Resource management on a personal area network
First Claim
1. A method for resource management in a personal area network, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of communication devices operable on the personal area network, each communication device having resources sharable with the personal area network and a resource manager able to communicate and manage the available resources of its resident device on the personal area network;
assigning one of the resource managers as a master resource manager for the personal area network to coordinate available resources from the plurality of communication devices;
registering the resources of each communication device by said device in the personal area network with the master resource manager; and
coordinating information transfer with the devices in the personal area network in accordance with their associated available resources.
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Abstract
A method for resource management in a personal area network includes providing (300) a plurality of communication devices with sharable resources on the personal area network. Each communication device has a resource manager able to communicate and manage the available resources of its resident device on the personal area network. Any one of the resource managers can be assigned (302) as a master resource manager for the personal area network to coordinate (308) information transfer and allocate available resources from the plurality of communication devices. The resources of each communication device is registered (304) in the personal area network with the master resource manager, which coordinates (308) information transfer with the devices when resources are requested (306) from the personal area network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for resource management in a personal area network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of communication devices operable on the personal area network, each communication device having resources sharable with the personal area network and a resource manager able to communicate and manage the available resources of its resident device on the personal area network;
assigning one of the resource managers as a master resource manager for the personal area network to coordinate available resources from the plurality of communication devices;
registering the resources of each communication device by said device in the personal area network with the master resource manager; and
coordinating information transfer with the devices in the personal area network in accordance with their associated available resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for resource management in a personal area network operable on a wireless local area network (LAN) and a wireless wide area network (WAN), the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of communication devices operable on the personal area network, each communication device having resources sharable with the personal area network and a resource manager able to communicate and manage the available resources of its resident device on the personal area network, any resource manager of an available device in the personal area network able to operable as a master resource manager of the personal area network;
assigning, using prioritized voting, one of the resource managers as a master resource manager for the personal area network to coordinate available resources from the plurality of communication devices;
registering the resources and operational status of each communication device by said device in the personal area network with the master resource manager;
requesting resources from the master resource manager by an application running on any of the devices; and
coordinating information transfer with the devices in the personal area network in accordance with their associated available resources, and re-routing information to adapt to changes in the availability of resources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for managing communication on a personal area network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of communication devices operable to communicate together, each communication device having resources sharable with the plurality of communication devices and a resource manager able to communicate and manage the available resources of its resident device with the personal area network;
a master resource manager for the personal area network, the master resource manager assigned from any one of the resource managers, the master resource manager operable to coordinate available resources from the plurality of communication devices for the personal area network; and
an application that requests resources on the personal area network from the master resource manager, which subsequently allocates the necessary resources. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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