Patent ID: 7761547
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network system including a plurality of clients, an application server, a plurality of sensors each associated with a respective user of a plurality of users, at least one base station that terminates wireless communications from said plurality of sensors, and a sensor net server which includes a control processing processor, wherein: said sensor net server has a storage device that stores a first association between each of said plurality of sensors and a corresponding base station of said at least one base station and a second association between each of said at least one base station and a corresponding group of a plurality of groups; said control processing processor performs setting of a third association between each of said users and a corresponding group of said plurality of groups according to said first and second associations; and said application server contains a control unit that controls applications based on said plurality of groups; wherein: said application server comprises a communication interface unit, a control processing processor, and a data storage device; said control processing processor further performs processing of obtaining information on said groups from said sensor net server, and communicating with said sensor net server; and said data storage device stores a group management table that manages said group information; wherein: