Aggregation and retrieval of network sensor data

1. A data system, comprising:

(a) a computing device operable to communicate with a local data storage device and with a remote data storage operable to store a plurality of instances of mote data, each instance of mote data correlating to a respective occurrence; and

(b) instructions, which when implemented in a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps including:

(i) receive the plurality of instances of mote data from the remote storage device;

(ii) store the received plurality of instances of correlated mote data in the local data storage device;

(iii) receive an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having at least one representative feature;

(iv) automatically search the stored plurality of instances of mote data for mote data correlating to the target-occurrence; and

(v) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, provide the correlating mote data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the search for mote data correlating to the target-occurrence includes correlating to at least one representative feature of the occurrence.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one occurrence includes a real world event.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one occurrence includes a real world incident.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one occurrence includes a change in a data sequence.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one occurrence includes a change in a time domain.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instances of mote data include a first instance of mote data correlating to a respective first occurrence and a second instance of mote data correlating to a respective second occurrence.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first and second occurrences relate to substantially a common time.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first and second occurrences relate to substantially a same location.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first and second occurrences include an at least substantially similar representative feature.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the mote data of the first occurrence relates a first matter and the mote data of the second occurrence relates to a second matter.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first and second matters are substantially similar.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representative feature is a frequency characteristic.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the frequency characteristic is an acoustic frequency characteristic.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the acoustic frequency characteristic includes an acoustic signature of a known event.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the frequency characteristic is a light frequency characteristic.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representative feature is an amplitude characteristic.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representative feature includes a frequency characteristic and an amplitude characteristic.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representative feature is a magnetic characteristic.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representative feature includes a repetitive sequence.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the repetitive sequence includes a chronological sequence.

22. An occurrence-data archival system, comprising:

(a) a computing device operable to communicate with a local data storage and a plurality of remote data storages; and

(b) instructions that cause a computing device to perform steps including:

(i) receive a plurality of instances of correlated mote data from the plurality of remote data storages, each instance of mote data respectively correlating to an occurrence; and

(ii) store the received plurality of instances of correlated mote data in the archival data storage;

wherein at least one instance of the received mote data includes an associated tentative occurrence-identifier; and

wherein the tentative occurrence-identifier is associated by a method including;

receiving an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having at least one representative feature;

automatically selecting a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to at least one representative feature of the target-occurrence;

search mote data for data correlating to the target-occurrence using the selected pattern recognition criteria; and

if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, associating the tentative occurrence-identifier with the correlating mote data.

23. The system of claim 22 , further including (c) a local data storage device.

24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the local data storage device is operable as an archival data storage.

25. The system of claim 22 , wherein the correlating to an occurrence includes correlating to at least one representative feature of the occurrence.

26. The system of claim 25 , wherein the at least one representative feature includes a sequence.

27. The system of claim 22 , wherein the occurrence includes a real world event.

28. The system of claim 22 , wherein the occurrence includes a real world incident.

29. The system of claim 22 , wherein the plurality of instances of mote data include a first instance of mote data correlating to a respective first occurrence and a second instance of mote data correlating to a respective second occurrence.

30. The system of claim 29 , wherein the mote data of the first occurrence relates a first matter and the mote data of the second occurrence relates to a second matter.

31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the first and second matters are substantially similar.

32. The system of claim 22 , wherein each instance of mote data includes a respective sequence.

33. The system of claim 32 , wherein the sequence includes a chronological sequence.

34. The system of claim 22 , wherein each instance of mote data was acquired by at least one mote of a plurality of distributed motes.

35. The system of claim 34 , wherein each mote is part of a network of motes.

36. The system of claim 22 , wherein at least one instance of the mote data was acquired by a mote operable to sense at least one parameter.

37. The system of claim 22 , further including (c) an information security measure operable to protect the plurality of instances of mote data stored in the local data storage.

38. The system of claim 37 , wherein the information security measure protects by providing at least one item selected from a group consisting of information confidentiality, information integrity, and access control.

