Web services for creation and maintenance of smart entities for connected devices

A method for managing data relating to a plurality of physical devices connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• generating, by one or more processors, a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities comprising object entities representing each of the plurality of physical devices and data entities representing data generated by the plurality of devices, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities, wherein at least one relational object of the relational objects indicates a type of relationship;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, data from a first device of the plurality of physical devices and identifying a first object entity of the object entities representing the first device;
• determining, by the one or more processors, a second device of the plurality of physical devices using a first relational object of the relational objects connecting the first object entity representing the first device and a second object entity of the object entities representing the second device;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a data entity of the data entities storing data for the second device using a second relational object of the relational objects connecting the data entity and the second object entity representing the second device;
• and
• modifying, by the one or more processors, the data entity with the data received from the first device.

An entity management cloud computing system for managing data relating to a plurality of physical devices connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable storage media communicably coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• generate a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities comprising object entities representing each of the plurality of physical devices and data entities representing data generated by the plurality of physical devices, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities, wherein at least one relational object of the relational objects indicates a type of relationship;
• receive data from a first device of the plurality of physical devices and identify a first object entity of the object entities representing the first device;
• determine a second device of the plurality of physical devices using a first relational object of the relational objects connecting the first object entity representing the first device and a second object entity of the object entities representing the second device;
• identify a data entity of the data entities storing data for the second device using a second relational object of the relational objects connecting the data entity and the second object entity representing the second device;
• and
• modify the data entity with the data received from the first device.