System for distributed intelligent remote sensing systems

A method of operating an Internet of things (IoT) system including a distributed system of virtual machines, the method comprising:

• providing at least one IoT platform system control engine having a IoT platform system control engine secure system space and a IoT platform system control engine user defined space;
• providing at least one IoT network node device communicable with the at least one IoT platform system control engine through a network, the at least one IoT network node device having an IoT network node device secure system space and an IoT network node device user defined space;
• providing at least one IoT edge device communicable with the at least one IoT network node device and the at least one IoT platform system control engine through the network, each of the at least one IoT edge device includes an edge device secure system space and an edge device user defined space;
• configuring each of the IoT platform system control engine secure system space, the IoT network node device secure system space and the edge device secure system space to be secured to prevent unauthorized access;
• defining a respective virtual machine in each of the IoT platform system control engine user defined space, the IoT network node device user defined space, and the edge device user defined space;
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• forming with the a distributed system of virtual machines with each respective virtual machine receiving and executing user defined instructions.

An Internet of things (IoT) device link comprising:

• a memory storage for storing program code;
• a microcontroller for executing the program code, wherein the program code includes secure program code configured to be secured and prevent unauthorized access and user defined program code configured to execute user defined instructions;
• a communication module and antenna configured to transmit and receive data to and from the IoT device link;
• a cryptologic unit configured to encrypt and decrypt the data;
• a power supply and management module and power storage unit configured to provide power to the IoT device link;
• a real time clock configured to clock the microcontroller operations;
• a MAC address module configured to provide a unique network address for the IoT device link;
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• wherein the microcontroller having an interface module configured to connect and control at least one input and output of an IoT device link sensor.

An internet of things (IoT) network system comprising:

• at least one network link card each of which is configured to respectively interface with a corresponding at least one of an IoT edge device and an IoT network node device, of an IoT platform system, so as to communicably link, via a wide area network each respective at least one IoT edge device and IoT network node device of the IoT platform system to an IoT platform system control engine;
• an in-fabrication keying fixture configured so as to couple with and key onto each at least one network link card respectively at fabrication so as to form an encryption key set on, and uniquely corresponding to, each respective network link card at fabrication of each respective network link card;
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• an IoT edge device and IoT network node device registration and authentication manager controller coupled to the IoT platform system control engine, the registration and authentication manager controller being configured to respectively register and authenticate each at least one of the IoT edge device and the IoT network node device upon respective initialization and registration thereof, by the IoT platform system control engine, of each at least one of the IoT edge device and the IoT network node device within the IoT platform system based on a secure symmetric encryption key set to the at fabrication formed encryption key set of the corresponding link card of each at least one of the IoT edge device and IoT network node device so as to effect authenticated onboarding respectively of each at least one of the IoT edge device and IOT network node device to the IoT platform system.

An Internet of things (IoT) system including a distributed system of virtual machines, the IoT system comprising:

• at least one IoT platform system control engine;
• at least one IoT network node device communicable with the at least one IoT platform system control engine through a network;
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• at least one IoT edge device communicable with the at least one IoT network node device and the at least one IoT platform system control engine through the network, each of the at least one IoT edge device includes an IoT edge device secure system space and an IoT edge device user defined space;
• wherein the IoT edge device secure system space is configured to be secured to prevent unauthorized access and the IoT edge device user defined space is configured to receive and execute user defined instructions to form the distributed system of virtual machines.

An Internet of things (IoT) system including a distributed system of virtual machines, the IoT system comprising:

• at least one IoT platform system control engine;
• at least one IoT network node device communicable with the at least one IoT platform system control engine through a network, each of the at least one IoT network node device includes an IoT network node device secure system space and an IoT network node device user defined space;
• and
• at least one IoT edge device communicable with the at least one IoT network node device and the at least one IoT platform system control engine through the network, each of the at least one IoT edge device includes an IoT edge device secure system space and an IoT edge device user defined space;
• wherein the IoT edge device secure system space is configured to be secured to prevent unauthorized access and the IoT edge device user defined space is configured to receive and execute user defined instructions to form the distributed system of virtual machines;
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• wherein the IoT network node device secure system space is configured to be secured to prevent unauthorized access and the IoT network node device user defined space is configured to receive and execute user defined instructions to form the distributed system of virtual machines.