39. The system of claim 22 , wherein the instructions further include (iii) delete a portion of the stored data from the at least one remote data storage.

40. A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a plurality of instances of correlated mote data from a plurality of remote data storages, each instance of mote data respectively correlating to an occurrence;

(b) storing the received plurality of instances of correlated mote data in a local storage device; and

(c) protecting the stored plurality of instances of correlated mote data with an information security measure;

wherein the information security measure protects the plurality of received instances of mote data by providing at least one selected from a group consisting of information confidentiality, information integrity, and access control.

41. The method of claim 40 , wherein the receiving step further includes receiving the plurality of instances of mote data in response to a data push.

42. The method of claim 40 , further comprising (d) requesting the plurality of instances of mote data from the remote data storage.

43. The method of claim 40 , wherein the occurrence includes a real world event.

44. The method of claim 40 , wherein the occurrence includes a real world incident.

45. The method of claim 40 , wherein the occurrence includes a change in a data sequence.

46. The method of claim 40 , wherein the occurrence includes a change in a time domain.

47. The method of claim 40 , wherein the plurality of instances of mote data include a first instance of mote data correlating to a respective first occurrence and a second instance of mote data correlating to a respective second occurrence.

48. The method of claim 47 , wherein the first and second occurrences happened at substantially a same time.

49. The method of claim 47 , wherein the first and second occurrences happened at substantially a same location.

50. The method of claim 47 , wherein the first and second occurrences include an at least substantially similar representative feature.

51. The method of claim 47 , wherein the mote data of the first occurrence relates a first matter and the mote data of the second occurrence relates to a second matter.

52. The method of claim 51 , wherein the first and second matters are substantially similar.

53. The method of claim 47 , wherein each instance of mote data includes a respective sequence.

54. The method of claim 53 , wherein the sequence includes a Chronological sequence.

55. The method of claim 47 , wherein each occurrence includes a sequence and representative feature.

56. The method of claim 47 , wherein each instance of mote data includes an associated tentative occurrence-identifier.

57. The method of claim 47 , further comprising (d) deleting at least one of the plurality of instances of mote data from its respective remote data storage.

58. A communication storage media containing computer instructions, which, run on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method comprising:

(a) receiving a plurality of instances of correlated mote data from a plurality of remote data storages, each instance of mote data respectively correlating to an occurrence;

(b) storing the received plurality of instances of correlated mote data in a local data storage device; and

(c) protecting the stored plurality of instances of correlated mote data with an information security measure;

wherein the plurality of instances of mote data include a first instance of mote data correlating to a respective first occurrence and a second instance of mote data correlating to a respective second occurrence.

59. A method comprising:

(a) moving a portable central computing device to location such that the portable central computing device communicates with at least one mote of a network of distributed motes, each mote operable to sense and store a plurality of data sets each respectively representing a respective feature, each respective feature having a correlation to an occurrence; and

(b) causing the central computing device to acquire at least one mote data set;

wherein each mote further includes operability to filter the plurality of data sets for a feature correlating to a target-occurrence; and

wherein causing the central computing device to acquire at least one data set further includes causing the central computing device to acquire at least one data set having a feature correlating to the target occurrence.

60. The method of claim 59 , further including (c) selecting through the central computing device a mote data set to be transmitted from the at least one mote to the central computing device.

61. The method of claim 60 , further including (d) confirming that the at least one selected mote data set is acquired by the central computing device.

62. An occurrence-data retrieval system, comprising:

(a) a computing device operable to communicate with a data storage operable to store a plurality of instances of mote data acquired by at least one mote of a mote network, each instance of mote data correlating to a respective occurrence; and

(b) instructions, which when implemented in a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps including:

(i) receive from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence;

(ii) automatically search the plurality of instances of mote data stored in the data storage for mote data correlating to the target-occurrence; and

(iii) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, provide the correlating mote data.

63. The system of claim 62 , wherein each occurrence includes a representative feature.

64. The system of claim 62 , wherein the data storage is remote to the computing device.

65. The system of claim 64 , wherein the computing device communicates with at least one remote data storage through an intermediate computing device.

