Context specific management in wireless sensor network
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorPaul B. Rasband
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Abstract
A networked system for managing a physical intrusion detection/alarm includes an upper tier of server devices, comprising: processor devices and memory in communication with the processor devices, a middle tier of gateway devices that are in communication with upper tier servers, and a lower level tier of devices that comprise fully functional nodes and constrained nodes. The networked has a device configured to receive sensory inputs from credentials or badges and determine virtual groups of individuals associated with received credential data and apply rules to grouping information to track and detect individuals within virtual groups.
Claims20
A networked system for physical intrusion detection/alarm monitoring comprises;
- one or more computing devices, comprising processor devices and memory in communication with the processor devices, configured to:
- receive sensory inputs from credentials or badges affixed to individuals containing wireless network nodes within a monitored premises;
- determine virtual groups of individuals associated with the received credential data by determining from the received inputs relative proximity of individuals to each other over periods of time;
- store the determined virtual groups of individuals into a list of tag locations as grouping information;
- modify the grouping information over time frames of configurable duration, based on the virtual groupings by changing the list of tag locations for each virtual group as virtual group membership changes;
- and
- apply rules set to the grouping information to track and detect individuals within the virtual group.
A method of detection of physical intrusion within a monitored area, the method comprising:
- receiving by one or more computing devices, sensory inputs from credentials or badges affixed to individuals containing wireless network nodes within a monitored premises;
- determining by the one or more computing devices, virtual groups of individuals associated with the received credential data by determining from the received inputs relative proximity of individuals to each other over periods of time;
- storing by the one or more computing devices, the determined virtual groups of individuals into a list of tag locations as grouping information;
- modify by the one or more computing devices the grouping information over time frames of configurable duration, based on the virtual groupings by changing the list of tag locations for each virtual group as virtual group membership changes;
- and
- applying by the one or more computing devices, a rules set to the grouping information to track and detect individuals within the virtual groupings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.