Message communication of sensor and other data

A computing system for providing information to an application running on the computing system, the computing system comprising:

• one or more processor(s);
• and
• one or more storage device(s) having stored thereon computer executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processor(s) to cause the computing system to:
• determine that a particular messaging infrastructure is to be used for communicating sensor readings to the application, wherein determining that the particular messaging infrastructure is to be used additionally includes notifying a developer of said application to inform the developer that the particular messaging infrastructure is to be used;
• receive a subscription request from the application to receive notifications of sensor readings;
• use a sensor interface to obtain a reading from a sensor that is physically detached from said computing system, the sensor interface comprising software that provides a mechanism through which sensor values are readable by programs that use the sensor interface;
• and
• present, to said application, a message that is generated based on at least the reading obtained from the sensor, wherein the message is formatted using the particular messaging infrastructure, and wherein the application is configured to receive sensor data, which includes the reading, and to consume the received sensor data while the application is running on the computing system.

A computer program product comprising one or more storage device(s) having stored thereon computer executable instructions that are executable by one or more processor(s) of a computing system to cause the computing system to provide an application on the computing system, wherein the application is configured to receive sensor data and to consume the received sensor data while the application is running on the computing system, and to implement a method that includes:

• determining that a particular messaging infrastructure is to be used for communicating sensor readings to the application, wherein determining that the particular messaging infrastructure is to be used additionally includes notifying a developer of said application to inform the developer that the particular messaging infrastructure is to be used;
• receiving a subscription request from the application to receive notification of sensor readings;
• using a sensor interface to obtain a reading from a sensor, the sensor interface comprising software that provides a mechanism through which sensor values are readable by programs that use the sensor interface, the sensor being physically detached from the computing system;
• and
• presenting a message that is generated based on at least the reading obtained from the sensor, wherein the message is formatted using the particular messaging infrastructure.