Method system and data structure for content renditioning adaptation and interoperability segmentation model

• US 20060005193A1
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David E. Kahn
• Original Assignee: Covia Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Bruce, Mirabella, Richard, Pieb, Wolfgang, Illowsky, Daniel, Wenocur, Michael, Tiberi, Richard, Sidney, Raymond
• Granted Patent: US 7,761,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2082 Data synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5015 Service provider selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/449 Object-oriented method invocation or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 : the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 : considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 : Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 : Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 : via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 : Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 : In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 : Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 : Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 : Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 : Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1072 : Discovery involving ranked list compilation of candidate peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 : Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 : Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 : Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/328 : in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 : having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 : Reducing energy consumption in communication networks

Abstract

System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or intermittently connected electronic devices. Devices, systems, appliances, and the like communicating and/or interoperating within the framework provided. A renditioning adaptation and interoperability segmentation model and method allows the segmenting of an interoperability application into a plurality of tightly integrated, yet separately executable programs. Individual renditions may be chosen during a device recruitment process to be sent to run on other recruited devices to provide coordinated access to the capabilities and content of individual devices.

Claims

1. A method for segmenting a software application into a set of separately executable images, the method comprising:

separating the devices to be encountered into classes according to their possible resources and capabilities for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

separating the environment or operating requirements likely to be encountered into classes according to the needs for distinct rendering or other runtime requirements for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed for an executable image needed to be able to carry out one or more aspects of the intent of the application on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement;

generating a utilization plan for choosing which devices and corresponding individually assigned executable images are to be run on each device to be used to carry out the intent of the application given a list of candidate devices, their resources and capabilities, and the required or desired environment or operating parameters; and

specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed to implement and carry out the utilization plan on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the software application is intended to run across one or more homogeneous or heterogeneous communicating devices.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein exactly one such selected executable image is to be selected to run on a given device with a particular environment.

4. A method as in claim 3, wherein the exactly one such executable image is to be selected and run on each device in accordance with the needs of the application with respect to the resources and capabilities of each device and the environment and operating requirements.

5. A method as in claim 3, wherein at least one of the devices is a Dart device.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising executing the generated utilization plan.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the software application expressed as a Dart.

8. A method as in claim 1, wherein the separately executing images are renditions.

9. A method as in claim 7, wherein the renditions are expressed in the form of Dart Renditions packaged by the DartTools in conformance with the DartFormat.

10. A method as in claim 2, wherein the utilization plan of claim 1 is implemented in whole or part as procedures sent to run on the candidate devices to determine the particular class of device, its resources and/or its operating environment.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein the procedures are DartProcedures comprised at least in part as instructions of an Interoperability Instruction Set.

12. A method as in claim 11, wherein the Interoperability Instruction Set is the DartInstructionSet.

13. A method as in claim 11, wherein the Interoperability Instruction Set is of a form that is executable on one or more homogeneous or heterogeneous communicating devices which are to run procedures.

14. A method as in claim 13, wherein the communicating devices run procedures to determine the particular class of device, its resources, and/or its operating environment.

15. A method as in claim 10, wherein the procedures are expressed as Darts which are part of the application.

16. A method as in claim 15, wherein the application is expressed as a Dart which contains other Darts used to carry out the intent of the application on heterogeneous communicating devices.

17. A method as in claim 1, wherein the recruitment method of claim 1 is used to send and distribute the procedures and separate executable images to form teams of heterogeneous or homogeneous devices.

18. A method as in claim 1, wherein parts are sharable between different separately executing images in different target devices and processing environments so that the size of an interoperability application may be limited.

19. A method as in claim 1, wherein parts are sharable between separately executing images so that the amount of data to be stored in the software may be limited.

20. A method as in claim 1, wherein parts are sharable between separately executing images so that the amount of data to be communicated between devices may be limited.

21. A method as in claim 18, wherein parts are one of code, data, content, procedures, code sets, data sets, content, content sets, meta information on how to find and combine the parts, descriptive text, pictures, video, images, tables of data, or any other unit of information or set of information capable of being represented in a digital form.

22. A method as in claim 21, wherein parts are DartParts and or meta information is expressed as Dart RenditionsTable part, and or Dart RenditionTable parts, and or Dart PartTable, and or DartTrailer.

23. A method for segmenting a software application into a set of separately executable images, the method comprising:

separating the devices to be encountered into classes according to their possible resources and capabilities;

separating the environment or operating requirements likely to be encountered into classes;

specifying the data, code, content and/or other digitally representable resources needed for an executable image to be able to carry out one or more aspects of the intent of the application on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement; and

generating a utilization plan for choosing which devices and executable images are to be run on each device to be used to carry out the intent of the application.

24. An apparatus for segmenting a software application into a set of separately executable images, the apparatus comprising:

means for separating the devices to be encountered into classes according to their possible resources and capabilities for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

means for separating the environment or operating requirements likely to be encountered into classes according to the needs for distinct rendering or other runtime requirements for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

means for specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed for an executable image needed to be able to carry out one or more aspects of the intent of the application on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement;

means for generating a utilization plan for choosing which devices and corresponding individually assigned executable images are to be run on each device to be used to carry out the intent of the application given a list of candidate devices, their resources and capabilities, and the required or desired environment or operating parameters; and

means for specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed to implement and carry out the utilization plan on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement.

25. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system or information appliance, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

a program module that directs the computer system or information appliance to function in a specified manner to segment a computer program software code application into a set of separately executable computer program software code images, the program module including instructions for;

separating the devices to be encountered into classes according to their possible resources and capabilities;

separating the environment or operating requirements likely to be encountered into classes;

specifying the data, code, content, and/or other digitally representable resources needed for an executable image to be able to carry out one or more aspects of the intent of the application on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement; and

generating a utilization plan for choosing which devices and executable images are to be run on each device to be used to carry out the intent of the application.

26. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system or information appliance, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

a program module that directs the computer system or information appliance to function in a specified manner to segment a computer program software code application into a set of separately executable computer program software code images, the program module including instructions for;

separating the devices to be encountered into classes according to their possible resources and capabilities for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

separating the environment or operating requirements likely to be encountered into classes according to the needs for distinct rendering or other runtime requirements for carrying out one or more aspects of the intent of the application;

specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed for an executable image needed to be able to carry out one or more aspects of the intent of the application on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement;

generating a utilization plan for choosing which devices and corresponding individually assigned executable images are to be run on each device to be used to carry out the intent of the application given a list of candidate devices, their resources and capabilities, and the required or desired environment or operating parameters; and

specifying the data, code, content and other digitally representable resources needed to implement and carry out the utilization plan on each class of device and each environment or operating requirement.