Receiving discrete interface device subtask result data and acquiring task result data

• US 20130081020A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US13/374,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20130081020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices, obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor, and acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data using the obtained subtask result data and information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask result data is obtained. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented method, comprising:

transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices;

obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor; and

acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data using the obtained subtask result data and information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask result data is obtained.

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72. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices;

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor; and

means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data using the obtained subtask result data and information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask result data is obtained.

73. The computationally-implemented system of claim 72, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular property.

74. The computationally-implemented system of claim 72, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular status and/or characteristic.

75. The computationally-implemented method of claim 74, wherein said transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular status and/or characteristic comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular status.

78. The computationally-implemented method of claim 74, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular status and/or characteristic comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a particular characteristic.

81. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices.

82. The computationally-implemented method of claim 81, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a relationship with the service provider.

83. The computationally-implemented method of claim 82, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a relationship with the service provider comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices that are subscribers to a service provided by the service provider.

84. The computationally-implemented method of claim 82, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices having a relationship with the service provider comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices that are members of a service provided by the service provider.

85. The computationally-implemented method of claim 84, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices that are members of a service provided by the service provider comprises:

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a social networking service provider to a plurality of discrete interface devices that are members of a social networking service provided by the social networking service provider.

89. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for acquiring a list of discrete interface devices; and

means for transmitting one or more subtasks corresponding to at least a portion of one or more tasks of acquiring data requested by a task requestor to a plurality of discrete interface devices that appear on the list of discrete interface devices.

93. The computationally-implemented method of claim 89, wherein said means for acquiring a list of discrete interface devices comprises:

means for retrieving a list of discrete interface devices.

96. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices with incomplete information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor.

97. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices with less information than would be present on a device carrying out the task of acquiring data.

98. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices with insufficient information to carry out the task of acquiring data.

101. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding an objective of the task requestor.

102. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding a purpose of the at least one task.

103. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for receiving subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor.

104. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices; and

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices.

105. The computationally-implemented method of claim 104, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices comprises:

means for obtaining, for each discrete interface device from which subtask result data is received, device information data from the discrete interface device.

108. The computationally-implemented method of claim 104, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices separately from obtaining the subtask result data.

109. The computationally-implemented method of claim 104, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices at a different time from obtaining the subtask result data.

110. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more first sources; and

obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more second sources.

111. The computationally-implemented method of claim 110, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more second sources comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more discrete interface devices.

112. The computationally-implemented method of claim 111, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more discrete interface devices comprises:

means for obtaining, for each discrete interface device from which subtask result data is received, device information data corresponding to the discrete interface device, from the respective discrete interface device.

113. The computationally-implemented method of claim 110, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more second sources comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from a provider of a communication network used by at least one of the discrete interface devices.

118. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more first sources.

119. The computationally-implemented method of claim 118, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor further comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more second sources that are unrelated to the one or more first sources.

120. The computationally-implemented method of claim 118, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor further comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices, from one or more second sources that are related to the one or more first sources.

123. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices of the plurality of discrete interface devices in an absence of information regarding the task of acquiring data and/or the task requestor comprises:

means for obtaining subtask result data corresponding to a result of the one or more subtasks carried out by two or more discrete interface devices; and

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding at least one property of the two or more discrete interface devices.

124. The computationally-implemented method of claim 123, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding at least one property of the two or more discrete interface devices comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding a condition present when each of the two or more discrete interface devices carried out the one or more subtasks.

125. The computationally-implemented method of claim 124, wherein said means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding a condition present when each of the two or more discrete interface devices carried out the one or more subtasks comprises:

means for obtaining device information data corresponding to information regarding a position of the discrete interface device when the discrete interface device carried out the one or more subtasks.

127. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data using the obtained subtask result data and information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask result data is obtained comprises:

means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data by combining the received subtask data and using information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask data is received.

128. The computationally-implemented method of claim 127, wherein said means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data by combining the received subtask data and using information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask data is received comprises:

means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data by combining first received subtask data and second received subtask data and information regarding a first discrete interface device that collected the first received subtask data and a second discrete interface device that collected the second received subtask data.

129. The computationally-implemented method of claim 72, wherein said means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data using the obtained subtask result data and information regarding the two or more discrete interface devices from which the subtask result data is obtained comprises:

means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data by combining two or more received single subtask data, each single subtask data comprising a result of one or more executed subtasks executed by a single discrete interface device, and using information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received.

130. The computationally-implemented method of claim 129, wherein said means for acquiring task result data corresponding to a result of the task of acquiring data by combining two or more received single subtask data, each single subtask data comprising a result of one or more executed subtasks executed by a single discrete interface device, and using information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask data is received; and

means for combining the received single subtask result data based on the assigned weight of each of the received single subtask result data.

132. The computationally-implemented method of claim 130, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on at least one property of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received.

133. The computationally-implemented method of claim 132, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on at least one property of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on at least one status and/or characteristic of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received.

134. The computationally-implemented method of claim 133, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on at least one status and/or characteristic of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on a position of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received.

137. The computationally-implemented method of claim 133, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on at least one status and/or characteristic of the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask result data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on a sensitivity of a sensor of the single discrete interface device used to carry out the one or more subtasks.

139. The computationally-implemented method of claim 130, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on a condition present when the single discrete interface device acquired the received single subtask result data.

140. The computationally-implemented method of claim 130, wherein said means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on information regarding the single discrete interface device from which the single subtask data is received comprises:

means for weighting each received single subtask result data based on a property of a communication network from which the single subtask result data was received from the respective single discrete interface device.

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