Method, apparatus and system for addressing resources

• US 9,015,284 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pelion Finland Oy (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: ARM Finland Oy (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sasin, Szymon, Ukkola, Sampo, Shelby, Zachary
• Primary Examiner(s): WASEL, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US13/711,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for addressing resources. The apparatus includes a component for forming a group having one or more end-points or other groups and for creating a first abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the group, the abstract URI includes a domain name and a group identifier; a component for creating a second abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the end-points, the abstract URI having an end-point and domain name; and a component configured to receive a look-up URI, the look-up URI having tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the apparatus, optional domain and group parameters; and a component configured to resolve the look-up URI to one or more first or second abstract URIs.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first interface to communicate with end-points operationally connected to the apparatus using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

a second interface for communicating with web applications making use of the resources;

a component for forming a group comprising one or more end-points or other groups;

a component for creating a first abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the group to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising a domain name and a group identifier and being independent of the protocol used to access the resources of the end-points of the group;

a component for creating a second abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the end-points to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising an end-point and domain name and being independent of the protocol used to access the end-point;

a component configured to receive over the second interface a look-up URI, the look- up URI comprising a tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the apparatus, optional domain and group parameters; and

a component configured to resolve the look-up URI to one or more first or second abstract URIs.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprising:

a component for creating universal resource locators (URL) for resources of the end-points to be used over the first interface, the URLs comprising the protocol used to access the resource, the Internet Protocol address, port and path of the resource; and

a component configured to link the URLs and the second abstract URIs together.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to resolve a look-up URI to a linked second abstract URI if the received look-up URI points to a resolvable address, and otherwise to first look-up URL.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to resolve a look-up URI to a JavaScript Object Notation object comprising one or more arrays of responses.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprising a component configured to:

receive over the second interface a request, the request comprising a domain name and a group identifier and optional parameters;

resolve the members of the group;

send the request to the members;

receive response from the members; and

send a response to the sender of the request.

6. The apparatus claim 5, where the apparatus further comprises a component configured to:

receive a request comprising an indicator that the request should be executed by the members of the group simultaneously;

determine an individual time-out for each member; and

send the request to the members of the group with a time-out instructing each member to execute the request when the time-out has expired.

7. The apparatus claim 5, where the apparatus further comprises a component configured to:

receive a request comprising an indicator that the request should be executed by the members only if all members receive the request;

send the request to the members of the group with a tag or group id indicating to the members that they should acknowledge the request but not execute it yet;

receive acknowledgements from the members; and

send a message to the members to execute the request if all members acknowledged the request.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is configured to send the response to the sender of the request as a JavaScript Object Notation object comprising one or more arrays of responses.

9. A system comprising:

a server and one or more end-points operationally connected to the server using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

a first interface in the server to communicate with end-points operationally connected to the apparatus using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

a second interface in the server for communicating with web applications making use of the resources;

a component in the server for forming a group comprising one or more end-points or other groups;

a component in the server for creating a first abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the group to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising a domain name and a group identifier and being independent of the protocol used to access the resources of the end-points of the group;

a component in the server for creating a second abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the end-points to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising an end-point and domain name and being independent of the protocol used to access the end-point;

a component in the server configured to receive over the second interface a look-up URI, the look-up URI comprising a tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the apparatus, optional domain and group parameters; and

a component in the server configured to resolve the look-up URI to one or more first or second abstract URIs.

10. A method comprising:

communicating over a first interface with end-points operationally connected to the apparatus using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

communicating with web applications making use of the resources over a second interface;

forming a group comprising one or more end-points or other groups;

creating a first abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the group to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising a domain name and a group identifier and being independent of the protocol used to access the resources of the end-points of the group;

creating a second abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the end-points to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising an end-point and domain name and being independent of the protocol used to access the end-point;

receiving over the second interface a look-up URI, the look-up URI comprising a tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the apparatus, optional domain and group parameters; and

resolving the look-up URI to one or more first or second abstract URIs.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

creating universal resource locators (URL) for resources of the end-points to be used over the first interface, the URLs comprising the protocol used to access the resource, the Internet Protocol address, port and path of the resource; and

linking the URLs and the second abstract URIs together.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising resolving a look-up URI to a linked second abstract URI if the received look-up URI points to a resolvable address, and otherwise to first look-up URI.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising resolving a look-up URI to a JavaScript Object Notation object comprising one or more arrays of responses.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving over the second interface a request, the request comprising a domain name and a group identifier and optional parameters;

resolving the members of the group;

sending the request to the members;

receiving response from the members; and

sending a response to the sender of the request.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a request comprising an indicator that the request should be executed by the members of the group simultaneously;

determining an individual time-out for each member; and

sending the request to the members of the group with a time-out instructing each member to execute the request when the time-out has expired.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a request comprising an indicator that the request should be executed by the members only if all members receive the request;

sending the request to the members of the group with a tag or group id indicating to the members that they should acknowledge the request but not execute it yet;

receiving acknowledgements from the members; and

sending a message to the members to execute the request if all members acknowledged the request.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising creating, modifying or deleting a group on the basis of a request received over the second interface.

18. A method comprising:

communicating with a server operationally connected to a number of end-points using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

sending to the server over an interface a look-up universal resource identifier (URI), the look-up URI comprising a tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the server, optional domain and group parameters, wherein the group comprises one or more end-points or other groups; and

receiving, after an unspecified time-out, one or more first abstract universal resource identifiers (URI) of a group and/or one or more second abstract universal resource identifiers (URI) of an end-point, the first abstract URI comprising a domain name and a group identifier and being independent of the protocol used to access the resources of the end-points of the group, and the second abstract URI comprising an end-point and domain name and being independent of the protocol used to access the end-point.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

communicate over a first interface with end-points using a binary web service, the end-points comprising one or more resources;

communicate with web applications making use of the resources over a second interface;

form a group comprising one or more end-points or other groups;

create a first abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the group to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising a domain name and a group identifier and being independent of the protocol used to access the resources of the end-points of the group;

create a second abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the end-points to be used over the second interface, the abstract URI comprising an end-point and domain name and being independent of the protocol used to access the end-point;

receive over the second interface a look-up URI, the look-up URI comprising a tag identifying the look-up URI as a group look-up, the address of the apparatus, optional domain and group parameters; and

resolve the look-up URI to one or more first or second abstract URIs.