Adaptive polling of information from a device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• controlling polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, wherein controlling polling of the device comprises:
• receiving, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information, wherein the current polling control region comprises at least one of a value of a polling frequency parameter or an indication of information to be collected from the device;
• determining a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determining a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region.

A method, comprising:

• using a processor and a memory for:
• controlling polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, wherein controlling polling of the device comprises:
• receiving, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information, wherein the current polling control region comprises at least one of a value of a polling frequency parameter or an indication of information to be collected from the device;
• determining a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determining a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to control polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, the processor configured to:
• receive, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information;
• determine a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determine a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region;
• wherein the non-parametric control information comprises at least one of a keyword, a set of keywords, a phrase, a set of phrases, or a text string.

A method, comprising:

• using a processor and a memory for:
• controlling polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, wherein controlling polling of the device comprises:
• receiving, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information;
• determining a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determining a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region;
• wherein the non-parametric control information comprises at least one of a keyword, a set of keywords, a phrase, a set of phrases, or a text string.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to control polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, wherein at least one control parameter from the set of multiple control parameters comprises a combined control parameter defined based on a combination of at least two input control parameters, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, the processor configured to:
• receive, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information;
• determine a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determine a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region.

A method, comprising:

• using a processor and a memory for:
• controlling polling of a device based on a set of polling control regions configured to control polling of the device, the set of polling control regions being defined based on at least one of a set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric control information, wherein at least one control parameter from the set of multiple control parameters comprises a combined control parameter defined based on a combination of at least two input control parameters, the set of polling control regions comprising at least two polling control regions, wherein controlling polling of the device comprises:
• receiving, while in a current polling control region of the set of polling control regions, input information comprising at least one of a set of values associated with the set of multiple control parameters and non-parametric input information;
• determining a target polling control region, from the set of polling control regions, based on the input information;
• and
• determining a transition within the set of polling control regions based on the current polling control region and the target polling control region.