66. The system of claim 62 , wherein the data storage is local to the computing device.

67. The system of claim 62 , wherein the provide instruction further includes provide the correlating mote data to the input-selector.

68. The system of claim 62 , wherein the provide instruction further includes provide the correlating mote data to a third party.

69. The system of claim 62 , wherein the instructions further include:

(iv) receive the plurality of instances of mote data from at least one remote data storage; and

(v) store the received plurality of instances of correlated mote data in a local data storage.

70. An occurrence-data retrieval system, comprising:

(a) a local digital data storage device operable to store a plurality of instances of mote data acquired from a plurality of motes of a network of distributed motes, each instance of mote data correlating to at least one representative feature of an occurrence;

(b) a central computing device operable to communicate with the local digital data storage device; and

(c) instructions that cause the computing device to perform steps, including:

(i) receive from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having at least one representative feature;

(ii) automatically select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to at least one representative feature of the target-occurrence;

(iii) in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, automatically search the plurality of instances of stored mote data for data correlating to the target-occurrence using the selected pattern recognition criteria; and

(iv) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, provide the correlating mote data.

71. The system of claim 70 , wherein the input-selector includes a machine.

72. The system of claim 70 , wherein the input-selector includes a user.

73. The system of claim 70 , wherein the pattern recognition criteria is automatically selected by the instructions in response to the target-occurrence.

74. The system of claim 70 , wherein the input selection further includes a selection of a representative feature of the target-occurrence.

75. The system of claim 74 , wherein the pattern recognition criteria is automatically selected by the instructions in response to the input-selected representative feature.

76. The system of claim 75 , wherein the automatic search instruction includes using the pattern recognition criteria selected in response to the input-selected representative feature.

77. The system of claim 70 , wherein the instructions further include (v) protect the plurality of instances of mote data stored in the local digital data storage device from unauthorized access.

78. An occurrence-data retrieval system, comprising:

(a) a computing device operable to communicate with a plurality of data storage devices, each data storage device being a respective part of a mote of a network of distributed remote motes and operable to store plurality of instances of mote data, and each instance of mote data representing a feature sensed by the mote and correlating to a respective occurrence; and

(b) instructions, which when implemented in a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps including:

(i) receive from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, a recipient selection, and a tendered access authorization;

(ii) in response to the tendered access authorization, determine if at least one of the input-selector and recipient have an access right;

(iii) automatically select a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to the representative feature of the target-occurrence;

(iv) in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, automatically search the plurality of instances of mote data stored in the data storage device for data correlating to the target-occurrence using the selected pattern recognition criteria; and

(v) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, and if at least one of the input-selector and recipient have an access right, provide the correlating mote data to the recipient.

79. The system of claim 78 , wherein the input-selector includes a machine.

80. The system of claim 78 , wherein the input-selector includes a user.

81. The system of claim 78 , wherein the input-selector and the recipient are a same party.

82. The system of claim 78 , wherein the recipient is a user.

83. The system of claim 78 , wherein the recipient is a program running on another computing device.

84. The system of claim 78 , wherein the data storage device includes a device selected from a group consisting of a local data storage device and a remote data storage device.

85. The system of claim 78 , wherein the instructions further include, if neither the input-selector and recipient have an access right, not providing the correlating mote data.

86. The system of claim 78 , further including an information security measure protecting the mote data stored in the data storage device from unauthorized access.

87. The system of claim 86 , wherein the information security access allows access to the mote data upon receipt of a recognized data entry by the input-selector.

88. The system of claim 87 , wherein the recognized data entry includes a password.

89. The system of claim 86 , wherein the information security access allows access to the mote data upon receipt of a recognized biometric.

90. The system of claim 89 , wherein the biometric includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a voice, finger, hand, face, and eye recognition.

