System and method for delegation of data processing tasks based on device physical attributes and spatial behavior

• US 7,945,675 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2004
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Apacheta (ResMed Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Apacheta (ResMed Incorporated)
• Inventors: Skomra, Stewart A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr.; William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cheema; Umar
• Application Number:
  US10/947,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,428 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205, 709/206, 709/207, 709/227
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1046 Joining mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method of a peer computing system for performing a data processing service for a remote peer computing system publishes a description of each of a plurality of data processing services which the peer computing system makes available to the remote peer system. The peer computing further publishes a description of at least one of the physical attributes of the peer computing system and the spatial behavior of the peer computing system. The spatial behavior is represented by at least one of a record of the location of the peer computing system with respect to time and a record of networks to which the peer computing system is coupled with respect to time. The peer computing system may receive a service request from the remote peer computing system, the service request may comprise one of: i) a request to perform one of the plurality of data processing services; and ii) a request to perform a new data processing service which utilized the physical and spatial attributes of the peer computing system in conjunction with instructions on how to perform the new data processing.

Claims

1. A peer device for performing a data processing service for a second peer device communicating with the peer device through a network interface, the peer device comprising:

a local instruction storage for storing instructions for performing each of a plurality of published data processing services which the peer device may perform for the second peer device; and

a method processor, coupled to the network interface comprising;

an interaction module for;

publishing a description of each of the plurality of published data processing services which the peer device makes available to the second peer device; and

receiving a method call from the second peer device through the network interface, the method call being a method call for a published data processing service or a new data processing service received in conjunction with instructions for performing the new data processing service; and

a services module for performing the new data processing service by obtaining through the network interface instructions for performing the new data processing service from the second peer device;

wherein;

at least one of the published data processing services is a data processing service that can only be performed by the peer device when a remote service is available to the peer device;

the description of such data processing service includes at least one of;

i) an indication that the data processing service can be performed; and

ii) an estimate of when the data processing service can be performed.

2. The peer device of claim 1, wherein:

the interaction module further;

stores the new data processing instructions in the local instruction storage as instructions for performing a published data processing service; and

publishes the new data processing service as a published data processing service that the peer device may perform in response to receiving a method call therefore.

3. The peer device of claim 2, wherein:

the interaction module further publishes a description of the physical attributes of the peer device; and

the new data processing service is a service which the peer device can perform based on the physical attributes of the peer device.

4. The peer device of claim 1, further comprising:

a spatial behavior module for recording spatial behavior of the peer device, the spatial behavior being at least one of;

i) a record of the location of the peer device with respect to time; and

ii) a record of remote services available to the peer device with respect to time; and

a heuristics module for estimating when a remote service will be available to the peer device based on comparison of at least one of the current time and the current location of the peer device and the spatial behavior of the peer device.

5. The peer device of claim 1, further comprising:

a spatial behavior module for recording spatial behavior of the peer device, the spatial behavior being at least one of;

i) a record of the location of the peer device with respect to time; and

ii) a record of remote services available to the peer device with respect to time; and

the interaction module further publishes the spatial behavior of the peer device and the new data processing service is a service which the peer device can perform based on the spatial behavior of the peer device.

6. The peer computing system of claim 1, wherein the services module is configured to perform both the new data processing service and a published data processing service.

7. A method performed by a peer device for performing a data processing service for a second peer device communicating to the peer device through a network interface, the method comprising:

publishing a description of each of a plurality of published data processing services which the peer device makes available to the second peer device through the network interface;

receiving a method call from the second peer device, the method call being a method call for a published data processing service or a new data processing service in conjunction with instructions for performing the new data processing service; and

performing the new data processing service by obtaining, through the network interface, instructions for performing the new data processing service from the second peer device;

wherein;

at least one of the published data processing services is a data processing service that can only be performed by the peer device when a remote service is available to the peer device;

the description of such data processing service includes at least one of;

i) an indication that the data processing service can be performed; and

ii) an estimate of when the data processing service can be performed.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing the new data processing instructions in the local instruction storage as instructions for performing a published data processing service; and

publishing the new data processing service as a published data processing service that the peer device may perform in response to receiving a method call therefore.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising

publishing a description of the physical attributes of the peer device and the new data processing service is a service which the peer device can perform based on the physical attributes of the peer device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

recording spatial behavior of the peer device, the spatial behavior being at least one of;

i) a record of the location of the peer device with respect to time; and

ii) a record of remote services available to the peer device with respect to time; and

estimating when a remote service will be available to the peer device based on a comparison of at least one of the current time and the current location of the peer device and the spatial behavior of the peer device.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

recording spatial behavior of the peer device, the spatial behavior being at least one of;

i) a record of the location of the peer device with respect to time; and

ii) a record of remote services available to the peer device with respect to time; and

publishing the spatial behavior of the peer device and the new data processing service is a service which the peer device can perform based on the spatial behavior of the peer device.