Task computing
First Claim
1. An apparatus providing a plurality of computing sources of functionality, each computing source of functionality presenting a service and existing in a computing environment of the apparatus, a computing environment in network communication with the apparatus, or any combinations thereof, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller to control the apparatus according to a process, comprising;
associating a semantic service description (SSD) with the service, wherein the SSD comprises a semantic description of the service, including a semantic description of a parameter of the service, according to a computer interpretable language, and, as a service grounding, a mapping between the computer interpretable language expressing the SSD and an interface, including an interface parameter, of the service;
dynamically discovering one or more SSDs as available services through a plurality of discovery mechanisms to discover the SSDs;
dynamically filtering the services based upon the semantic description in each SSD associated with each service;
generating a user interface to dynamically compose a task based upon selecting the services and the dynamically filtering the services to continuously present possible tasks; and
generating an executable semantic service workflow description as a composed task description for the composed task.
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Abstract
An apparatus provides computing sources of functionality, each computing source of functionality presents a service and exists in any computing environment of the apparatus. The apparatus associates a semantic service description (SSD) with the service. The SSD has a semantic description of the service, including a semantic description of a parameter of the service, according to a computer interpretable language, and, as a service grounding, a mapping between the computer interpretable language expressing the SSD and an interface, including an interface parameter, of the service. The apparatus dynamically discovers SSDs as available services through discovery mechanisms, filters the services based upon the semantic description in each SSD associated with each service, generates a user interface to dynamically compose a task based upon selecting the services and the filtering the services to continuously present possible tasks, and generates an executable semantic service workflow description of the composed task.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus providing a plurality of computing sources of functionality, each computing source of functionality presenting a service and existing in a computing environment of the apparatus, a computing environment in network communication with the apparatus, or any combinations thereof, the apparatus comprising:
a controller to control the apparatus according to a process, comprising;
associating a semantic service description (SSD) with the service, wherein the SSD comprises a semantic description of the service, including a semantic description of a parameter of the service, according to a computer interpretable language, and, as a service grounding, a mapping between the computer interpretable language expressing the SSD and an interface, including an interface parameter, of the service;
dynamically discovering one or more SSDs as available services through a plurality of discovery mechanisms to discover the SSDs;
dynamically filtering the services based upon the semantic description in each SSD associated with each service;
generating a user interface to dynamically compose a task based upon selecting the services and the dynamically filtering the services to continuously present possible tasks; and
generating an executable semantic service workflow description as a composed task description for the composed task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing a plurality of computing sources of functionality, each computing source of functionality presenting a service and existing in a computing environment of the apparatus, a computing environment in network communication with the apparatus, or any combinations thereof, the method comprising:
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associating a semantic service description (SSD) with the service, wherein the SSD comprises a semantic description of the service, including a semantic description of a parameter of the service, according to a computer interpretable language, and, as a service grounding, a mapping between the computer interpretable language expressing the SSD and an interface, including an interface parameter, of the service;
dynamically discovering one or more SSDs as available services through a plurality of discovery mechanisms to discover the SSDs;
dynamically filtering the services based upon the semantic description in each SSD associated with each service;
generating a user interface to dynamically compose a task based upon selecting the services and the dynamically filtering the services to continuously present possible tasks; and
generating an executable semantic service workflow description for the composed task.
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19. An apparatus providing a plurality of computing sources of functionality, each computing source of functionality presenting a service and existing in a computing environment of the apparatus, a computing environment in network communication with the apparatus, or any combinations thereof, the apparatus comprising:
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means for associating a semantic service description (SSD) with the service, wherein the SSD comprises a semantic description of the service, including a semantic description of a parameter of the service, according to a computer interpretable language, and, as a service grounding, a mapping between the computer interpretable language expressing the SSD and an interface, including an interface parameter, of the service;
means for dynamically discovering one or more SSDs as available services through a plurality of discovery mechanisms to discover the SSDs;
means for dynamically filtering the services based upon the semantic description in each SSD associated with each service;
means for generating a user interface to dynamically compose a task based upon selecting the services and the dynamically filtering the services to continuously present possible tasks; and
means for generating an executable semantic service workflow description for the composed task.
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