US 11,816,089 B2
Supporting reportability of Internet of Things (IoT) data in the cloud for enterprise contexts
Theodor Foerster, Mannheim (DE); Markus Winkler, Eppingen (DE); Philip Transfeld, Mannheim (DE); Tom Kiemes, Karlsruhe (DE); and Stefan Weidemueller-Schmidt, Dielheim (DE)
Assigned to SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed by SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/525,761.
Prior Publication US 2021/0034601 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/2458 (2019.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/2365 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2477 (2019.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for selective use of Internet-of-Things (IoT) data in data analytics systems, the method being executed by one or more processors and comprising:
receiving, by the data analytics system, first IoT data from a first IoT device and second IoT data from a second IoT device, the first IoT data comprising timeseries data and an identifier that uniquely identifies the first IoT device;
determining that hardening is to be applied to the first IoT data to address any delay of the first IoT data in processing the first IoT data for analytics, and in response:
comparing a timestamp of the first IoT data to a hardening value, the timestamp indicating when the first IoT data was generated by the first IoT device, and
in response to comparing, selectively using the first IoT data in one or more uses by the data analytics system, the one or more uses comprising one or more of updating a report and updating a data object based on the first IoT data; and
determining that hardening is not to be applied to the second IoT data to address any delay of the second IoT data in processing the second IoT data for analytics, and in response, processing the second IoT data without applying hardening.