Executing a command on an optimal smart device

• US 9,703,616 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bauerle, Frank Richard, Nassar, Nader M, Nassar, Tamer, Penney, Irene Robin, Miller, Grant Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THU HA T
• Application Number:
  US14/451,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 709223-224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/502 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/524 Deadlock detection or avoidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Executing a command on an optimal smart device. One aspect of the present invention provides a method for executing a command. The method includes: receiving a command at a plurality of smart devices; determining a score for each smart device of the plurality of smart devices; communicating the score between each smart device of the plurality of smart devices; comparing the score between each smart device of the plurality of smart devices; and executing the command at one smart device of the plurality of smart devices based on comparing the score between each smart device.

Claims

1. A method for executing a command, the method comprising:

receiving a command at a smart device;

comparing a plurality of object rules of the smart device to the received command, each object rule having an associated weighted value, at least one of the object rules being a context-sensitive object rule defining a context of the smart device relative to the received command;

determining, based on the comparison, whether any of the object rules of the smart device are met by the received command;

determining, by the smart device, a score for the smart device, the score determined by combining the weighted values associated with each of the object rules of the smart device that are met by the received command;

broadcasting the determined score to a plurality of smart devices associated with the smart device;

receiving scores from the plurality of smart devices;

comparing the determined score to the scores received from the plurality of smart devices;

determining, based on the comparison, whether the smart device is the optimal smart device to execute the command; and

executing the command on the smart device if the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command when the determined score is the higher than the scores received from the plurality of smart devices.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a deadlock rule when the determined score and at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices have an equal score, wherein the deadlock rule determines whether the smart device or one of the smart devices of the plurality of smart devices having the equal score executes the command.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the deadlock rule comprises a rule that when the scores of at least two smart devices are equal, the first smart device to receive the command executes the command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of object rules comprises an object rule that validates whether the smart device can execute the command.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining based on a comparison of the received command to the object rule that validates whether the smart device can execute the received command that the smart device cannot execute the received command; and

setting the score of the smart device to zero in response to determining that the smart device cannot execute the received command.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices; and

in response to determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices, terminating the broadcast of the determined score to the plurality of smart devices.

8. A system for executing a command, the system comprising:

a memory;

a processor device coupled to the memory; and

a context-sensitive negotiation module communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor device, the context sensitive negotiation module comprising the steps of a method comprising;

receiving a command at a smart device;

comparing a plurality of object rules of the smart device to the received command, each object rule having an associated weighted value, at least one of the object rules being a context-sensitive object rule defining a context of the smart device relative to the received command;

determining, based on the comparison, whether any of the object rules of the smart device are met by the received command;

determining a score for the smart device, the score determined by combining the weighted values associated with each of the object rules of the smart device that are met by the received command;

broadcasting the determined score to a plurality of smart devices associated with the smart device;

receiving scores from the plurality of smart devices;

comparing the determined score to the scores received from the plurality of smart devices;

determining, based on the comparison, whether the smart device is the optimal smart device to execute the command; and

executing the command on the smart device if the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command when the determined score is the higher than the scores received from the plurality of smart devices.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising executing a deadlock rule when the determined score and at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices have an equal score, wherein the deadlock rule determines whether the smart device or one of the smart devices of the plurality of smart devices having the equal score executes the command.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the deadlock rule comprises a rule that when the scores of at least two smart devices are equal, the first smart device to receive the command executes the command.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of object rules comprises an object rule that validates whether the smart device can execute the command.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

determining based on a comparison of the received command to the object rule that validates whether the smart device can execute the received command that the smart device cannot execute the received command; and

setting the score of the smart device to zero in response to determining that the smart device cannot execute the received command.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices; and

in response to determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices, terminating the broadcast of the determined score to the plurality of smart devices.

15. A computer program product for executing a command, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving a command at a smart device;

comparing a plurality of object rules of the smart device to the received command, each object rule having an associated weighted value, at least one of the object rules being a context-sensitive object rule defining a context of the smart device relative to the received command;

determining, based on the comparison, whether any of the object rules of the smart device are met by the received command;

determining, by the smart device, a score for the smart device, the score determined by combining the weighted values associated with each of the object rules of the smart device that are met by the received command;

broadcasting the determined score to a plurality of smart devices associated with the smart device;

receiving scores from the plurality of smart devices;

comparing the determined score to the scores received from the plurality of smart devices;

determining, based on the comparison, whether the smart device is the optimal smart device to execute the command; and

executing the command on the smart device if the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the smart device is determined to be the optimal smart device to execute the command when the determined score is the higher than the scores received from the plurality of smart devices.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising executing a deadlock rule when the determined score and at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices have an equal score, wherein the deadlock rule determines whether the smart device or one of the smart devices of the plurality of smart devices having the equal score executes the command.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the deadlock rule comprises a rule that when the scores of at least two smart devices are equal, the first smart device to receive the command executes the command.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of object rules comprises an object rule that validates whether the smart device can execute the command.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices; and

in response to determining that the determined score is the lower than at least one of the scores received from the plurality of smart devices, terminating the broadcast of the determined score to the plurality of smart devices.