Scalable event-driven software architecture for the automation of people-centric systems

A processing system for tracking person-object interactions in an environment, the processing system comprising:

• at least one memory configured to store (i) program instructions, (ii) event data with respect to a plurality of person entities and a plurality of storage entities in the environment, (iii) storage content data with respect to the storage entities, and (iv) at least one ownership log including an identification of which person entity in the plurality of person entities owns each storage entity in the plurality of storage entities, the event data identifying times at which particular person entities in the plurality of person entities moved any extremity into particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities, the event data identifying times at which particular person entities in the plurality of person entities removed any extremity from particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities, the storage content data including a plurality of lists identifying object entities in a plurality of object entities that are located within particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities at different times;
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• at least one processor configured to execute the program instructions to:
• receive, and store in the memory, the event data and the storage content data;
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• determine, based on the event data and the storage content data, a first object entity of the plurality of object entities that was at least one of (i) added to a first storage entity in the plurality of storage entities and (ii) removed from the first storage entity, as a result of a first interaction in which a first person entity in the plurality of person entities moved any extremity into the first storage entity and subsequently removed any extremity from the first storage entity;
• determine an application-specific quality of the first interaction based on (i) whether the first object entity was added or removed during the first interaction and (ii) whether the first object entity was added or removed during a second interaction that is previous in time to the first interaction or subsequent in time to the first interaction;
• determine whether the first interaction was anomalous based on the application-specific quality of the first interaction and which person entity in the plurality of person entities owns the first storage entity into which the first object entity was added or from which the first object entity was removed;
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• operate an output device to output a warning in response to determining that the first interaction was anomalous.

A system for tracking person-object interactions in an environment, the system comprising:

• at least one tracker device configured to determine (i) event data with respect to a plurality of person entities and a plurality of storage entities in the environment and (ii) storage content data with respect to the storage entities, by monitoring the environment with at least one sensor, the event data identifying times at which particular person entities in the plurality of person entities moved any extremity into particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities, the event data identifying times at which particular person entities in the plurality of person entities removed any extremity from particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities, the storage content data including a plurality of lists identifying object entities in a plurality of object entities that are located within particular storage entities in the plurality of storage entities at different times;
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• a processing system having:
• at least one memory configured to store (i) program instructions, (ii) the event data, (iii) the storage content data, and (iv) at least one ownership log including an identification of which person entity in the plurality of person entities owns each storage entity in the plurality of storage entities;
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• at least one processor configured to execute the program instructions to:
• receive, and store in the memory, the event data and the storage content data;
• and
• determine, based on the event data and the storage content data, a first object entity of the plurality of object entities that was at least one of (i) added to a first storage entity in the plurality of storage entities and (ii) removed from the first storage entity, as a result of a first interaction in which a first person entity in the plurality of person entities moved any extremity into the first storage entity and subsequently removed any extremity from the first storage entity;
• determine an application-specific quality of the first interaction based on (i) whether the first object entity was added or removed during the first interaction and (ii) whether the first object entity was added or removed during a second interaction that is previous in time to the first interaction or subsequent in time to the first interaction;
• determine whether the first interaction was anomalous based on the application-specific quality of the first interaction and which person entity in the plurality of person entities owns the first storage entity into which the first object entity was added or from which the first object entity was removed;
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• operate an output device to output a warning in response to determining that the first interaction was anomalous.