Web services for smart entity management for sensor systems

A method for managing data relating to a plurality of sensors connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• generating a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities comprising sensor object entities representing each of the plurality of sensors and data entities representing measurements received from the sensors, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the sensor object entities and the data entities;
• receiving a new measurement from a first sensor of the plurality of sensors;
• identifying a first data entity from a relational object for the first sensor, the first data entity comprising a plurality of past measurements received from the first sensor;
• and
• modifying the first data entity within the database of smart entities to include the new measurement received from the first sensor.

An entity management cloud computing system for managing data relating to a plurality of sensors connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable storage media communicably coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• generate a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities comprising sensor object entities representing each of the plurality of sensors and data entities representing measurements received from the sensors, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the sensor object entities and the data entities;
• receive a new measurement from a first sensor of the plurality of sensors;
• identify a first data entity from a relational object for the first sensor, the first data entity comprising a plurality of past measurements received from the first sensor;
• and
• modify the first data entity within the database of smart entities to include the new measurement received from the first sensor.