Hyperlocal Context

Hyperlocal Context

A machine-readable representation—of our reality.

A digital snapshot of who/what is where/how,
Hyperlocal Context is a machine-readable,
real-time contextual representation
of a physical space and its occupants.

Hyperlocal Context is a graph

Every thing is connected by physical proximity

  • nodes are radio-identifiable devices (i.e. physical things)
  • edges are radio decodings (i.e. proximity)
  • each node may include hyperlinks to additional data (i.e. digital twins)

Hyperlocal Context is JSON

The graph is represented as a list of devices

"devices": {
    "{id}/{type}": { ... },

    "{id}/{type}": {
        "nearest": [ ... ],
        "dynamb": { ... },
        "statid": { ... },
        "url": "https://...",
        "tags": [ ... ],
        "directory": "a:b:c",
        "position": [ x, y, z ]
    }

    "{id}/{type}": { ... }
}

Ordered list of peer devices by proximity, as estimated by signal strength ( rssi), represented as an array of objects, each with the following structure:

{
    "device": "{id}/{type}",
    "rssi": -72
}

Each item in the list represents an edge in the graph, connecting device{id}/{type} to device{id}/{type} in the list of devices.

  •  where

dynamic ambient data represented as standard properties* including:

*as processed by advlib
batteryPercentage
heartRate
illuminance
isButtonPressed
temperature
  •  how

static identifier data represented as standard properties* including:

*as processed by advlib
appearance
deviceIds
name
uri
uuids
  •  what

Hyperlink to a digital twin, expected to be represented in the form of JSON-LD & Schema.org.

The url is either retrieved by looking up statid identifiers in the Sniffypedia index, or associated with the specific device by chickadee.

  •  what
  •  who
  •  where

List of semantic tags associated with the device, represented as an array of strings.

The tags are associated with the specific device by chickadee.

  •  what
  •  who
  •  where

Hierarchical semantic description of location, represented as a colon-separated string.

The directory is associated with the specific device by chickadee.

  •  where

Coordinate-based position represented as an array in either the form [ x, y ] or [ x, y, z ].

The position is either retrieved from the device's payloads by advlib, or associated with the specific device by chickadee.

  •  where

Developers, developers, developers!

Our cheatsheet details the underlying data structures.

Co-located RFID Systems Unite!

Learn more by browsing the tutorial we presented at the IEEE RFID 2019 conference.

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Hyperlocal Context is IoT

If the Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as:

enabl[ing] computers to observe, identify and understand the world—without the limitations of human-entered data.

then hyperlocal context is a web-standard means for computers to represent and exchange their understanding of the physical world. Hyperlocal context is derived by processing a real-time stream of ambient data.

Ambient Data

Hyperlocal Context is published

IEEE IoP 2017
Towards collective hyperlocal contextual awareness among heterogeneous RFID systems

Jeffrey Dungen, Juan Pinazo (reelyActive)

PDF IEEE Xplore

IIKI 2013
Hyperlocal Context to Facilitate an Internet of Things Understanding of the World

Jeffrey Dungen, Pier-Olivier Genest (reelyActive)

PDF

Hyperlocal Context is open source

Pareto Anywhere

The open source IoT middleware enabling context-aware physical spaces.

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