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Active control of collaborative devices

  • US 9,130,803 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2013
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of control of collaborative devices, the method comprising:

  • providing at least one registry table, wherein the registry table further comprises registry records representing capabilities of a plurality of collaborative devices, wherein the registry records further comprise data elements describing, for each collaborative device, a capability, a control relationship, and a network connectivity, wherein the network connectivity includes an identification of a resource location of the collaborative device within a network;

    providing a service bundle of servlets comprising a plurality of predetermined algorithms for controlling the collaborative devices;

    selecting from the registry table a subset of at least two collaborative devices of the plurality of collaborative devices according to a particular control relationship; and

    controlling the subset of at least two of the collaborative devices in accordance with at least one predetermined algorithm of the plurality of predetermined algorithms, the at least one predetermined algorithm associated with the subset of at least two collaborative devices;

    wherein controlling the subset of at least two collaborative devices further comprises;

    finding a registry record bearing a set point for the particular control relationship;

    reading from a first client device in the subset a sensor value of the particular control relationship;

    comparing the set point and the sensor value to produce a comparison result;

    finding, based at least partially on the comparison result, a registry record having an identified capability appropriate to the comparison result for the particular control relationship;

    issuing a request to a second client device in the subset to effect the capability identified in the found registry record.

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