Reconfigurable embedded rules engine for internet of things (IOT) devices

Abstract

Systems and apparatus including consumer electronic devices, including Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and a reconfigurable embedded rules engine, include: a code base that has been minimized toreduce a memory footprint of the code base in a memory device; and wherein the code base performs operations comprising effecting cross-platform network communications functionality using a computercommunications network interface, providing access to the cross-platform network communications functionality through a communications application programming interface (API), triggering network communications, using the communications API, in accordance with encoded device-operation rules comprising at least one encoded communication triggering rule, allowing changes to the encoded device-operation rules through a rules updating API, and checking whether the changes to the encoded device-operation rules received through the rules updating API comply with at least one of the processing resource constraints associated with a hardware processor and a memory device.

Description

Background technique [0001] The present disclosure relates to resource constrained electronic devices or consumer electronic devices including Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and a reconfigurable embedded rules engine. [0002] Wireless communications, especially wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies have become ubiquitous in the mobile computing environment. Some existing wireless networking standards, such as the WiFi protocol IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11, can be used to provide very close wireless connections between wireless devices. Additionally, newer wireless networking technologies, such as 802.11ah, have been developed that are capable of operating over longer distances and have relatively low device power consumption compared to some existing wireless systems. These long range low power (LRLP) wireless technologies can be used to extend the communication distance achieved with some traditional 802.11 wireless techno...

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Problems solved by technology

In existing implementations, there is no common communication language or protocol for current IoT implementations

In addition, such a wide range of devices may have different computing frameworks from different company platforms, which limits the ability to communicate between these different platforms

These and other challenges related to interoperability, conformance, and extended functionality of resource-constrained devices may exist in some current IoT environments

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