Patent ID: 8649298
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling sensor nodes, the method comprising: extracting, with a computing device connected to a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), WSN information comprising a communication mode used by a plurality of sensor nodes of the WSN to exchange a plurality of packets with a base station, a traversed network path of the plurality of packets, and sensor or control data included in the plurality of packets; transforming, with the computing device, at least one of the sensor data or the control data into a predefined format; embedding, with the computing device, at least a portion of the WSN information in an object including at least the transformed at least one of the sensor data or the control data; updating, with the computing device, the object based on a defined functionality of one or more of the plurality of sensor nodes; and sending, with the computing device, one or more commands to actuate one or more electrical devices interfaced with the one or more of the plurality of sensor nodes in accordance with the defined functionality and using the updated object.