DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20130246778A1
• Filed: 09/22/2010
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Piece Future Pte., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nikara, Jari, Palin, Arto
• Granted Patent: US 9,354,897 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for processing information in an apparatus having one or more interfaces to one or more peripheral components, said method comprising obtaining information about resources of the one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component, forming a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component, forming a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component, determining an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy and changing configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the determined entry combination.

Claims

1. A method for processing information in an apparatus having one or more interfaces to one or more peripheral components, said method comprising:

obtaining information about resources of the one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component;

forming a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

forming a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

determining an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy; and

changing configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the determined entry combination.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing said information into a memory being in functional connection with the apparatus; and

linking information in the memory regarding to a property it belongs to.

3. A method according to claim 1, where the boundaries of acceptable values of resource variables retrieved via said interfaces are derived from the formed policy.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

forming one or more cost functions by using the collected information within a property with respect to resource variables within said property; and

arranging at least partly an optimization of said cost functions regarding to selected property.

5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising:

identifying minimum from the cost function optimization results; and

checking that said minimum of the cost function optimization result is in line with the formed policy.

6. A method according to claim 5, further comprising:

providing the properties of the found cost function minimum to the apparatus for approval; and

updating the information in the memory to follow the changed properties.

7. A method according to claim 1, where one or more formed cost functions are adaptive resource tables.

8. A method according to claim 1, where the peripheral component is at least one of the following:

user interface, haptic feedback circuit, acceleration sensor, optical sensor, position sensor or radio antenna.

9. An apparatus having one or more interfaces to one or more peripheral components comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

obtain information about resources of the one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component;

form a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

form a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

determine an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy; and

change configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the determined entry combination.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, where processing of said information is done on ASIC circuit.

11. An apparatus according to claim 9, where processing of said information is done on central processing unit circuit.

12. An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

store said information into a memory being in functional connection with the apparatus; and

link information in the memory regarding to a property it belongs to.

13. An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

form one or more cost functions by using the collected information within a property with respect to resource variables within said property; and

arrange at least partly an optimization of said cost functions regarding to selected property.

14. An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

identify minimum from the at least partly optimized cost function results; and

check that said minimum of the cost function optimization result is in line with at least partly the formed policy.

15. An apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

provide the properties of the found cost function minimum to the apparatus for approval; and

update the information in the memory to follow the changed properties.

16. An apparatus according to claim 9, where the peripheral component is at least one of the following:

user interface, haptic feedback circuit, acceleration sensor, optical sensor, position sensor or radio antenna.

17. An apparatus comprising:

means for obtaining information about resources of one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component;

means for forming a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

means for forming a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

means for determining an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy; and

means for changing configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the determined entry combination.

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24. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium and executable in a data processing device, wherein the computer program product comprises:

a computer program code section for obtaining information about resources of one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component;

a computer program code section for forming a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

a computer program code section for forming a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component;

a computer program code section for determining an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy; and

a computer program code section for changing configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the selected entry combination.

25. A computer program product according to claim 24, wherein the computer program product comprises further:

a computer program code section for storing said information into a memory being in functional connection with the apparatus; and

a computer program code section for linking information in the memory regarding to a property it belongs to.

26. A computer program product according to claim 24, wherein the computer program product comprises further:

a computer program code section for forming one or more cost functions by using the collected information within a property with respect to resource variables within said property; and

a computer program code section for arranging at least partly an optimization of said cost functions regarding to selected property.

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