Serialized Event Data for IoT Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge in the Internet of Things (IoT) is the complexity of enabling devices from different vendors to communicate and interact seamlessly, due to varied communication protocols, data formats, and APIs, which requires significant programming effort, often exceeding the capacity of available programmers and necessitating a simpler method for non-technical users to control devices.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that uses serialized event data in a human-readable format, such as spreadsheets, to configure and control devices, allowing users to visualize and interact with device states without writing procedural code, by detecting events, generating data, identifying elements, performing operations, and displaying results, with error handling and metadata management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standardized communication protocols and data formats are implemented across devices from different vendors, then device interoperability is improved, but the complexity of integration and the amount of programming work required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized data format and communication protocol as an intermediary layer between devices from different vendors. This mediator enables seamless interoperability by translating diverse device-specific protocols into a universal format, eliminating the need for complex custom integration work for each device pair.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal data exchange framework that can handle multiple device types, vendors, and protocols through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional approach allows any device to communicate with any other device without requiring vendor-specific integration code, reducing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive programming is done to enable device interactions in the Internet of Things, then device functionality and interaction capability are improved, but the amount of programming work and time required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes communication protocols, data formats, and interaction frameworks in advance during the device design phase. By performing this programming work preliminarily and embedding it into the device firmware, the system eliminates the need for extensive custom programming when deploying devices in IoT scenarios, significantly reducing programming time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses configurable parameters and metadata within the standardized data format to adapt device interactions to different scenarios. Instead of writing custom code for each interaction type, the system changes parameters and uses pre-defined templates to handle various device interactions, reducing programming effort while maintaining full functionality.
3Extent of automation
If procedural code is used to program devices, then precise control and automation are achieved, but the difficulty of programming increases and requires qualified programmers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses spreadsheet formats as a simplified copy of traditional programming interfaces. Spreadsheets replicate the essential functionality of procedural code (data storage, manipulation, and logic) in a visual, cell-based format that is easier to understand and modify, allowing non-programmers to achieve precise device control without learning complex programming languages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of writing and debugging textual procedural code with a visual spreadsheet-based system. This substitution maintains the automation and control precision of traditional programming while eliminating the syntax errors, compilation issues, and debugging complexity associated with code-based approaches.
4Ease of operation
If visual spreadsheet-based control is used instead of procedural code, then ease of operation and accessibility to non-programmers are improved, but the precision and complexity of control may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances spreadsheet functionality by allowing complex parameters, formulas, and data transformations that can represent sophisticated control logic. By enabling parameter changes and advanced spreadsheet features, the system maintains control precision while keeping the visual, accessible interface that non-programmers can use.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for configuring or controlling a device is provided. In addition, a computer program product, and a device are provided. The method comprises detecting, by the device, an event, generating serialized event data in response to the event, receiving the event data from the device, identifying, via an expression, at least one element of the event data, wherein the element indicates a state of the device, performing at least one operation on the element of event data, wherein the operation includes determining the state of the device, displaying a result of the operation, determining whether an indication of an error in the result is received, and when a determination is made that there is no error and the result indicates that the state of the device is a specified state, performing, by the device, a task.