METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCE

• US 20150007192A1
• Filed: 06/25/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Hyung Kyu, PARK, Dong-Hwan, KIM, Kwang Soo, BANG, Hyochan, KWON, Soon Hyun, Yoo, Yoon Sik, CHOI, Jin Chul, KIM, Sunjin
• Granted Patent: US 9,467,516 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• 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: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing a resource using an apparatus for managing a resource is provided. The apparatus for managing a resource generates a first instance for a first community using a first ontology class about communities including at least one resource as a member according to a goal. The apparatus for managing a resource generates a second instance for a first resource using a second ontology class about resources. Further, the apparatus for managing a resource estimates a relation between the first instance and the second instance.

Claims

1. A method for managing a resource using an apparatus for managing a resource, comprising:

generating a first instance for a first community using a first ontology class about communities including at least one resource as a member according to a goal;

generating a second instance for a first resource using a second ontology class about resources; and

estimating a relation between the first instance and the second instance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the generating of the first instance includes:

receiving property information of the first community; and

generating the first instance based on a first template using the property information as an input parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein

the generating of the first instance includes:

receiving first information, representing a third instance, that has already been generated for a second community; and

generating the first instance based on a first template using the first information as the input parameter.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein

the first resource is a first sensor in a sensor network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

the property information

includes at least any one of information on a member of the first community, information on a region of the first community, information on lifetime of the first community, and information on a goal of the first community.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein

the estimating includes

estimating a relation between the first instance and the second instance using a semantic relation between the first ontology class and the second ontology class.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating a third instance for a first space using a third ontology class about a space; and

estimating a relation between the first instance and the third instance.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating a fourth instance for a first time using a fourth ontology class about time; and

estimating a relation between the first instance and the fourth instance.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating a fifth instance for a first goal using a fifth ontology class about a goal of services; and

estimating a relation between the first instance and the fifth instance.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising

estimating a relation between at least any one of the third instance, the fourth instance, and the fifth instance, and the second instance.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating and storing a sixth instance for a second sensor using the second ontology class when the second sensor is further provided to the sensor network; and

determining an instance corresponding to the sixth instance among the instances of the first ontology class by estimating a relation between each of the instances of the first ontology class and the sixth instance.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

deleting the second instance when a location of the first sensor is changed;

generating a sixth instance for the first sensor at the changed location using the second ontology class; and

determining an instance corresponding to the sixth instance among the instances of the first ontology class by estimating a relation between each of the instances of the first ontology class and the sixth instance.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring first information on each instance having a semantic relation with the first instance to a state manager managing a state of the first community; and

providing the first information to applications through the state manager in response to a request of the applications.

14. A method for managing a resource using an apparatus for managing a resource, comprising:

generating a first instance for a first community using a first ontology class representing communities including at least one resource as a member according to a goal;

generating a second instance for a first resource using a second ontology class representing resources when the first resource is added; and

estimating a relation between the first instance and the second instance.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

deleting the second instance when a location of the first source is changed;

generating a third instance for the first resource at the changed location using the second ontology class; and

estimating a relation between the third instance and the first instance.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein

the property information of the first instance

includes at least one of information on a member of the first community, information on a region of the first community, information on lifetime of the first community, and information on a goal of the first community,

the estimating includes

estimating a first semantic relation between the second instance and at least one third instance which has a semantic relation with the first instance and

determining whether the second instance corresponds to a member of the first instance based on the first semantic relation, and

the third instance

is any one of an instance of a third ontology class representing a space, an instance of a fourth ontology class representing time, and an instance of a fifth ontology class representing a goal of services.

17. An apparatus for managing a resource, comprising:

a first instance generation processor generating a first instance for a first community using a first ontology class representing communities including at least one resource as a member according to a goal;

a second instance generation processor generating a second instance for a first resource using a second ontology class representing resources when the first resource is added; and

an estimation processor estimating a semantic relation between the first instance and the second instance.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein

the second instance generation processor updates the second instance based on changed property information when property information of the first resource is changed, and

the estimation processor estimates a semantic relation between the updated second instance and the first instance.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein

the estimation processor

estimates a first semantic relation between the second instance and at least one third instance which has a semantic relation with the first instance and determines whether the second instance corresponds to a member of the first instance based on the first semantic relation, and

the third instance

is any one of an instance of a third ontology class representing a space, an instance of a fourth ontology class representing time, and an instance of a fifth ontology class representing a goal of services.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

a management processor managing first information on each instance having a semantic relation with the first instance and providing the first information to applications in response to a request of the applications.