A first device can send a first message comprising a device identifier. A second device can receive the first message. The second device can send the device identifier and first metadata to a server, wherein the first metadata is associated with the second device. The server can receive the device identifier and the first metadata. The server can further send the device identifier and first metadata to a third device.

A near-field communication device operates to transmit data by near-field communications techniques to another device. The near-field communication device includes a memory that stores a message to be transmitted in an ASCII format. The message is retrieved from the memory and transmitted using the near-field communications techniques in an ASCII format.

An apparatus and method for desynchronizing notifications across multiple electronic devices are provided. The method includes receiving, by a primary electronic device, a notification, transmitting, by the primary electronic device, the notification to a companion electronic device with which the primary electronic device is synchronized, and desynchronizing a providing of the notification at the companion electronic device.

There is provided a wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a base station; a second wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication between wireless communication apparatuses not via a base station; a reception unit configured to receive a message from the second wireless communication apparatus via the second wireless communication unit, the message notifying that an informing signal transmitted from a first base station belonging to a first wireless communication system to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs is received by a second wireless communication apparatus belonging to a second wireless communication system different from the first wireless communication system; and a notification unit configured to notify the first base station that the message is received by the reception unit, via the first wireless communication unit.

A message management method based on time and location is applied to the network system. Comprises obtaining a user account, a location information and a time information through an electronic device, and transferring the user account, the location information and the time information to a message server; obtaining a geographic information from a map database based on the location information, and displaying a region of the geographic information on a display of the electronic device; and in a display page of the display, using the user account, the time information and the region as a filter condition, obtaining a name, an avatar of a relevant user from a user database, and obtaining a message of the relevant user from a message database, and displaying the name, avatar and message of the relevant user on the display page according to the sending location of the message.

Systems and techniques for accessing and controlling field devices to collect data and convert protocols are disclosed herein. An example system to access a field device includes one or more processors, a transmitter, a wireless network interface controller, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, may cause the field communicator device to retrieve process parameter data encoded in a field device transmission protocol. The field communicator device may retrieve the process parameter data at a plurality of time intervals from a field device, and the process parameter data may correspond to a process parameter for the field device. The field communicator device may also store at least some of the process parameter data, analyze the process parameter data over the plurality of time intervals to identify a condition of the field device, and transmit an indication of the condition of the field device to a remote device.

Mobile devices often receive mobile notifications via a wireless communication network. The mobile notifications may relate to apps operating on the mobile devices. Techniques described herein allow users to manage such mobile notifications by defining, at a mobile device, preferences for managing mobile notifications related to apps operating on the mobile device. The mobile device receives, via a wireless communication network, the mobile notifications. Based at least in part on the preferences, the mobile notifications received at the mobile device are managed.

A method for forming a collaborative wireless sensor array comprising: connecting a plurality of wireless sensor nodes together, wherein each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes wirelessly communicate with one another; collecting data by the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; forming metadata on the data collected by each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; sharing the data and metadata with the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; and fusing the data and metadata to perform a task.

A method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network, in which digital messages which contain information on the desired reply address are mass sent, and messages, which are sent on the basis of the reply-address information are received. The reply-address information of each mass-sent message is converted to correspond to a predefined dialog, in which the stage of the dialog defines unequivocally the reply-address information, so that the transmission and reception of the messages are implemented in different parts of the telecommunications system.

A backend network controller, such as a gateway, pushes “hint” instructions to nodes with instructions on planned reactions to asynchronous events so that the nodes are capable of reacting to hinted events before being instructed by the network controller to do so. Thereafter, when a sensor node senses and reports an event to the network controller or otherwise, one or more nodes having received a hint corresponding to the event may recognize the occurrence of the event in response to the reporting message and then react to the event before receiving a command from the network controller to do so. Thus, the nodes are capable of reacting to events faster than would otherwise be possible relying only on commands from the network controller.