Patent ID: 9014161
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile device indexing system comprising: a plurality of edge nodes in communication with each other across a communication network; a plurality of mobile devices configured to communicate with the edge nodes, each mobile device comprising computing and communication functionality; and a separate mobile device index maintained at each one of the plurality of edge nodes, each mobile device index is a spatio-temporal index comprising entries for a unique set of mobile devices derived from the plurality of mobile devices and each unique set comprising only mobile devices registered to the edge node associated with that mobile device index; wherein each index entry further comprises meta-data for the mobile device associated with that entry, the meta-data comprising a unique identification for the associated mobile device, a current status for the associated mobile device, an identification of data generating functions of the associated mobile device or policies associated with obtaining data generated by the associated mobile device.