# US 2014/0156672 A1 · Space-time-nodal type signal processing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156672 A1 - Document ID: US20140156672A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/160,050 - Filed: 2014-01-21 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-03 - Assignees: Space-Time Insight - Applicants: Space-Time Insight - Inventors: Krishna Kumar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156672A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/2272: {Management thereof} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices or platforms to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations associated with a space-time-node engine signal processing. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-53. (canceled) ### Claim 54 A method comprising: electronically implementing a space-time-node engine signal processing scheme to support generating one or more STING signal packets, said scheme comprising: capturing a spatial-temporal-nodal relationship between one or more characteristics of one or more sampled signals; and partitioning said one or more sampled signals based, at least in part, on said captured spatial-temporal-nodal relationship. ### Claim 55 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said capturing said spatial-temporal-nodal relationship comprises determining one or more changing characteristics of said one or more characteristics of said one or more sampled signals. ### Claim 56 (depends on 55) The method of claim 55, wherein said determining said one or more changing characteristics is based, at least in part, on at least one of the following: a pattern estimation evaluation; a trend estimation evaluation; or any combination thereof. ### Claim 57 (depends on 55) The method of claim 55, and further comprising prioritizing said one or more characteristics of said one or more sampled signals based, at least in part, on said one or more determined changing characteristics. ### Claim 58 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said partitioning said one or more sampled signals comprises representing said one or more signals within an n-dimensional signal space. ### Claim 59 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said capturing said spatial-temporal-nodal relationship comprises determining one or more dominant attributes of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said one or more sampled signals. ### Claim 60 (depends on 59) The method of claim 59, wherein said one or more dominant attributes are determined based, at least in part, on a degree of cardinality between said one or more characteristics of said one or more sampled signals. ### Claim 61 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said one or more partitioned sampled signals are characterized, at least in part, via one or more signal values indicative of a type of processing to be used, at least in part, with said one or more sampled signals. ### Claim 62 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, wherein said one or more signal values are represented via one or more signal registers. ### Claim 63 (depends on 62) The method of claim 62, wherein said one or more signal registers comprises one or more 8-bit wide registers. ### Claim 64 (depends on 62) The method of claim 62, wherein at least one of said one or more signal registers comprises one or more binary signal values representing at least one of the following: a payload information; at least one of said one or more characteristics; an attribute; a literal; a script; or any combination thereof. ### Claim 65 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, wherein said type of processing comprises at least one of the following: spatial-type processing; temporal-type processing; nodal-type processing; or any combination thereof. ### Claim 66 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said partitioning said one or more sampled signals is performed, at least in part, in connection with one or more class-type adapters. ### Claim 67 (depends on 66) The method of claim 66, wherein said one or more class-type adapters comprises one or more STING adapters. ### Claim 68 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, and further comprising specifying said captured spatial-temporal-nodal relationship in one or more electronic files. ### Claim 69 (depends on 68) The method of claim 68, wherein said one or more electronic files comprises at least one of the following: a configuration-type file; an initialization-type file; a manifest-type file; an ecosystem-type file; or any combination thereof. ### Claim 70 (depends on 54) The method of claim 54, wherein said one or more characteristics are sampled from one or more signal acquisition points. ### Claim 71 An apparatus comprising: a computing platform comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory to: condition one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes of one or more sensor signals to be capable of being processed in a STING format. ### Claim 72 (depends on 71) The apparatus of claim 71, wherein said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes are represented via one or more signal sample values. ### Claim 73 (depends on 72) The apparatus of claim 72, wherein said one or more signal sample values comprises at least one of the following: one or more measured signal sample values; one or more registered signal sample values; one or more digital numeric signal sample values; or any combination thereof. ### Claim 74 (depends on 71) The apparatus of claim 71, wherein said one or more sensor signals comprises one or more momentized signals acquired from a variety of sources in a variety of formats. ### Claim 75 (depends on 71) The apparatus of claim 71, wherein said one or more sensor signals is acquired from at least one signal acquisition point. ### Claim 76 (depends on 71) The apparatus of claim 71, wherein said computing platform to said condition said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes further to determine a relationship between said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes. ### Claim 77 (depends on 76) The apparatus of claim 76, wherein said relationship is determined based, at least in part, on one or more dominant metrics. ### Claim 78 (depends on 77) The apparatus of claim 77, wherein said dominant metric comprises one or more signal sample values having a higher degree of cardinality. ### Claim 79 (depends on 78) The apparatus of claim 78, wherein said STING format comprises said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes to at least partially anticipate one or more user preferences. ### Claim 80 (depends on 71) The apparatus of claim 71, wherein said computing platform to said condition said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes further to determine whether at least one of said one or more spatial-temporal-nodal attributes is represented via one or more changing sample signal values. ### Claim 81 An article comprising: a storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to: electronically apply a space-time-node engine signal processing scheme to support generating a STING signal packet to: capture a spatial-temporal-nodal relationship between one or more characteristics of one or more sampled signals; and partition said one or more sampled signals based, at least in part, on said captured spatial-temporal-nodal relationship. ### Claim 82 (depends on 81) The article of claim 81, wherein said one or more partitioned sampled signals are characterized, at least in part, via one or more signal values indicative of a type of processing to be used, at least in part, with said one or more sampled signals.