NORMALIZATION ENGINE AND METHOD OF REQUESTING A KEY OR PERFORMING AN OPERATION PERTAINING TO AN END POINT
First Claim
1. A normalization engine, comprising:
- a data manager configured to receive a request to execute an operation or obtain a key/value pair pertaining to an end point and determine a normalized version of said key in said key/value pair; and
a normalization mapping repository configured to contain normalization mechanisms, said data manager further configured to employ said normalized version to obtain one of said a normalization mechanisms from said normalization mapping repository, carry out said normalization mechanism and employ a data source corresponding to said end point to retrieve a device-specific value corresponding to said normalized version.
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Abstract
A normalization engine and a method of requesting a key or performing an operation pertaining to an end point. In one embodiment, the normalization engine includes: (1) a data manager configured to receive a request to execute an operation or obtain a key/value pair pertaining to an end point and determine a normalized version of the key in the key/value pair and (2) a normalization mapping repository configured to contain normalization mechanisms, the data manager further configured to employ the normalized version to obtain one of the normalization mechanisms from the normalization mapping repository, carry out the normalization mechanism and employ a data source corresponding to the end point to retrieve a device-specific value corresponding to the normalized version.
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20 Claims
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1. A normalization engine, comprising:
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a data manager configured to receive a request to execute an operation or obtain a key/value pair pertaining to an end point and determine a normalized version of said key in said key/value pair; and a normalization mapping repository configured to contain normalization mechanisms, said data manager further configured to employ said normalized version to obtain one of said a normalization mechanisms from said normalization mapping repository, carry out said normalization mechanism and employ a data source corresponding to said end point to retrieve a device-specific value corresponding to said normalized version. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of requesting a key pertaining to an end point, comprising:
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determining a normalized version of said key; employing said normalized version to obtain a normalization mechanism from a normalization mapping repository; and carrying out said normalization mechanism, including; employing an attribute and a role of said end point to identify a data source, and employing said data source to retrieve a device-specific value corresponding to said normalized version. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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