Patent ID: 7710259
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a processor; a data bus coupled to the processor; a memory coupled to the data bus; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for recreating known emergent information by performing the steps of: storing initial data in a database; developing multiple data patterns that are based on the stored initial data, wherein each data pattern, included in the multiple data patterns, is based on a creation of specific data of specific data types within a predefined time limit; ranking the multiple data patterns based on historic accuracy in creating a known emergent information; applying newly received data to a highest-ranked data pattern, included in the multiple data patterns, to recreate the known emergent information; performing a response to address the recreated known emergent information, wherein the initial data is received from an array of sensors in an array location, and wherein the array location is on a water coastline, and wherein the array of sensors comprises a weather sensor, a thermal sensor, a video camera, a radar system, and an audio sensor, and wherein the known emergent information is initially created by: programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal; programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors, and wherein the relationship rule defines how each sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with other sensors in the array of sensors; activating the array of sensors, wherein each sensor in the array of sensors comprises multiple different trigger rules to be used in a creation of different emergent information; and in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals; a local controller at the array location, wherein the response to address the emergent information is performed by the local controller at the array location using a consolidation of trigger rules from the array of sensors; and updating, from a remote controller, the trigger rule and the relationship rule in each sensor in the array of sensors.