Sensor application integration framework (SAIF)
US7149660B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/025
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for standardizing an interface infrastructure between sensor devices and client applications. The apparatus comprises a Sensor Application Integration Framework (SAIF) in the form of an application program interface (API) transport layer between sensor devices and client applications. Sensor services are registered in the SAIF API as interface definitions, and the client applications search the interface definitions corresponding to desired sensor services. An interactive handshake of messages and data between client applications and sensor services is implemented via the SAIF API by means of standard communication protocols such as XML. The SAIF API abstracts the details of the underlying sensor hardware from the client application, and can therefore function as a standard interface for sensor simulation, for sensor emulation, and for an active sensor device. The SAIF API hardware and associated software are generally compatible with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.