Patent ID: 8666448

Claim:
A headless sensor device, comprising: a sensor head to retrieve an amount of measurement data from an environment each time the sensor head takes a measurement; an input/output interface to communicatively couple the headless sensor device at least to a sensor and to a mobile communication device; a memory; a non-volatile storage to store at least a first sensor data access protocol (SDAP) manageability code; processing logic to load at least a portion of the first SDAP manageability code into the memory, wherein the first SDAP manageability code, when executed by the processing logic, causes the processing logic to: calibrate the sensor head; determine a length of data collection; determine a data gathering technique of the sensor head, the data gathering technique includes one of data accumulation and direct data transfer; determine a length of data transfer; provide a sensor type to a mobile communication device attempting to discover the headless sensor device; provide a measurement data payload type to the mobile communication device, the measurement data payload type includes a format of each packet of data to be sent to the mobile communication device; provide a data transfer type to the mobile communication device, wherein the data transfer type includes one of a wired or a wireless data transfer type; provide at least the length of data collection, the data gathering technique, and the length of data transfer to the mobile communication device; cause the sensor head to take at least a first measurement; receive the amount of measurement data from the sensor head as a result of the taken first measurement; packetize the measurement data received from the sensor head into a measurement data payload of the measurement data payload type; and transfer the measurement data payload to the mobile communication device; wherein the headless sensor device is exclusive of a display.