Controlling a Device Using Tabular Data

A device controllable via tabular data, the device comprising:

• a timer for generating events at a predetermined time;
• a sensor for generating events upon detection of specified changes in the device or in an environment of the device;
• a computing unit comprising:
• a memory for storing an input array, an operations array, and an output array, wherein each array includes at least one cell;
• a receiver for:
• receiving the operations array, the operations array including a first reference to a cell of the input array, and
• receiving tabular data from an input source;
• a processor configured to carry out the following:
• perform operations on multiple rows of the tabular data,
• wherein at least one of the rows of the tabular data was produced in response to an event generated by the sensor or the timer, the operations comprising:
• inserting one of the rows of the tabular data into the input array,
• determining a value of a second cell of the operations array based on the referenced cell of the input array, and
• storing one of the following in a cell of the output array:
• the determined value of the operations array, and
• a value of the referenced cell of the input array;
• and
• copy the output array to an output destination.