Patent ID: 7406401

Claim:
A sensor manager device receiving sensing data transmitted from one or more sensors and providing data based on the sensing data to an external client, said sensor manager device comprising: a data receiver section receiving sensing data transmitted from each of the sensors; a data write section writing the received sensing data, sensing time information indicating a sensing time of the sensing data, and a unique sensor ID of the sensor transmitting the sensing data, in association with one another to a memory section; the memory section storing the sensing data, the sensing time information, and the sensor ID; a signal input section receiving a sensing data request signal transmitted from the client; a request recognizing section recognizing a scheme of the sensing data request signal and a type of a sensor designated by the client; a data acquiring instruction section determining a sensing data acquiring process on the basis of the recognized scheme of the sensing data request signal and the recognized type of sensor designated even if the recognized scheme and the recognized type do not match, and providing a data acquiring process instruction corresponding to the determined sensing data acquiring process; a data processing section generating based on the data acquiring process instruction from the data acquiring instruction section, in cases where the designated sensor automatically performs sensing and transmits sensing data and that the scheme of the sensing data request signal is a scheme in which the client designates a timing and requests sensing data acquired by the designated sensor, the sensing data which is provided, by the sensor designated by the client, at the timing designated by the client, on the basis of the sensing data, the sensing time information, and the sensor ID stored in the memory section; and a data output section outputting the sensing data generated by the data processing section to the client.