Lighting infrastructure and revenue model

• US 9,965,813 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sensity Systems, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Martin, Hugh, Cumpston, Rusty
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US15/387,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20170103480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 : Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 : by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 : by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 : via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 : Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 : Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 : Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing

Abstract

In one example, a computing device is configured to calculate fees and revenues related to a lighting infrastructure application framework. An example computing device comprises a memory and a processor coupled to the memory configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising receiving, data that includes at least one of sensor data and controller information related to at least one of a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are within a local area network coupled to a computing device having the processor and are associated with at least one lighting node platform device; calculating information describing the fees and the revenues associated with the received data, wherein the revenues are for a lighting infrastructure owner associated with the computing device; and transmitting the calculated information to another device associated with the lighting infrastructure application framework.

Claims

1. A computing device configured to calculate fees and revenues related to a lighting infrastructure application framework, the computing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a computing device having the processor, a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure, the data including at least one of sensor data and controller information related to at least one of a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are within a local area network coupled to the computing device and are associated with at least one lighting node platform device;

transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data;

calculating information describing the fees and the revenues associated with the received data, wherein the revenues are for a lighting infrastructure owner associated with the computing device; and

transmitting the calculated information to another device associated with the lighting infrastructure application framework.

4. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising registering devices based on received registration information, wherein the registration information is transmitted by one of a device associated with an application provider and the first device.

5. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the registration information includes at least one of authentication credentials, access-control credentials, licensing information, advertisement authorization information, payment information, and a selection of at least one of a plurality of data types.

6. The computing device of claim 4, further comprising verifying an authorization for the first device to access the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework by determining whether the first device is authorized based on the received registration information;

and

transmitting a request for registration information from the first device when the first device is determined to not be authorized, and

wherein transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework comprises transmitting the response to the request from the first device when the first device is determined to be authorized.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the lighting infrastructure application framework includes at least one service platform computing device, at least one gateway platform device, and the plurality of lighting node platform devices, and

wherein the at least one gateway platform device is configured to exchange communications with the at least one service platform computing device, and

wherein the plurality of lighting node platform devices are configured to exchange communications with the at least one gateway platform device such that data associated with the plurality of lighting node platform devices is transmitted to the at least one service platform computing device via the at least one gateway platform device.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein calculating at least one of a fee and a revenue related to the transmitted response comprises:

determining usage characteristics for the first device based on the request; and

calculating the fee based on the determined usage characteristics.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein calculating at least one of a fee and a revenue related to the transmitted response comprises:

determining lighting node platform device usage by the lighting infrastructure application framework related to the transmitted response; and

calculating the revenue for a lighting infrastructure owner related to the determined lighting node platform device usage, wherein the lighting infrastructure owner is associated with the lighting infrastructure that includes the lighting node platform device.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting node platform device comprises:

a power supply for receiving electrical power;

a light socket coupled to the power supply;

a node application controller comprising a processor coupled to the power supply;

a network interface coupled to the processor, wherein the network interface is communicatively coupled to a service platform computer; and

a sensor coupled to the processor for detecting a condition at the at least one lighting node platform device, and in response providing information about the condition to the processor.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the power supply for electrical power includes a power input terminal for receiving AC electrical power, and

wherein first lighting node platform device further comprises:

an AC/DC converter coupled to the power input terminal;

an LED driver coupled to the AC/DC converter; and

a power interface coupled to the LED driver to provide power from the AC/DC converter to a first sensor.

2. A method for a computing device to calculate fees and revenues related to a lighting infrastructure application framework, the method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device having a processor, a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure, the data including at least one of sensor data and controller information related to at least one of a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are within a local area network coupled to the computing device and are associated with at least one lighting node platform device;

transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data;

calculating information describing the fees and the revenues associated with the received data, wherein the revenues are for a lighting infrastructure owner associated with the computing device; and

transmitting the calculated information to another device associated with the lighting infrastructure application framework.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the lighting infrastructure application framework includes a plurality of sensors such that each of the plurality of lighting node platform devices comprises at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, and

wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors provides sensor data to a service platform computer.

13. The method of claim 2, further comprising registering devices based on received registration information, wherein the registration information is transmitted by one of a device associated with an application provider and the first device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the registration information includes at least one of authentication credentials, access-control credentials, licensing information, advertisement authorization information, payment information, and a selection of at least one of a plurality of data types.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of data types includes energy usage data, occupancy sensor data, light sensor data, environmental sensor data, security sensor data, audio data, visual data, gas detection sensor data, intrusion detector data, motion sensor data, vibration sensor data, vehicle detection sensor data, safety sensor data, biohazard sensor data, scanning sensor data, location sensor data, biometric sensor data, mechanical sensor data, signal detectors, and industry specific sensor data, correlated data, and aggregated data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising verifying an authorization for the first device to access the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework by determining whether the first device is authorized based on the received registration information;

and

transmitting a request for registration information from the first device when the first device is determined to not be authorized, and

wherein transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data from the lighting infrastructure application framework comprises transmitting the response to the request from the first device when the first device is determined to be authorized.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the lighting infrastructure application framework includes at least one service platform computing device, at least one gateway platform device, and the plurality of lighting node platform devices, and

wherein the at least one gateway platform device is configured to exchange communications with the at least one service platform computing device, and

wherein the plurality of lighting node platform devices are configured to exchange communications with the at least one gateway platform device such that data associated with the plurality of lighting node platform devices is transmitted to the at least one service platform computing device via the at least one gateway platform device.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein calculating at least one of a fee and a revenue related to the transmitted response comprises:

determining usage characteristics for the first device based on the request; and

calculating the fee based on the determined usage characteristics.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the usage characteristics include at least one of a type of data, a frequency of data access, an amount of data, a data source location, a data demand, and a request time.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein calculating at least one of a fee and a revenue related to the transmitted response comprises:

determining lighting node platform device usage by the lighting infrastructure application framework related to the transmitted response; and

calculating the revenue for a lighting infrastructure owner related to the determined lighting node platform device usage, wherein the lighting infrastructure owner is associated with the lighting infrastructure that includes the lighting node platform device.

3. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations for calculating fees and revenues related to a lighting infrastructure application framework, the operations comprising:

receiving, at a computing device having the processor, a request from a first device to access data from a lighting infrastructure, the data including at least one of sensor data and controller information related to at least one of a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are within a local area network coupled to the computing device and are associated with at least one lighting node platform device;

transmitting a response to the request from the first device based at least in part on the requested data;

calculating information describing the fees and the revenues associated with the received data, wherein the revenues are for a lighting infrastructure owner associated with the computing device; and

transmitting the calculated information to another device associated with the lighting infrastructure application framework.