Patent ID: 8868447
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of aggregating and publishing sensor node data, comprising: receiving sensor data from each of a first plurality of sensor nodes; developing a plurality of content channels, each created by one or more channel developers, and aggregating sensor data from a second plurality of sensor nodes, the second plurality of sensor nodes being a subset of the first plurality of sensor nodes; publishing the content channels such that they can be accessed by one or more channel clients over one or more data communications networks; tracking a plurality of content channel stakeholders for each of the content channels; enabling channel clients to configure content channels to trigger on patterns of data, meeting predetermined criteria, from the aggregated sensor data and to generate events descriptive of the data patterns; enabling one or more service providers to configure content channels to trigger on the patterns of data, meeting the predetermined criteria, from the aggregated sensor data, and to associate advertising content with the data patterns; notifying channel clients whenever sensor data patterns that meet the predetermined criteria are detected; attaching, to the notification, the advertising content, from the one or more service providers, that is associated with the sensor data patterns that meet the predetermined criteria; identifying and tracking the viewing of advertising content; identifying and tracking any purchasing or other business-related actions of channel clients based on the display of the advertising content from the one or more service providers; accounting for service provider fees related to the display of the advertising content; accounting for business transactions resulting from the display of the advertising content; and distributing accumulated fees to one or more of the content channel stakeholders.