurality of nodes a plurality of scripts uploaded to the one node through the wireless mesh network;

storing at the one node each of the scripts, wherein each of the scripts defines a respective function for the one node;

displaying a list of the plurality of nodes via a graphical user interface at a location remote from the one node;

receiving, at the location remote from the one node, a first user input selecting the one node;

displaying, in response to the first user input, a plurality of function identifiers via the graphical user interface at the location remote from the one node, each of the function identifiers identifying a respective one of the scripts;

receiving, at the location remote from the one node, a second user input selecting one of the function identifiers;

transmitting a remote procedure call through the wireless mesh network to the one node in response to the second user input; and

running on a virtual machine of the one node the script identified by the selected function identifier in response to the remote procedure call, wherein the script identified by the selected function identifier comprises bytecode, and wherein the running step comprises the step of interpreting the bytecode via the virtual machine.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a third user input selecting one of the function identifiers; and

displaying the script identified by the function identifier selected by the third user input.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the plurality of function identifiers step comprises the step of displaying the function identifiers as selectable hyperlinks in response to the first user input.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of retrieving the function identifiers from the one node in response to the first user input.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the list of the nodes step comprises the steps of:

displaying, via the graphical user interface, a respective node identifier for each node in the list; and

displaying, via the graphical user interface, a respective value indicative of a quality of a respective communication channel through the wireless mesh network for each node in the list.