Administering devices with domain state objects

• US 20050108366A1
• Filed: 07/02/2003
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, Thomas J., Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Burkhart, Michael John, Bodin, William Kress, Eisenhauer, Daniel G.
• Application Number:
  US10/612,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20050108366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. Such embodiments include creating, in a first domain, a domain state object, and transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain. In many exemplary embodiments, creating, in a first domain, a domain state object includes creating a current device state object, and associating the current device state object with the domain state object.

Claims

1. A method for administering devices, the method comprising:

creating, in a first domain, a domain state object; and

transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises:

creating a current device state object; and

associating the current device state object with the domain state object.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein creating a current device state object comprises:

identifying a device in the first domain;

getting a current value of an attribute of the device; and

storing the value in the current device state object.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises associating a user metric vector with the domain state object.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein creating in a first domain, a domain state object comprises associating a user metric space with the domain state object.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises downloading the domain state object to a mobile sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises downloading an address of the domain state object to a mobile sensor.

8. A system for administering devices, the system comprising:

means for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object; and

means for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein means for creating in a first domain, a domain state object comprises:

means for creating a current device state object; and

means for associating the current device state object with the domain state object.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein means for creating a current device state object comprises:

means for identifying a device in the first domain;

means for getting a current value of an attribute of the device; and

means for storing the value in the current device state object.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein means for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises means for associating a user metric vector with the domain state object.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein means for creating in a first domain, a domain state object comprises means for associating a user metric space with the domain state object.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein means for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises means for downloading the domain state object to a mobile sensor.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein means for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises means for downloading an address of the domain state object to a mobile sensor.

15. A computer program product for administering devices, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a current device state object; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating the current device state object with the domain state object.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a current device state object comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a device in the first domain;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for getting a current value of an attribute of the device; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for storing the value in the current device state object.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating a user metric vector with the domain state object.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in a first domain, a domain state object comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating a user metric space with the domain state object.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for downloading the domain state object to a mobile sensor.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for downloading an address of the domain state object to a mobile sensor.