Dynamic object management protocol

• US 9,225,802 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Hua Kuo
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Hua Kuo
• Inventors: Kuo, Kuo-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chambers, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US13/562,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/217, 709/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• 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: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/03 Protocol definition or specification protocol conformance testing H04L1/244

Abstract

An extensible communications protocol configured to enable dynamic discovery and management of self-aware devices in a multiple element computing architecture is provided. The protocol enables a message consisting essentially of a destination ID, a source ID, a message type, optional payloads, and a delimiter arrangement. The protocol is based on a scheme which represents structured data. Within the scheme, stacked delimiting characters are used to separate higher level data. Escape sequencers are selected to represent at least the escape character, the delimiting character, and the NULL (nothing at all).

Claims

1. A multiple element computing architecture configured to operate using a communications protocol enabling dynamic management of objects between a requesting element and a responding element in the multiple element computing architecture, the protocol enabling transmission of a message consisting essentially of:

a destination;

a source;

a message type;

a data partition arrangement, comprising a fixed number of payloads, the fixed number based on the message type; and

a delimiter arrangement provided within the message, the delimiter arrangement separating data partitions in the data partition arrangement wherein multiple levels of data partitions are available and higher levels of data partitions are delimited based on a stacked arrangement wherein an Nth level data partition is delimited by N section delimiters positioned at the end of the Nth level data partition;

wherein the communications protocol enables one element to prepare requesting messages with one destination, one source, one message type and optional associated payload, the one element is configured to receive the requesting message and process the message, and the multiple element computing architecture comprises at least one hardware element;

wherein the requesting element may be configured to form sequences of actions based on resources presented according to the protocol from the responding element, pack the actions into messages, and transmit the messages to the responding element, wherein the sequences of actions vary in size and actions are packed into messages employing variable numbers of data partitions.

2. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein a special delimiting character is used to delimit a lowest level of data partitions.

3. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 2, wherein an immediate upper level data delimiter of any existing level of data is a combination of an existing level delimiter followed by the special delimiting character.

4. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein at least one message payload comprises at least one message.

5. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein at least one payload comprises an array.

6. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein the one element is configured to receive the message, interpret the message, and effectuate each command employing the payload.

7. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein the message is configured to form part of a message record comprising multiple messages formed according to the protocol.

8. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein the payload may contain embedded data partitions.

9. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein any section of the message may comprise an array, and at least one member of the array may comprise a sub array, and at least one member of the sub array may comprise a further sub array, wherein members of each array, sub array, and further sub array employ the delimiter arrangement.

10. The multiple element computing architecture of claim 1, wherein the requester element is configured to dynamically acquire resource information from the responder element and act on the resource information acquired.

11. An architecture comprising a requester element and a responder element configured to facilitate transmission of information between the requester element and the responder element according to a message format configured to represent structured data, the message format comprising:

at least one message entry comprising at least one message section comprising an entry delimiter placed after a last section of each message, the message section conforming to a protocol consisting essentially of a destination, a source, a message type, and a data partition arrangement comprising an optional fixed number of payloads, the fixed number based on message type, and a delimiter arrangement, the delimiter arrangement separating data partitions in the data partition arrangement, wherein multiple levels of data partitions are available and higher levels of data partitions are delimited based on a stacked arrangement wherein an Nth level data partition is delimited by N section delimiters positioned at the end of the Nth level data partition; and

at least one message record comprising at least one message entry comprising a record delimiter placed after a last entry of the message record;

wherein the requesting element may be configured to form sequences of actions based on resources presented according to the protocol from the responding element, pack the actions into messages, and transmit the messages to the responding element, wherein the sequences of actions vary in size and actions are packed into messages employing variable numbers of data partitions and the architecture comprises at least one hardware element.

12. The architecture of claim 11, wherein at least one payload comprises at least one message.

13. The architecture of claim 11, wherein at least one payload comprises an array.

14. The architecture of claim 11, wherein an element is configured to receive the message in the message format, interpret the message, and effectuate each command employing the payload.

15. The architecture of claim 11, wherein any section of the message may comprise an array, and at least one member of the array may comprise a sub array, and at least one member of the sub array may comprise a further sub array, wherein members of each array, sub array, and further sub array employ the delimiter arrangement.

16. The architecture of claim 11, wherein the requester element is configured to dynamically acquire resource information from the responder element and act on the resource information acquired.

17. A dynamic object management system comprising:

a server device configured to receive data from a transmitting device in a message according to a protocol, the protocol consisting essentially of;

a destination;

a source;

a message type;

an arrangement of data partitions, comprising at least one command and an associated payload, the associated payload based on message type; and

a delimiter arrangement provided within the message, the delimiter arrangement separating data partitions in the arrangement of data partitions wherein multiple levels of data partitions are available and higher levels of data partitions are delimited based on a stacked arrangement wherein an Nth level data partition is delimited by N section delimiters positioned at the end of the Nth level data partition;

wherein the transmitting device may be configured to form sequences of actions based on resources presented according to the protocol from the server device, pack the actions into messages, and transmit the messages to the server device, wherein the sequences of actions vary in size and actions are packed into messages employing variable numbers of data partitions.

18. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein the server device is configured to receive the message according to the protocol and execute the one request based on the associated payload.

19. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein delimiters are provided between the destination, the source, the message type, and the associated payload, and at an end of the message.

20. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein at least one payload comprises at least one message.

21. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein at least one payload comprises an array.

22. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein the one element is configured to receive the message, interpret the message, and effectuate each request employing the payload.

23. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein the message is configured to form part of a message record comprising multiple messages formed according to the protocol.

24. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein any section of the message may comprise an array, and at least one member of the array may comprise a sub array, and at least one member of the sub array may comprise a further sub array, wherein members of each array, sub array, and further sub array employ the delimiter arrangement.

25. The dynamic object management system of claim 17, wherein the requester element is configured to dynamically acquire resource information from the responder element and act on the resource information acquired.