Administering devices with domain state objects

• US 8,688,818 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrum Technologies, LLC (Pratima Instruments, LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Burkhart, Michael J., Eisenhauer, Daniel G, Schumacher, Daniel M., Watson, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, VAN H
• Application Number:
  US13/367,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20120136981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events

Abstract

Example embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. Such example embodiments include receiving a domain state object, identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object, and executing the action. In many example embodiments, receiving a domain state object includes receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor, and downloading the domain state object from the mobile sensor.

Claims

1. A method for administering devices, the method comprising:

receiving a user metric from a metric sensor, the user metric having a user identifier, a metric identifier, and a metric value, the user metric describing the user'"'"'s current condition;

adding the user metric to a domain state object;

identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object, the action identified using the user identifier, the metric identifier and the metric value;

identifying a device associated with the action; and

executing the action, wherein executing the action includes communicating with the device associated with the action.

2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor; and

downloading the domain state object from the mobile sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

receiving an address of the domain state object from a mobile sensor;

and downloading the domain state object from the address.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object comprises:

retrieving a current device state object from the domain state object; and

selecting an action ID in dependence upon the current device state object.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a domain metric vector for the second domain in dependence upon the domain state object.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a domain metric action list in dependence upon the domain state object.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a domain user metric space in dependence upon the domain state object.

8. A system for administering devices, the system comprising a computer processor and computer memory, the computer memory including computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user metric from a metric sensor, the user metric having a user identifier, a metric identifier, and a metric value, the user metric describing the user'"'"'s current condition;

adding the user metric to a domain state object;

identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object,

the action identified using the user identifier, the metric identifier and the metric value;

identifying a device associated with the action; and

executing the action, wherein executing the action includes communicating with the device associated with the action.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the operations further include:

receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor; and

downloading the domain state object from the mobile sensor.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the operations further include:

receiving an address of the domain state object from a mobile sensor; and

downloading the domain state object from the address.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object includes:

retrieving a current device state object from the domain state object; and

selecting an action ID in dependence upon the current device state object.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise creating a domain metric vector for the second domain in dependence upon the domain state object.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise creating a domain metric action list in dependence upon the domain state object.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a domain user metric space in dependence upon the domain state object.

15. A computer program product for administering devices, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user metric from a metric sensor, the user metric having a user identifier, a metric identifier, and a metric value, the user metric describing the user'"'"'s current condition;

adding the user metric to a domain state object;

identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object, the action identified using the user identifier, the metric identifier and the metric value;

identifying a device associated with the action; and

executing the action, wherein executing the action includes communicating with the device associated with the action.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the operations further include:

receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor; and

downloading the domain state object from the mobile sensor.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the operations further include:

receiving an address of the domain state object from a mobile sensor; and

downloading the domain state object from the address.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object includes:

retrieving a current device state object from the domain state object; and

selecting an action ID in dependence upon the current device state object.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the operations further include creating a domain metric vector for the second domain in dependence upon the domain state object.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the operations further include creating a domain metric action list in dependence upon the domain state object.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the operations further include selecting a domain user metric space in dependence upon the domain state object.