Method for serving user requests
First Claim
1. Method for serving user requests with respect to a network of devices and in particular for controlling said network of devices, wherein for each device and/or for device classes in the network at least one abstract and individual function model (33-1, . . . , 33-4) is generated, provided, and/or employed for modeling for each of said devices and/or for each device class its functionalities in an abstract way, wherein a given user request is in each case modeled and/or represented in an abstract way by generating, providing, and/or employing an abstract task model thereof, and wherein a plurality of abstract and individual function models (33-1, . . . , 33-4) of distinct devices is combined, in particular by using external models and/or formally merged and/or modeled via an ordered set of external models,
- thereby yielding an abstract and virtual device model which models in an abstract way the functionalities of the combined models of the respective distinct and/or combined single devices.
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Abstract
A method for serving user requests is proposed wherein for each device at least one abstract function model (33-1, . . . , 33-4) is generated. Further, a given user request is modeled and represented in an abstract way by generating an abstract task model thereof. Additionally, a plurality of abstract function models (33-1, . . . , 33-4) of distinct devices is combined and/or formally merged and/or modeled via a set of ordered external models, thereby yielding an abstract and virtual device model which models the functionalities of the combined single devices.
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30 Claims
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1. Method for serving user requests with respect to a network of devices and in particular for controlling said network of devices,
wherein for each device and/or for device classes in the network at least one abstract and individual function model (33-1, . . . , 33-4) is generated, provided, and/or employed for modeling for each of said devices and/or for each device class its functionalities in an abstract way, wherein a given user request is in each case modeled and/or represented in an abstract way by generating, providing, and/or employing an abstract task model thereof, and wherein a plurality of abstract and individual function models (33-1, . . . , 33-4) of distinct devices is combined, in particular by using external models and/or formally merged and/or modeled via an ordered set of external models, - thereby yielding an abstract and virtual device model which models in an abstract way the functionalities of the combined models of the respective distinct and/or combined single devices.
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