COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING AND ELECTRONIC RECORDS

• US 20120117158A1
• Filed: 11/07/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Cummings
• Original Assignee: Mark Cummings
• Inventors: Cummings, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,788,215 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/327 Logic synthesis; Behaviour synthesis, e.g. mapping logic, HDL to netlist, high-level language to RTL or netlist
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Collaborative computing and electronic records are disclosed. An entity that may be able to help achieve an objective is discovered and a connection to the entity established. A meta-language is used to exchange with the entity a description of the objective and a description of the entity. The meta-language is used to negotiate with the entity a contract to help achieve the objective. In the event a contract to help achieve the objective is reached, performing a self-configuration in accordance with the contract.

Claims

1. A method of computing, comprising:

discovering and connecting to an entity that may be able to help achieve an objective;

using a meta-language to exchange with the entity a description of the objective and a description of the entity;

using the meta-language to negotiate with the entity a contract to help achieve the objective;

in the event a contract to help achieve the objective is reached, performing a self-configuration in accordance with the contract.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating an operation in accordance with the contract.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising maintaining the operation in accordance with the contract.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising discontinuing the operation in accordance with the contract.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the objective is associated with a task.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity comprises one or more of the following:

a cloud service, a cloud task, a cloud, and a cloud computing end user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity comprises a first entity and further comprising receiving an indication of a need to recruit a second entity to help achieve the objective.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising recruiting the second entity to help achieve the objective, through a process that includes one or more of the following:

discovery, connection, description, negotiation, configuration, initiation of operation, maintenance of operation, and discontinuation of operation.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising negotiating with the second entity a contract to replace the first entity in helping to achieve the objective.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first entity maintains, after termination of an operation associated with helping to achieve the objective, a ghost or other vestige of a configuration used to help achieve the objective.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first entity uses the ghost, if needed, to resume helping to achieve the objective.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity comprises one or more of the following:

an electronic record, an electronic patient record, an electronic record system, and an electronic record end user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the objective comprises aggregating from a plurality of electronic records stores a plurality of records associated with an individual patient.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the objective comprises aggregating from a plurality of electronic records stores a plurality of records associated with a class of patients.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising anonymizing the records to protect the identify of individual patients in the class.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing in a data store for each of a plurality of entities an entity image data comprising metadata about the entity.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the data store has the capability to create and support an organically changing schema, and provides a mechanism to propagate changes to the schema or data, but only as necessary.

18. A system, comprising:

a data store configured to store for each of a plurality of computing/telecommunications entities an entity image data comprising metadata about or otherwise associated with the entity; and

a processor configured to receive an indication of an objective and use entity image data expressed in or converted to a common metalanguage to identify programmatically from among the plurality of entities an entity or entities to help achieve the objective and to determine the configuration of the entity or entities, through a process that includes one or more of the following;

discovery, connection, description, negotiation, configuration, initiation of operation, maintenance of operation, and discontinuation of operation.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the objective is associated with a task.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the entity comprises one or more of the following:

a cloud service, a cloud task, a cloud, and a cloud computing end user.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the entity comprises a first entity and the processor is further configured to receive an indication of a need to recruit a second entity to help achieve the objective.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to recruit the second entity to help achieve the objective, through a process that includes one or more of the following:

discovery, connection, description, negotiation, configuration, initiation of operation, maintenance of operation, and discontinuation of operation.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to negotiate with the second entity a contract to replace the first entity in helping to achieve the objective.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the first entity maintains, after termination of an operation associated with helping to achieve the objective, a ghost or other vestige of a is configuration used to help achieve the objective.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the entity comprises one or more of the following:

an electronic record, an electronic patient record, an electronic record system, and an electronic record end user.

27. The computer program product of claim 23, further comprising computer instructions for initiating an operation in accordance with the contract.

28. The computer program product of claim 24, further comprising computer instructions for maintaining the operation in accordance with the contract.

29. The computer program product of claim 25, further comprising computer instructions for discontinuing the operation in accordance with the contract.

26. A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

discovering and connecting to an entity that may be able to help achieve an objective;

using a meta-language to exchange with the entity a description of the objective and a description of the entity;

using the meta-language to negotiate with the entity a contract to help achieve the objective;

in the event a contract to help achieve the objective is reached, performing a self-configuration in accordance with the contract.