Multi-process interactive systems and methods

• US 9,971,807 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc. (Oblong, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc. (Oblong, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kramer, Kwindla Hultman, Underkoffler, John S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US14/733,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/113 Recognition of static hand signs

Abstract

A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at least one processing device executing a plurality of processes;

the at least one processing device translating events of each process of the plurality of processes into protein structures;

the at least one processing device transferring the protein structures into a plurality of pools;

at the at least one data processing device, a first process of the plurality of processes;

recognizing in the plurality of pools protein structures including at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the first process and an identification of the first process; and

retrieving recognized protein structures from the plurality of pools and executing processing appropriate to contents of the recognized protein structures; and

at the at least one data processing device, a second process of the plurality of processes;

recognizing in the plurality of pools protein structures including at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the second process and an identification of the second process; and

retrieving recognized protein structures from the plurality of pools and executing processing appropriate to contents of the recognized protein structures.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device transforms the contents of a protein structure recognized by the first process into at least one new protein structure, the at least one new protein structure representing an event of the first process.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one new protein structure comprises event data specifying the event of the first process and state information of the first process.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the event data specifying the event of the first process and the state information of the first process are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the first process.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one new protein structure has an application-independent structure.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of processes uses the at least one new protein structure.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device transforms a first state change event of the second process into at least one new protein structure comprising second process event data specifying the first state change event and state information of the first state change event.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second process event data specifying the first state change event and the state information of the first state change event are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the second process.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one new protein structure has an application-independent structure.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device comprises a plurality of processing devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one first set of processes of the plurality of processes are running under at least one first set of processing devices of the plurality of processing devices and at least one second set of processes of the plurality of processes are running under at least one second set of processing devices of the plurality of processing devices.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the protein structures recognized by the first process are data representing state information of the first process.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the protein structures recognized by the first process are data representing state information of the second process.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the protein structures recognized by the second process are data representing state information of the first process.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents of the protein structures recognized by the second process are data representing state information of the second process.

16. A system comprising:

at least one processing device, the at least one processing device executing a plurality of processes; and

a storage device coupled to the at least one processing device, the storage device including a plurality of pools,

wherein the at least one processing device is constructed to translate events of each process of the plurality of processes into protein structures and transfer the protein structures into the plurality of pools,

wherein a first process of the plurality of processes recognizes in the plurality of pools protein structures including at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the first process and an identification of the first process,

wherein the first process retrieves recognized protein structures from the plurality of pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized protein structures,

wherein a second process of the plurality of processes recognizes in the plurality of pools protein structures including at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the second process and an identification of the second process, and

wherein the second process retrieves recognized protein structures from the plurality of pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized protein structures.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processing device is constructed to transform the contents of a protein structure recognized by the first process into at least one new protein structure, the at least one new protein structure representing an event of the first process.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one new protein structure comprises event data specifying the event of the first process and state information of the first process.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the event data specifying the event of the first process and the state information of the first process are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the first process, and wherein the at least one new protein structure has an application-independent structure.

20. A method comprising:

a processing device executing a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including separable program execution contexts of a plurality of application programs, wherein each application program comprises at least one process;

the processing device translating events of each process of the plurality of processes into protein structures, wherein a protein structure includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the protein structure;

the processing device transferring the protein structures into at least one pool of a plurality of pools;

at the processing device, a first process of the plurality of processes coordinating with peer processes of the plurality of processes by retrieving from the plurality of pools the state information of the peer processes; and

the processing device generating an output of the plurality of processes by interactively combining a set of protein structures of at least one pool of the plurality of pools.