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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Marion L. Blount, Mahopac, NY (US);
Metin Feridun, Thalwil, CH;
Suzanne K. Mcintosh, Clifton, NJ (US);
Iqbal I. Mohomed, Stamford, CT (US);
Michael E. Nidd, Zurich, CH;
Axel Tanner, Kilchberg, CH;
BO Yang, Beijing, CN;
Marion L. Blount, Mahopac, NY (US);
Metin Feridun, Thalwil, CH;
Suzanne K. McIntosh, Clifton, NJ (US);
Iqbal I. Mohomed, Stamford, CT (US);
Michael E. Nidd, Zurich, CH;
Axel Tanner, Kilchberg, CH;
Bo Yang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided for virtualizing physical sensors and providing sensor data to a requestor using the virtualized physical sensors. The mechanisms obtain sensor data from a plurality of physical sensors and storing the sensor data in a virtual sensor storage system of the data processing system in at least one standardized format. A request from a requestor for a first type of sensor data is received which does not specify a particular physical sensor. A portion of the sensor data stored in the virtual sensor storage system is retrieved in response to receiving the request, the portion of sensor data corresponding to the type of sensor data requested in the request from the requestor. The retrieved portion of the sensor data is returned to the requestor in a format corresponding to a physical sensor configured to provide the requested type of sensor data.