Method and System for Collecting and Managing Remote Sensor Data
AssigneeAquaSwift Inc.
InventorsRussell Brookes, Dylan Brookes
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Abstract
A system, method, and device for monitoring one or more sensors at a remote location. The system allows a user to register multiple sensors to the user's account. When the sensors are deployed at a remote location for measuring various properties of their surrounding environments, they collect data which is then transmitted to a server. The user may then monitor the data by connecting to the server via a client device, and receive alerts when the data satisfies certain conditions.
Claims22
A method for remote sensing of at least one property, comprising:
- disposing at least one sensor that senses at least one property of its surroundings in a location for sensing the at least one property;
- providing a control module that communicates with the at least one sensor;
- implementing a control module sleep/wake cycle time period;
- using the control module to receive, during a wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, at least one signal from the at least one sensor, the at least one signal corresponding to a reading of the at least one property;
- using the control module to set a communication interval wherein the control module communicates the at least one reading to a server during the communication interval and the communication interval comprises an amount of time as determined by a number of sleep/wake cycles selected according to a threshold amount of power available from a power source;
- maintaining the at least one sensor obtaining readings of the at least one property according to the sleep/wake cycle;
- during an increased communication interval comprising an amount of time as determined by an increased number of sleep/wake cycles, buffering sensor readings such that two or more buffered sensor readings are communicated to the server during the increased communication interval.
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Apparatus for remote sensing of at least one property, comprising:
- a control module including a communications subsystem;
- at least one sensor device including at least one sensor connected to the control module and configured to measure the at least one property of an environment surrounding the at least one sensor;
- wherein the control module operates according to a power management sleep/wake cycle time period;
- wherein the control module receives, during a wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, at least one signal from the at least one sensor, the at least one signal corresponding to at least one reading of the at least one property;
- wherein control module communicates the at least one reading to a server during a communication interval and the communication interval comprises an amount of time as determined by a number of sleep/wake cycles selected according to a threshold amount of power available from a power source;
- wherein the at least one sensor obtains readings of the at least one property according to the sleep/wake cycle;
- wherein during an increased communication interval comprising an amount of time as determined by an increased number of sleep/wake cycles, sensor readings are buffered such that two or more buffered sensor readings are communicated to the server during the increased communication interval.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.