PROTEINS, POOLS, AND SLAWX IN PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20180004583A1
• Filed: 09/14/2017
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc. (Oblong, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc. (Oblong, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kramer, Kwindla Hultman, Underkoffler, John S.
• Granted Patent: US 10,664,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/544 Buffers; Shared memory; Pipes

Abstract

Embodiments described herein include mechanisms for encapsulating data that needs to be shared between or across processes. These mechanisms include slawx (plural of “slaw”), proteins, and pools. Generally, slawx provide the lowest-level of data definition for inter-process exchange, proteins provide mid-level structure and hooks for querying and filtering, and pools provide for high-level organization and access semantics. Slawx includes a mechanism for efficient, platform-independent data representation and access. Proteins provide a data encapsulation and transport scheme using slawx as the payload. Pools provide structured and flexible aggregation, ordering, filtering, and distribution of proteins within a process, among local processes, across a network between remote or distributed processes, and via longer term (e.g. on-disk, etc.) storage.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a first device encapsulating first raw input data of the first device into a first protein structure and depositing the first protein structure into an input repository;

a second device encapsulating second raw input data of the second device into a second protein structure and depositing the second protein structure into the input repository;

a third device extracting the first protein structure and the second protein structure from the input repository via at least one of a local memory bus and a network connection;

the third device using the first raw input data of the first protein structure and the second raw input data of the second protein structure to process at least one event corresponding to the first protein structure and the second protein structure,

wherein the first protein structure and the second protein structure have a same record format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an input device of the first device generates the first raw input data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each protein structure of the input repository is stored by at least one of a disk and a memory.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first protein structure specifies an action corresponding to the first raw input data and information identifying an input device of the first raw input data, and wherein the second protein structure specifies an action corresponding to the second raw input data and information identifying an input device of the second raw input data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the input device of the first raw input data is different from the input device of the second raw input data.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first protein structure specifies a semantic meaning for the action corresponding to the first raw input data, and wherein the second protein structure specifies a semantic meaning for the action corresponding to the second raw input data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the third device extracts the first protein structure based on the semantic meaning for the action corresponding to the first raw input data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third device extracts the second protein structure based on the semantic meaning for the action corresponding to the second raw input data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the third device extracts the second protein structure based on the action corresponding to the second raw input data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the third device extracts the first protein structure based on the action corresponding to the first raw input data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the third device extracts the second protein structure based on the semantic meaning for the action corresponding to the second raw input data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the third device extracts the second protein structure based on the action corresponding to the second raw input data.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the input device of the first raw input data is one of a gestural input sensor, a keyboard, a mouse, and an infrared remote control.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the input device of the second raw input data is a gestural input sensor.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the input device of the second raw input data is a keyboard.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the input device of the second raw input data is a mouse.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the input device of the second raw input data is an infrared remote control.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device deposits the first protein structure into the input repository via at least one of the local memory bus and a network connection, and wherein the second device deposits the first protein structure into the input repository via at least one of the local memory bus and a network connection.

19. A system comprising:

a first device;

a second device; and

a third device,

wherein the first device is constructed to encapsulate first raw input data of the first device into a first protein structure and deposit the first protein structure into an input repository,

wherein the second device is constructed to encapsulate second raw input data of the second device into a second protein structure and deposit the second protein structure into the input repository,

wherein the third device is constructed to extract the first protein structure and the second protein structure from the input repository via at least one of a local memory bus and a network connection,

wherein the third device is constructed to use the first raw input data of the first protein structure and the second raw input data of the second protein structure to process at least one event corresponding to the first protein structure and the second protein structure, and

wherein the first protein structure and the second protein structure have a same record format.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the first protein structure specifies an action corresponding to the first raw input data and information identifying an input device of the first raw input data, and wherein the second protein structure specifies an action corresponding to the second raw input data and information identifying an input device of the second raw input data.