Method and device for interoperability in heterogeneous device environment

• US 7,831,752 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2008
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David E. Kahn
• Original Assignee: Covia Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Bruce, Mirabella, Richard, Pieb, Wolfgang, Illowsky, Daniel, Wenocur, Michael, Tiberi, Richard, Sidney, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen; Alan
• Application Number:
  US12/255,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113088A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2082 Data synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5015 Service provider selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/449 Object-oriented method invocation or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 : the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 : considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 : Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 : Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 : via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 : Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 : In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 : Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 : Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 : Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 : Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1072 : Discovery involving ranked list compilation of candidate peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 : Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 : Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 : Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/328 : in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 : having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 : Reducing energy consumption in communication networks

Abstract

System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and systems and devices for sharing of content, applications, resources and control across similar and dissimilar permanently or intermittently connected electronic devices. Devices, systems, appliances, and the like communicating and/or interoperating within the framework provided. Interoperability device, such as a DartDevice, provides a highly interoperable device by virtue of its running a compliant player such as a DartPlayer containing an engine such as a DartEngine and at least one communications protocol for connecting to other devices.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a physical processor coupled with a physical memory configured for autonomously performing general computation and input/output operations;

at least one communication means for two way communication with other external devices over a communications link;

an interoperability engine executing interoperability instructions and running on the processor, the interoperability engine comprises logic for executing the instructions of an executable application package which encapsulates all that is needed to carry out the purpose of the interoperability application on the device, or the other external device, or a combination of the device and the other external device, to carry out an intended purpose; and

wherein the interoperability instructions include a set of instructions used to represent the code portions of an executable application package which are executed by the engine and the interoperability instruction set including instructions to enhance the speed of operations, carry out interoperability methodologies, and expose the capabilities and content of the devices to each other including instructions for exposing and for enabling access to and use of unique capabilities and content of devices to other device even when the other devices have no prior knowledge of the unique capabilities and content.

2. In a device having a physical processor coupled with a physical memory configured for performing general computation and input/output operations, a method comprising:

establishing at least one two way communication between the device and a different external device over a communications link including sending and receiving communications between said device and the other different external device;

executing interoperability instructions on the physical processor, the executing interoperability instructions including executing instructions of an executable application package which encapsulates all that is needed to carry out the purpose of the interoperability application on the device, or the other external device, or a combination of the device and the other external device, to carry out an intended purpose; and

wherein the interoperability instructions include a set of instructions used to represent the code portions of an executable application package which are executed and the interoperability instruction set including instructions to enhance the speed of operations, carry out interoperability methodologies, and expose the capabilities and content of the devices to each other including instructions for exposing and for enabling access to and use of unique capabilities and content of devices to other device even when the other devices have no prior knowledge of the unique capabilities and content.

3. A computer program product stored in a tangible computer readable media for implementing, in a device having a physical processor coupled with a physical memory configured for performing general computation and input/output operations, a method comprising:

establishing at least one two way communication between the device and a different external device over a communications link including sending and receiving communications between said device and the other different external device;

executing interoperability instructions on the physical processor, the executing interoperability instructions including executing instructions of an executable application package which encapsulates all that is needed to carry out the purpose of the interoperability application on the device, or the other external device, or a combination of the device and the other external device, to carry out an intended purpose; and

wherein the interoperability instructions include a set of instructions used to represent the code portions of an executable application package which are executed and the interoperability instruction set including instructions to enhance the speed of operations, carry out interoperability methodologies, and expose the capabilities and content of the devices to each other including instructions for exposing and for enabling access to and use of unique capabilities and content of devices to other device even when the other devices have no prior knowledge of the unique capabilities and content.