Smart Sensor Event Messaging for Timely User Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor technologies lack efficient methods to transmit sensor-related events to users through messaging systems, limiting user interaction and responsiveness to sensor data.
Innovation Solution
Smart sensors equipped with logic to process sensor data and transmit events via messaging systems, such as Twitter, using communication modules and APIs to notify users of events or commands through various networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional sensor technologies are used, then sensor data can be collected, but efficient transmission of sensor events to users through messaging systems is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a messaging system as an intermediary between the sensor device and the user. The sensor device posts sensor-related events to a messaging account, which then distributes these events to users through messaging systems. This intermediary resolves the contradiction by enabling efficient information transmission while maintaining ease of user interaction through familiar messaging interfaces.
2Reliability
If sensor devices directly notify users, then user responsiveness improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the notification function from the sensor device itself and places it in a separate messaging system. The sensor device only needs to post events to a messaging account, while the complex tasks of user notification, message distribution, and interaction handling are performed by the external messaging system. This reduces device complexity while maintaining reliable user notification.
3Ease of operation
If messaging systems are integrated into sensor devices, then user interaction enhances, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial action by having the sensor device only perform the minimal necessary function of posting sensor events to a messaging account. The device does not continuously communicate or maintain complex messaging capabilities, but only activates the minimal posting function when sensor events occur. This reduces energy consumption while still enabling enhanced user interaction through the messaging system.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a at least one storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of an electronic device to at least: generate aggregated data based on: first data from a first network-connected sensor, the first data indicative of a physical condition in an environment, and second data from a second network-connected sensor; in response to detecting that the first data is indicative of an event, select a message associated with the event; and transmit the message and the aggregated data to a messaging service.