System and method for social platform based private social network

Abstract

The present systems and methods are directed to a private network of personal social sensors. The sensors are irreversibly paired with a communication device which ensures privacy of data. The sensors communicate data via a short range communications link to a communication device that in turn securely transmits the sensor data to a secure data store. A user may share their data with others within their social sensor network.

1 . A link device for connecting sensors with a network or an electronic device in a social sensor network, said link device comprising:
 a low energy short-range communications interface capable of communicating with a plurality of sensors,   a long-range communication transceiver for receiving and transmitting information wirelessly to a network or an electronic device,   a hard-wired memory including a unique link device serial number,   a CPU and a non-transitory computer readable memory medium for the storage of received sensor data from the low energy short-range communications interface and data buffering, and   wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory medium includes instructions for securely pairing at least one sensor, through the low energy short-range communications interface with the link device.   
     
     
         2 . The link device according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one sensor capable of sensing at least one of: relative humidity, temperature, ambient light, vibration, motion, sound, pH, moisture, proximity, shock, pressure, density, seismic activity and air quality. 
     
     
         3 . The link device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a GPS receiver. 
     
     
         4 . The link device according to  claim 3 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory medium has further stored instructions for determining the location of paired sensors utilizing received data from the low energy short-range communications interface from the paired sensors and the GPS receiver of the link device. 
     
     
         5 . The link device according to  claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory medium has further stored instructions for determining the location a non-GPS enabled paired sensors or the link device itself based upon received data from the low energy short-range communications interface from a paired sensor with a known location. 
     
     
         6 . The link device according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one solar cell. 
     
     
         7 . The link device according to  claim 1 , wherein the hard-wired memory including the link device serial number is unalterable. 
     
     
         8 . The link device according to  claim 7 , wherein the hard-wired memory is a silicon ID. 
     
     
         9 . The link device according to  claim 7 , wherein the hard-wired memory is a set of fuses and the link device serial number is set using a one time programmable fuse method. 
     
     
         10 . The link device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an authentication circuit capable of irreversibly paying at least one sensor with the link device through the low energy short-range communications interface. 
     
     
         11 . The link device according to  claim 10 , wherein the authentication circuit contains a pre-programmed unique serial number. 
     
     
         12 . The link device according to  claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory medium has further stored thereon a set of instruction for managing access to and controlling the sharing of sensor data through the long-range communications transceiver. 
     
     
         13 . The link device according to  claim 12 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory medium has further stored thereon a set of instructions for instantly stopping the sharing of data through upon request through either the long-range communications transceiver and/or short range communications interface. 
     
     
         14 . The link device according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions for securely pairing the at least one sensor include instructions for irreversibly pairing the sensor with the link device. 
     
     
         15 . The link device according to  claim 1 , wherein the instructions for securely pairing the at least one sensor include instructions for pairing a sensor to the link device in an exclusive relationship based on a sensor ID of the sensor and the hard-wired unique link device serial number. 
     
     
         16 . The link device according to  claim 15 , wherein the instructions for securely pairing the at least one sensor include instructions for checking a received sensor ID received through the short-range communications interface with a remote database through the long-range communications transceiver.