Group smart sensor management service
AssigneeItron, Inc.
InventorJason Estes
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Abstract
A smart sensor group management service may be used to establish groups of smart sensors that are associated with one or more common characteristics, such as a common application associated with the smart sensors. The group management service may establish multiple physical groups per application so that multiple entities may have access to managing the groups. The physical groups may be associated with a virtual group that facilitates management of the physical groups and may be accessible by the entities. The entities may perform different types of management operations using the group management service, such as creating groups, adding smart sensors to groups, removing smart sensors from groups, and adjusting settings of features of the applications that are associated with the groups.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform acts comprising:
- determining a permission of a user, associated with an entity, accessing an interface via a computing device;
- presenting a virtual group on the interface being determined based at least in part on the permission of the user associated with the entity, the virtual group being associated with an application and with multiple physical groups;
- receiving a selection of the virtual group;
- determining, based at least in part on the permission of the user, a first physical group of the multiple physical groups or a second physical group of the multiple physical groups;
- presenting, responsive to the selection of the virtual group, an interface usable to add or remove smart sensors to or from the first physical group or the second physical group based at least in part on the permission of the user;
- receiving a request to modify a list of smart sensors that are associated with the first physical group or the second physical group and that store features associated with the respective application, the request to modify including at least one of a request to add a smart sensor to the list of smart sensors or a request to remove a smart sensor from the list of smart sensors;
- and
- modifying the list of smart sensors associated with the first physical group or the second physical group.
A method comprising:
- determining a permission of a user, associated with an entity, accessing an interface via a computing device;
- presenting a virtual group on the interface being determined based at least in part on the permission of the user associated with the entity, the virtual group being associated with an application and with multiple physical groups;
- receiving a selection of the virtual group;
- determining, based at least in part on the permission of the user, a first physical group of the multiple physical groups or a second physical group of the multiple physical groups;
- presenting, responsive to the selection of the virtual group, an interface usable to add or remove smart sensors to or from the first physical group or the second physical group based at least in part on the permission of the user;
- receiving a request to modify a list of smart sensors that are associated with the first physical group or the second physical group and that store features associated with the respective application, the request to modify including at least one of a request to add a smart sensor to the list of smart sensors or a request to remove a smart sensor from the list of smart sensors;
- and
- modifying the list of smart sensors associated with the first physical group or the second physical group.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- determining a permission of a user, associated with an entity, accessing an interface via a computing device;
- presenting a virtual group on the interface being determined based at least in part on the permission of the user associated with the entity, the virtual group being associated with an application and with multiple physical groups;
- receiving a selection of the virtual group;
- determining, based at least in part on the permission of the user, a first physical group of the multiple physical groups or a second physical group of the multiple physical groups;
- presenting, responsive to the selection of the virtual group, an interface usable to add or remove smart sensors to or from the first physical group or the second physical group based at least in part on the permission of the user;
- receiving a request to modify a list of smart sensors that are associated with the first physical group or the second physical group and that store features associated with the respective application, the request to modify including at least one of a request to add a smart sensor to the list of smart sensors or a request to remove a smart sensor from the list of smart sensors;
- and
- modifying the list of smart sensors associated with the first physical group or the second physical group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.