Method and system for generating a virtual thing for a machine-to-machine application and a method and system for providing a result of a virtual thing to a machine-to-machine application

A method for providing a result of a virtual thing to a machine-to-machine application of a machine-to-machine system, wherein the machine-to-machine system comprises one or more databases including at least one of a local database and a database connected to the machine-to-machine system, wherein the one or more database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine applications, the method comprising:

• a) providing a semantic query comprising semantic logic information by the machine-to-machine application,
• b) matching a virtual thing to information of the semantic query,
• c) instantiating the virtual thing comprising virtual thing information on at least one of the databases,
• d) collecting data by the virtual thing from the one or more member resources on the at least one of the databases,
• e) applying the virtual thing information on the collected data by the virtual thing, the virtual thing information corresponding to the semantic logic information, and
• f) providing a result of the virtual thing of step e) to the machine-to-machine application.

A system for generating a virtual thing for a machine-to-machine application, the system comprising:

• a management unit,
• a mashup unit and
• one or more databases including at least one of a local database and a database connected to a machine-to-machine system, wherein the one or more database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine application,
• wherein the management unit is operable to send a request for generating a virtual thing to the mashup unit,
• wherein the mashup unit is operable to initiate the generation of the requested virtual thing based on the information provided in the request on at least one of the databases, and
• wherein the request for generating a virtual thing includes virtual thing generation information comprising:
• member resource information, a predefined query for collecting data from the one or more member resources according to the member resource information, and semantic logic information that requires the generated virtual thing to be configured to apply logic corresponding to the semantic logic information on the collected data.

A system for providing a result of a virtual thing to a machine-to-machine application, the system comprising the machine-to-machine application and one or more databases including at least one of a local database and a database connected to a machine-to-machine system, wherein the one or more database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine application, the system comprising:

• a providing unit operable to provide a semantic query comprising semantic logic information by the machine-to-machine application,
• a matching unit operable to match the virtual thing to the semantic logic information of the semantic query,
• a generating unit operable to instantiate the virtual thing comprising virtual thing information on the one or more databases,
• a collecting unit operable to collect data by the virtual thing from the one or more member resources on the one or more databases,
• logic operable to apply the virtual thing information on the collected data by the virtual thing, the virtual thing information corresponding to the semantic logic information, and
• a result unit operable to provide the result of the virtual thing to the application.