US 10,412,161 B2 · Method and system for coherent aggregation and synchronization of gathered data from spread devices

Abstract

In a method for gathering time-variable data from electronic slave devices in data communication through a data transmission channel with an electronic master device, the slave devices periodically measure and store a current value of at least one respective time-variable parameter (P1(t), . . . Pn(t)). The master device sends a freeze command to the slave devices. Upon receipt of the freeze command from the master device, the slave devices freeze the last measured value of the at least one time-variable parameter. During a data-gathering time interval following sending of the freeze command, the master device gathers the frozen values from the slave devices.

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Dependent claims

A method for gathering time-variable data from electronic slave devices in data communication through a data transmission channel with an electronic master device, the method comprising the following steps:

the slave devices periodically measuring and storing a current value of at least one respective time-variable parameter;
the master device sending a freeze command as a broadcast to each of the slave devices, wherein the freeze command containing a freeze-command identification code;
upon receipt of the freeze command from the master device, the slave devices freezing the last measured value of the at least one time-variable parameter;
and
during a data-gathering time interval following sending of the freeze command, the master device gathering the frozen values from each of the slave devices.

2 more elements

A system comprising:

a plurality of electronic slave devices;
an electronic master device;
and
a data transmission channel connecting the slave devices to the master device, wherein the master device is configured and arranged for sending a freeze command as a broadcast to each of the slave devices, wherein the freeze command containing a freeze-command identification code and for gathering time-variable data from each of the slave devices during a data-gathering time interval following the freeze command, and each slave device is configured and arranged for
periodically measuring and storing a value of at least one respective time-variable parameter,
freezing the last measured value of said time-variable parameter upon receipt of a freeze command from the master device, and
transmitting the frozen value of the at least one time-variable parameter to the master device during the data-gathering time interval.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/082,594Filed 28 Mar 2016

Priority

EP 1516180731 Mar 2015

Published

US 2016/0292046 A16 Oct 2016

Granted

10 Sep 2019

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H04L 67/1095
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data…
G06F 17/40
Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions: data acquisition and logging
H04L 67/125
Specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or…:…
H04Q 9/04
Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus…:…

Method and system for coherent aggregation and synchronization of gathered data from spread devices

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Method and system for coherent aggregation and synchronization of gathered data from spread devices

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