Patent ID: 7735060

Claim:
A method of deploying component-based software systems for the implementation of desired sensor data processing at a first computer, the method comprising: providing first computer software for installation at the first computer, said first computer software including class definitions for a predefined set of sensor components comprising a collection of software objects tailored for building component-based software systems to effect desired sensor data processing; said first computer software operative during execution to: receive system specifications, each defining a desired component-based software system by identifying types and numbers of sensor components from the predefined set of sensor components to be included in the desired component-based software system, and identifying configuration settings for those included sensor components; and dynamically build the desired component-based software systems by instantiating sensor components from the predefined set of sensor components and configuring them in accordance with their corresponding system specifications; and dynamically run the desired component-based software systems within a run-time environment provided by the first computer software, to thereby carry out the desired sensor data processing at the first computer.