Cloud processing system and method for synthesizing objects based on vehicle aggregation location

• US 9,614,904 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2016
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Reber LLC
• Original Assignee: William Reber LLC
• Inventors: Reber, William L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lindsay, Bernard G
• Application Number:
  US15/072,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20160197983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/00 Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 50/02 for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/18 Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form G05B19/418 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4099 Surface or curve machining, making 3D objects, e.g. desktop manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/49023 3-D printing, layer of powder, add drops of binder in layer, new powder
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/22 Payment schemes or models
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A cloud computing system includes a network interface for interfacing with a wide area network. At least one wireless transceiver engages in bidirectional communication with a plurality of vehicle cloud processing devices within a corresponding plurality of vehicles in at least one vehicle aggregation location. A network control device receives requests for at least one cloud computing service via the wide area network and facilitates the at least one cloud computing service via the bidirectional communication with the plurality of vehicle cloud processing devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

communicating via a wide area network with a plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at one or more vehicle aggregation locations each having a corresponding type, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations include a plurality of synthesis devices in a plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations;

receiving requests for cloud tasks via the wide area network from client devices, each request indicating an object or article to be synthesized;

allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations synthesizes the object or article via at least one of the plurality of synthesis devices in at least one of the plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein each of the plurality of synthesis devices includes a biosynthesis device, bio-sequencing device, bioinformatics device or three-dimensional printer that produces the object or article in a corresponding one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein each cloud task is allocated to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations based on an estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations in conjunction with a time constraint associated with the cloud task that indicates a length of time to fulfill the cloud task, and wherein the estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is generated based on a model corresponding to the type of the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations fulfill the cloud task by synthesizing the object or article; and

receiving cloud task results data via the wide area network from the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations indicating when the cloud tasks are fulfilled.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations includes providing operational instructions to be executed by the synthesis device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations includes providing the time constraint associated with the cloud task, based on capabilities associated with the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is based on capabilities associated with the plurality of cloud processing devices.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is based on a task duration.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring the performance of the cloud tasks by the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations; and

providing feedback to corresponding client devices of completed cloud tasks.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the object or the article is a three-dimensional object or a three-dimensional article.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the object or article includes at least one of a product, a drug, a vaccine, a cosmetic, a toy, a kit, a prototype, or a sensor.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations synthesizes a plurality of components of the object or article for assembly.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more vehicle aggregation locations are in a plurality of time zones.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

facilitating at least one of;

delivery of the object or article or payment for the object or article.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the client devices include at least one of:

a smartphone, mobile data device, tablet computing system, digital book, camera, game device, internet television, set top box, or a digital video recorder.

13. A method comprising:

communicating via a wide area network with a plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at one or more vehicle aggregation locations each having a corresponding type, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations include a plurality of three-dimensional printers in a plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations;

receiving requests for cloud tasks via the wide area network from client devices, each request indicating an object or article to be synthesized;

allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations synthesizes the object or article via at least one of the plurality of three-dimensional printers in at least one of the plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein each cloud task is allocated to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations based on an estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations in conjunction with a time constraint associated with the cloud task that indicates a length of time to fulfill the cloud task, and wherein the estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is generated based on a model corresponding to the type of the one or more vehicle aggregation locations; and

receiving cloud task results data via the wide area network from the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations indicating when the cloud tasks are fulfilled.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations includes providing the time constraint associated with the cloud task, based on capabilities associated with the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is further based on a task duration.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

monitoring performance of the cloud tasks by the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations; and

facilitating at least one of;

delivery of the object or article or payment for the object or article.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the object or the article is a three-dimensional object or a three-dimensional article.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the object or article includes at least one of a product, a drug, a cosmetic, a toy, a kit, a prototype, or a sensor.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations synthesizes a plurality of components of the object or article for assembly.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the one or more vehicle aggregation locations are in a plurality of time zones.