Methods and arrangements for sensors
Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.
1. A mobile device comprising:
at least one sensor to produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data;
logic to initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data; and
a communication module to:
determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
communicatively connect the mobile device with a wireless network, the communication module to transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a receiver.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises wireless communication technology.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one antenna.
5. The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one antenna is to transmit and receive.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the communication module is to further transmit the message to the messaging system via a cellular network or a wireless local area network.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises metadata comprising at least a portion of the sensor data.
8. A mobile device comprising:
at least one sensor;
one or more processors;
at least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at the at least one sensor;
initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data;
determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email.
9. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises wireless communication technology.
10. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one antenna to transmit and receive signals.
11. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein a communication module is further to transmit the message to the messaging system via a cellular network or a wireless local area network.
12. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein the message comprises metadata comprising at least a portion of the sensor data.
13. At least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
produce a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors of the mobile device;
initialize generation, responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data;
determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
transmit the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email.
14. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to determine whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email based at least in part on the sensor data.
15. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to transmit the message to the messaging system via a cellular network or a wireless local area network.
16. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein the message comprises metadata that comprises at least a portion of the sensor data.
17. A method comprising:
producing, by a mobile device, a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors;
initializing generation, by the mobile device responsive to receipt of the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data;
determining, by the mobile device based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, the message as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email to a messaging system.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, by the mobile device, the message to the messaging system via a cellular network or a wireless local area network.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the message comprises metadata comprising at least a portion of the sensor data.
20. A mobile device comprising:
means for producing a sensor signal representative of sensor data based at least in part on signals received at one or more sensors of the mobile device;
means for initializing generation, based at least in part on the sensor signal, of a message comprising at least some of the sensor data;
means for determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether to transmit the message as a cellular text message, a tweet, or an email; and
means for transmitting the message to a messaging system as a cellular text message, a tweet or an email.
21. The mobile device of claim 20 , wherein the means for transmitting is to further transmit the message to the messaging system via a cellular network or a wireless local area network.