Interpretation of supplemental sensors

A computing system for monitoring conditions of a plurality of areas employing a sensor network, the computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a network interface to allow the computing system to communicate with devices of a sensor network;
• and
• at least one memory connected with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• detect one or more supplemental sensors external to the sensor network, the sensor network including a plurality of fixed sensors;
• add to the sensor network only each respective supplemental sensor of the one or more detected supplemental sensors that a corresponding user authorized to be read by downloading an application to the respective supplemental sensor;
• assign to a respective area the each respective supplemental sensor added to the sensor network, the each respective supplemental sensor being assigned to the respective area including a closest fixed sensor of the plurality of fixed sensors;
• retrieve readings pertaining to the conditions of each of the plurality of areas from the sensor network including the each respective supplemental sensor added to the sensor network and the plurality of fixed sensors,
• for each respective area:
• compare the readings of the each respective supplemental sensor assigned to the respective area with one or more fixed sensors included in the respective area, and
• determine a resulting condition of the respective area based on the comparing.

A computer program product comprising:

• at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on a computing device, the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the computing device to:
• detect one or more supplemental sensors external to a sensor network, the sensor network including a plurality of fixed sensors;
• add to the sensor network only each respective supplemental sensor of the one or more detected supplemental sensors that a corresponding user authorized to be read by downloading an application to the respective supplemental sensor;
• assign to a respective area of a plurality of areas the each respective supplemental sensor added to the sensor network, the each respective supplemental sensor being assigned to the respective area including a closest fixed sensor of the plurality of fixed sensors;
• retrieve readings pertaining to the conditions of each of the plurality of areas from the sensor network including the each respective supplemental sensor added to the sensor network and the plurality of fixed sensors;
• for each respective area:
• compare the readings of the each respective supplemental sensor assigned to the respective area with one or more fixed sensors included in the respective area, and
• determine a resulting condition of the respective area based on the comparing.