External sensor integration at edge device for delivery of data to intake system
US11824938B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/63
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein are techniques for integrating external sensors to an edge device, such as for ingesting data into a data intake and query system. The edge device has an internal message broker for communicating with internal (e.g., preconfigured, recognized) sensors, and an external message broker for communicating with external (e.g., customer-configured, otherwise unrecognized) sensors. The external message broker provides access to customer configuration of external sensors, but is logically quarantined from the internal message broker to prevent unwanted customer access to internal configurations. The internal and external message brokers interface only via a bridging service that transforms external sensor data into data based on customer-configurable transformations. The transformed data can be handled by the edge device and/or downstream components (e.g., a data intake and query system) in the same manner as internal sensor data.
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