Intelligent edge device for filtering internet of things (IoT) data

A system, comprising:

• a processor of an edge device of a first network that connects the first network with a second network;
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• a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving and implementing a data filter rule in the edge device specifying a condition permitting communication of data generated by a networked electrical equipment in the first network to an information processor on a second network for the information processor to process the data generated by the networked electrical equipment and perform an action based upon the data generated by the networked electrical equipment, the first network being under the authority of a first entity, wherein the data filter rule is based on a date, a value of an environmental parameter contained in the data, a frequency in which the data is received at the edge device, and a cumulative amount of data received from the networked electrical equipment, the condition comprising the data generated by the networked electrical equipment being one of:
• being outside of a specified environmental parameter range or being generated when a location of the networked electrical equipment is outside of a geographic boundary or being above or below a threshold indicative of a failure in the networked electrical equipment;
• receiving, via the first network, data generated by the networked electrical equipment in the first network, the networked electrical equipment having an identification within the first network;
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• responsive to the data satisfying the condition of the data filter rule permitting communication of the data from the networked electrical equipment in the first network outside of the first network, communicating, via the second network, the data and the identification of the networked electrical equipment toward an information processor on a second network for the information processor to process the data and perform the action based upon the data, the second network being under the authority of a second entity.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied in the medium that when executed by a processor of an edge device of a first network causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving and implementing a data filter rule in the edge device specifying a condition permitting communication of data generated by a networked electrical equipment in the first network to an information processor on a second network for the information processor to process the data generated by the networked electrical equipment and perform an action based upon the data generated by the networked electrical equipment, the first network being under the authority of a first entity, wherein the data filter rule is based on a date, a value of an environmental parameter contained in the data, a frequency in which the data is received at the edge device, and a cumulative amount of data received from the networked electrical equipment, the condition comprising the data generated by the networked electrical equipment being one of:
• being outside of a specified environmental parameter range or being generated when a location of the networked electrical equipment is outside of a geographic boundary or being above or below a threshold indicative of a failure in the networked electrical equipment, wherein the edge device connects the first network with the second network;
• receiving, via the first network, data generated by the networked electrical equipment in the first network, the networked electrical equipment having an identification within the first network;
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• responsive to the data satisfying the condition of the data filter rule permitting communication of the data generated by the networked electrical equipment in the first network outside of the first network, communicating, via the second network, the data generated by the networked electrical equipment which satisfies the condition of the data filter rule and the identification of the networked electrical equipment toward the information processor on the second network for the information processor to process the data and perform the action based upon the data, the second network being under the authority of a second entity.