DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF A HOME MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

• US 20120185689A1
• Filed: 03/27/2012
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micropairing Technologies Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Eagle Harbor Holdings, L.L.C.
• Inventors: Preston, Dan A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,645,832 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2028 eliminating a faulty processor or activating a spare
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2035 without idle spare hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2046 where the redundant components share persistent storage G06F11/2043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40169 Flexible bus arrangements arrangements for maintenance or administration involving management of faults; events, alarms H04L41/06; automatic restoration of network faults H04L41/0654
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/403 with centralised control, e.g. polling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 : involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols

Abstract

A multiprocessor system used in home environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data manager. The device manager automatically detects and adds new devices to the multiprocessor system, and the configuration manager automatically reconfigures the real-time applications. The data manager identifies the type of data generated by the new devices and identifies which devices in the multiprocessor system are able to process the data.

Claims

1. A multiprocessor system used in a home, comprising:

multiple processors located in or proximate to the home and adapted to run different real-time home applications;

different communication links coupling the multiple processors together; and

a dynamic configuration system run independently on multiple different ones of the multiple home processors that each includes;

a device manager for automatically detecting and adding new hardware devices to the home multiprocessor system,

a configuration manager that automatically reconfigures the multiprocessor system to run new hardware device applications on different ones of the multiple home processors, and

a data manager that identifies data generated by the new devices and identifies other devices in the multiprocessor system that can input or output the identified data.

2. A home multiprocessor system according to claim 1 wherein the new hardware device is at least one of a cell phone, an MP3 player, a video playback device and an automobile, and wherein the applications include any of the following:

audio control;

video control;

sensor monitoring;

display control;

security monitoring;

temperature control and lighting control.

3. A multiprocessor system according to claim 1 wherein the different communication links include an IEEE 802.11 link, a Bluetooth link, and a packet based hardwired link and a cellular link.

4. A home processing system according to claim 1 including storing a copy of an application that is stored on the new hardware device, downloading and storing the application that is stored on the new hardware device into one of multiple home processors for at least one of storage and operation.

5. A home processing system according to claim 4 including storing data associated with the new hardware device application and processing the stored data with the stored application in the home multiprocessor system.

6. A home processing system according to claim 1 including displaying an icon representing applications stored in the home multiprocessor system and displaying an icon representing data stored in the home multiprocessor system that can be processed in the home multiprocessor system or used to replace the applications or data in the new device with stored applications or stored data in the home multiprocessor system.

7. A home processing system according to claim 6 including identifying types of data transferred by different devices in the multiprocessing system and displaying an icon representing the different devices in the multiprocessing system that can output the identified types of data.

8. A home processing system according to claim 6 including performing the following applications with the multiprocessor system:

audio player control;

video player control;

display control; and

sensor monitoring.

9. A home processing system according to claim 6 wherein the home processor is a home display control.

10. A home processing system according to claim 6 wherein the home processor is a home computer.

11. A home processing system according to claim 4 wherein the stored application is at least one of an audio application, video application and navigation application.

12. A home processing system according to claim 5 wherein the stored data is at least one of audio data, video data and navigation data.

13. A multiprocessing method used in a home, comprising:

operating multiple processors located in or proximate to the home and adapted to run different real-time home applications;

operating different communication links coupling the multiple processors together; and

operating a dynamic configuration system run independently on multiple different ones of the multiple home processors that each includes;

operating a device manager for automatically detecting and adding new hardware devices to the home multiprocessor system,

operating a configuration manager that automatically reconfigures the multiprocessor system to run new hardware device applications on different ones of the multiple home processors, and

operating a data manager that identifies data generated by the new devices and identifies other devices in the multiprocessor system that can input or output the identified data.

14. The multiprocessing method according to claim 13 wherein the new hardware device is at least one of a cell phone, an MP3 player, a video playback device and an automobile, and wherein the applications include any of the following:

audio control;

video control;

sensor monitoring;

display control;

security monitoring;

temperature control and lighting control.

15. The multiprocessing method according to claim 13 wherein the different communication links include an IEEE 802.11 link, a Bluetooth link, and a packet based hardwired link and a cellular link.

16. The multiprocessing method according to claim 13 including storing a copy of an application that is stored on the new hardware device, downloading and storing the application that is stored on the new hardware device into one of multiple home processors for at least one of storage and operation.

17. The multiprocessing method according to claim 16 including storing data associated with the new hardware device application and processing the stored data with the stored application in the home multiprocessor system.

18. The multiprocessing method according to claim 13 including displaying an icon representing applications stored in the home multiprocessor system and displaying an icon representing data stored in the home multiprocessor system that can be processed in the home multiprocessor system or used to replace the applications or data in the new device with stored applications or stored data in the home multiprocessor system.

19. The multiprocessing method according to claim 18 including identifying types of data transferred by different devices in the multiprocessing system and displaying an icon representing the different devices in the multiprocessing system that can output the identified types of data.

20. The multiprocessing method according to claim 18 including performing the following operations with the multiprocessor system:

audio player control;

video player control;

display control; and

sensor monitoring.

21. The multiprocessing method according to claim 18 wherein the home processor is a home display control.

22. The multiprocessing method according to claim 18 wherein the home processor is a home computer.

23. The multiprocessing method according to claim 16 wherein the stored application is at least one of an audio application, video application and navigation application.

24. The multiprocessing method according to claim 17 wherein the stored data is at least one of audio data, video data and navigation data.