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US 12,769,531 B2Granted
Sensor platform
AssigneeMeshComm Engineering LLC
InventorsNathan Gray, Nathan Schram, Thomas Preston Hollis
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Abstract
A sensor, sensor platform, and related methods that can combine low-cost satellite and cellular communications to enable a seamless deployment with direct sensor-to-cloud access even if a cellular network is not present during deployment. A user is able to deploy the sensor and it will connect to a cellular network if available or to a satellite if a cellular network is not available. Also provided are over-the-air software update and installation capabilities and a user space for installing custom applications from an application repository.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a. a plurality of sensor devices associated with a customer, wherein each of the plurality of sensor devices is configured to wirelessly transmit a first message comprising sensor data;
- b. a plurality of messaging queues comprising:
- i. a first messaging queue associated with the customer and configured to receive a plurality of the first messages from the plurality of sensor devices;
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- ii. a second messaging queue associated with the customer and including data derived from one or more of the plurality of the first messages in the first messaging queue;
- c. a plurality of connectors associated with the customer, wherein each connector is configured to receive messages from one of the plurality of messaging queues;
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- d. a plurality of customer platforms associated with the customer, and wherein each customer platform is capable of receiving sensor data from one of the plurality of connectors.
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A system comprising:
- a. a plurality of sensor devices associated with a customer, wherein each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a processor, a memory, and a wireless transceiver, and wherein the processor is configured to:
- i. wirelessly transmit a first message comprising sensor data;
- ii. wirelessly receive and install a custom application in a predetermined memory space;
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- iii. run the custom application to analyze stored sensor data and generate augmented sensor data for inclusion in a second message;
- b. an application repository configured to wirelessly provide the custom application to each of the plurality of sensor devices based on a first customer permission;
- c. a plurality of messaging queues comprising:
- i. a first messaging queue associated with the customer and configured to receive messages from the plurality of sensor devices;
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- ii. a second messaging queue associated with the customer and including data derived from one or more messages in the first messaging queue;
- d. a plurality of connectors associated with the customer, wherein each connector is configured to receive messages from one of the plurality of messaging queues;
- and a plurality of customer platforms associated with the customer, and wherein each customer platform is capable of receiving data from one of the plurality of connectors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.