Hierarchical contexts to drive live sensor applications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8954364
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13236475

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A method for operating a sensor based application includes receiving a context hierarchy for the sensor based application, the context hierarchy comprising a plurality of contexts, wherein each of the contexts is assigned a level of interest and a priority, reading the context hierarchy and discovering at least one sensor associated with each of the plurality of contexts, and reading at least one value of each of the sensors, and applying the values.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Lillethun, David L Dunwoody, US 1 1
Mohindra, Ajay Hawthorne, US 106 3023
Sailer, Anca Hawthorne, US 103 1430

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