91. An occurrence-data retrieval system, comprising:

(a) a data storage operable to store a plurality of instances of mote data, each instance of mote data correlating to at least one representative feature of a respective occurrence and including an associated tentative occurrence-identifier;

(b) a computing device operable to communicate with at the least one data storage device;

(c) an information security measure that controls access to the stored plurality of instances of mote data; and

(d) instructions, which when implemented in a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps including:

(i) store the plurality of instances of mote data in the data storage;

(ii) receive from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target tentative occurrence-identifier, and a tender of access authorization;

(iii) in response to the input selection corresponding to the target tentative occurrence-identifier, automatically search the plurality of instances of mote data for tentative occurrence-identifiers correlating to the target tentative occurrence-identifier; and

(iv) if mote data correlating to the target tentative occurrence-identifier is found, and if at least one of the input-selector and recipient possess an access right, provide the correlating mote data.

92. The system of claim 91 , wherein the data storage device includes a device selected from a group consisting of a local data storage device and a remote data storage device.

93. The system of claim 91 , wherein the instructions further include, if neither the input-selector and recipient have an access right, not providing the correlating mote data.

94. The system of claim 91 , further including an information security measure protecting the mote data stored in the data storage device from unauthorized access.

95. A method comprising:

(a) receiving from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target-occurrence having at least one representative feature;

(b) automatically searching a plurality of instances mote data for mote data correlating to the target-occurrence, each instance of mote data correlating to an occurrence having at least one representative feature; and

(c) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, providing the correlating mote data;

wherein the providing further includes indicating a ranking of at least two instances of the correlating mote data in a hierarchy of the found correlating mote data.

96. The method of claim 95 , wherein the plurality of instances of mote data are stored in a data storage.

97. The method of claim 96 , wherein the data storage includes a device selected from a group consisting of a data storage device local to the computing device and a data storage device remote to the computing device.

98. A communication storage media containing computer instructions which, when run on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method comprising:

(a) receiving from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target- occurrence having at least one representative feature;

(b) automatically searching a plurality of instances mote data for mote data correlating to the target-occurrence. each instance of mote data correlating to an occurrence having at least one representative feature; and

(c) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence is found, providing the correlating mote data.

99. A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising:

(a) receiving an input selection from an input-selector corresponding to a target-occurrence having a representative feature, a recipient selection, and a tendered access authorization;

(b) automatically selecting a pattern recognition criteria corresponding to the representative feature of the target-occurrence;

(c) in response to the input selection corresponding to the target-occurrence, automatically searching a plurality of instances of correlated mote data for data correlating to the target-occurrence using the selected pattern recognition criteria, each instance of mote data correlating to at least one representative feature of a respective occurrence;

(d) in response to the tendered access authorization, determine if at least one of the input-selector and the recipient posses an access right; and

(e) if mote data correlating to the target-occurrence representative feature is found, and if at least one of the input-selector and the recipient have an access right, providing the correlating mote data.

100. The method of claim 99 , wherein the plurality of instances correlated mote data are stored in a data storage device.

101. The method of claim 100 , wherein the data storage device is local to the computing device.

102. A method implemented in a computing device, the method comprising:

(a) receiving an input selection from an input-selector corresponding to a tentative target-occurrence identifier, the target-occurrence having at least one representative feature, a recipient selection, and a tendered access authorization;

(b) in response to the input selection corresponding to the tentative target-occurrence identifier, automatically searching a plurality of instances of stored correlated mote data for data correlating to the tentative target-occurrence identifier; and

(c) if mote data correlating to the tentative target-occurrence identifier is found, providing the correlating mote data.

103. The method of claim 102 , wherein the instances of correlated mote data are stored in a data storage device local to the computing device.

104. A data retrieval system, comprising:

(a) a local data storage device operable to store mote data sets from remote data storage devices, each mote data set representing a respective feature sensed by its respective remote storage device and having a correlation to a reference;

(b) a computing device operable to communicate with a local data storage device; and

(c) instructions, which when implemented in a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps including:

(i) receive from an input-selector an input selection corresponding to a target-reference;

(ii) automatically search the instances of mote data stored in the data storage device for mote data correlating to the target-reference; and

(iii) if mote data correlating to the target-reference is found, provide the correlating mote data.