Intelligent and dynamic processing of sensor reading fidelity

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing program instructions, the processor operative with the program instructions to perform operations of:
• receiving a sensor data stream from a sensor;
• determining that the sensor data stream is associated with a sensor fidelity rule specifying a triggering event, a fidelity modification, and a modification period, wherein the triggering event is a change in a value that is monitored by the sensor:
• sampling the sensor data stream according to a first sampling interval;
• responsive to occurrence of the triggering event, changing the first sampling interval to a second sampling interval based on the fidelity modification;
• determining whether the modification period has elapsed and whether the triggering event is active;
• sampling the sensor data stream according to the second sampling interval when it is determined that the modification period has not elapsed and the triggering event is active;
• and reverting the sampling of the sensor data stream according to the first sampling interval when it is determined that the modification period has elapsed or the triggering event is no longer active.

A non-transitory computer readable medium not including a transitory signal having stored therein instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a sensor data stream from a sensor;
• determining that the sensor data stream is associated with a sensor fidelity rule specifying a triggering event, a fidelity modification, and a modification period, wherein the triggering event is a change in a value that is monitored by the sensor;
• sampling the sensor data stream according to a first sampling interval;
• responsive to occurrence of the triggering event, changing the first sampling interval to a second sampling interval based on the fidelity modification, wherein the second sampling interval is different from the first sampling interval;
• determining whether the modification period has elapsed and whether the triggering event is active;
• sampling the sensor data stream according to the second sampling interval when it is determined that the modification period has not elapsed and the triggering event is active;
• and
• reverting the sampling of the sensor data stream according to the first sampling interval when it is determined that the modification period has elapsed or the triggering event is no longer active.