Method of and system for managing data in a sensor network
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorsRonny Fehling, Prabuddha Biswas
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of and system for managing sensor data in a computer database environment. An exemplary method of the invention is described, comprising the steps of: defining a Sensor Network environment in terms of zones, each zone being defined by its entrance or exit condition, and having a distinct and consistent property associated with it; collecting sensor data regarding the state of objects within the Sensor Network environment; analyzing the collected sensor data in the context of said Sensor Network environment and the zones; and storing the analyzed sensor data as records in a database, in an application agnostic form, and in terms of the zones. A corresponding system is also described.
Claims30
A method of managing sensor data comprising the steps of:
- defining a Sensor Network environment in terms of zones, each said zone being defined by its entrance or exit condition, and having a distinct and consistent property associated with it, wherein the defined Sensor network environment is based on operational and business process rules that apply to said Sensor Network environment;
- collecting sensor data regarding the state of objects within said Sensor Network environment;
- analyzing said collected sensor data in the context of said Sensor Network environment and said zones;
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- storing said analyzed sensor data as records in a database, in an application agnostic form, and in terms of said zones.
A system for managing sensor data comprising:
- a plurality of sensors for detecting environment conditions including the presence of objects;
- a Sensor management engine;
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- a database;
- said Sensor management engine being operable to:
- define a Sensor Network environment in terms of zones, each said zone being defined by its entrance or exit condition, and having a distinct and consistent property associated with it, wherein the defined Sensor network is based on the operational and business process rules that apply to said Sensor Network environment;
- collect data from said sensors regarding the state of objects within said Sensor Network environment;
- analyze said collected sensor data in the context of said Sensor Network environment and said zones;
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- store said analyzed sensor data as records in a database, in an application agnostic form, and in terms of said zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.