Opportunistic crowd-based service platform

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing an opportunistic crowd based service platform is disclosed. A mobile sensor device is identified based on a current location and/or other qualities, such as intrinsic properties, previous sensor data, or demographic data of an associated user of the mobile sensor device. Data is collected from the mobile sensor device. The data collected from the mobile sensor device is aggregated with data collected from other sensor devices, and content generated based on the aggregated data is delivered to a user device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
selecting, by a service platform, a mobile sensor device for providing first data based on a current location of the mobile sensor device; collecting, by the service platform, the first data from the mobile sensor device; controlling, by the service platform, the mobile sensor device to act as a dedicated access point that allows other mobile sensor devices to connect to a network, wherein the mobile sensor device is selected opportunistically by the service platform to act as the dedicated access point based on the current location of the mobile sensor device and capabilities of the mobile sensor device, and the mobile sensor device and the other mobile sensor devices are independent mobile sensor devices associated with different respective users; aggregating, by the service platform, the first data collected from the mobile sensor device with second data collected from the other mobile sensor devices to generate aggregated data; and delivering, by the service platform, content to a user device based on the aggregated data, wherein selecting the mobile sensor device for providing the first data based on the current location of the mobile sensor device comprises: identifying the mobile sensor device that is capable of capturing a specific type of the first data and is located at a target location.