Modularized control system to enable IOT wireless network control and sensing of other devices
Internet of Things (IoT) system and method of interfacing arbitrary non-network connected devices to wireless computer networks. The invention provides a configurable wireless communications module, in either fixed or removable formats, with wireless (e.g. WiFi) network connectivity. The invention uses at least one internal processor, which is configured to operate as a sandbox or virtual machine manner to isolate the code used to operate the arbitrary non-network connected device from the code used to operate the communications module.
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by one or more processors, light pulses that represent network setup information and a device identifier;
establishing, by the one or more processors, a network connection based on the network setup information represented by the light pulses;
providing, by the one or more processors, the device identifier to a server via the network connection; and
obtaining, by the one or more processors, program code identified by the server based on the device identifier represented by the detected light pulses.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the network setup information represented by the light pulses includes network configuration data; and
the establishing of the network connection is based on the network configuration data included in the network setup information represented by the light pulses.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the device identifier represented by the light pulses includes a software token that identifies hardware of a device to which the program code is to be provided.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, on a virtual machine operating within a device and isolated from other code executing on the device.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, in a sandbox execution environment within a device and distinct from a further execution environment within the device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling a device by executing the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining an update to the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses; and
installing the obtained update to the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses.
8. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
detecting light pulses that represent network setup information and a device identifier;
establishing a network connection based on the network setup information represented by the light pulses;
providing the device identifier to a server via the network connection; and
obtaining program code identified by the server based on the device identifier represented by the detected light pulses.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the network setup information represented by the light pulses includes network configuration data; and
the establishing of the network connection is based on the network configuration data included in the network setup information represented by the light pulses.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the device identifier represented by the light pulses includes a software token that identifies hardware of a device to which the program code is to be provided.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, on a virtual machine operating within a device and isolated from other code executing on the device.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, in a sandbox execution environment within a device and distinct from a further execution environment within the device.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
controlling a device by executing the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
obtaining an update to the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses; and
installing the obtained update to the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses.
15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting light pulses that represent network setup information and a device identifier;
establishing a network connection based on the network setup information represented by the light pulses;
providing the device identifier to a server via the network connection; and
obtaining program code identified by the server based on the device identifier represented by the detected light pulses.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the network setup information represented by the light pulses includes network configuration data; and
the establishing of the network connection is based on the network configuration data included in the network setup information represented by the light pulses.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the device identifier represented by the light pulses includes a software token that identifies hardware of a device to which the program code is to be provided.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, on a virtual machine operating within a device and isolated from other code executing on the device.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
executing the program code, identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses, in a sandbox execution environment within a device and distinct from a further execution environment within the device.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
controlling a device by executing the program code identified based on the device identifier represented by the light pulses.