Modular platform enabling heterogeneous devices, sensors and actuators to integrate automatically into heterogeneous networks
US8631063B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/2843
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a hardware platform, at least one driver, a plurality of devices connected to the hardware platform, a middleware interface, and a plurality of software services. Each of the plurality of devices is selected from the group consisting of sensors and actuators. The plurality of software services is generated by the at least one driver, wherein a software service associates with a device, and wherein each of the software services complies with the middleware interface. A method for interfacing a plurality of devices to a hardware platform includes communicably connecting each of the plurality of devices to the hardware platform, converting each of the plurality of devices into a programmable software service using a driver, and programming each of the software services to comply with a middleware interface.
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