Sensor broker for plug-ins

A computer system comprising:

• a processor system;
• and
• a computer storage media that stores computer-executable instructions that are executable by the processor system to at least:
• receive, at a sensor service of an operating system (OS), a sensor payload that includes:
• a data field that is defined by the OS, and that comprises a first value that is based on a reading by a sensor device;
• and
• custom payload data that is defined by an application executing at the OS;
• send, by the sensor service, the sensor payload to a broker process that is separate from the sensor service, wherein the broker process,
• hosts plug-in logic that is provided by the application, and
• sandboxes an execution of the plug-in logic within the broker process;
• receive, by the sensor service, a sensor payload update from the broker process, the sensor payload update including a second value for the data field that is different from the first value, the second value having been determined by the execution of the plug-in logic within the broker process and based on the custom payload data;
• create, by the sensor service, a modified sensor payload from the sensor payload, including updating the data field to comprise the second value;
• and
• transmit an instruction to perform a second OS action based on the second value of the data field, the second OS action being different from a first OS action that would result from the first value of the data field.

A computer storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions that are executable by a processor system to at least:

• receive, at a sensor service of an operating system (OS), a sensor payload that includes a human presence report comprising a data field that is defined by the OS, and that comprises a first value that corresponds to a reading by a human presence sensor device;
• send, by the sensor service, the sensor payload to a broker process that is separate from the sensor service, wherein the broker process,
• hosts plug-in logic that is provided by an application executing at the OS, and
• sandboxes an execution of the plug-in logic within the broker process;
• receive, by the sensor service, a sensor payload update from the broker process, the sensor payload update including a second value for the data field that is different from the first value, the second value having been determined by the execution of the plug-in logic within the broker process;
• create, by the sensor service, a modified sensor payload from the sensor payload, including updating the data field to comprise the second value;
• and
• initiate a second OS action based on the second value of the data field, the second OS action being different from a first OS action that would result from the first value of the data field.