Apparatus and method for building integrated distributed applications for use with a mesh network

• US 20100011340A1
• Filed: 07/08/2008
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vigilent Corporation
• Original Assignee: Syapsense Corporation
• Inventors: Pandey, Raju
• Granted Patent: US 8,473,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for building integrated distributed applications for use with a mesh network. An example embodiment is configured to receive a shared view that is shared among a plurality of components of a network; generate a schema for the plurality of components from the shared view; use the schema to generate code components; and use the shared view and the generated schema to generate integration code for integrating the code components.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a shared view that is shared among a plurality of components of a network;

generating a schema for the plurality of components from the shared view;

using the schema to generate code components; and

using the shared view and the generated schema to generate integration code for integrating the code components.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared view includes:

a shared service view, wherein the shared service view is a description of the services provided by each of the plurality of components of the network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the description of services provided is in terms of method signatures.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method signatures may in Java or C++.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts and responses related to the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a web services system that provides web-specific inter-operability between network components that provide the services and network components that use the services.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an integration system that provides process control software-specific inter-operability between network components that provide services and components that use the services.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared view includes:

a shared state view, wherein the shared state view is a description of runtime state that will be evaluated at the components of the network.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the description of runtime state is evaluated using Java or C++ classes.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the shared state view enables a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the runtime state that is evaluated at the components of the network.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the shared state view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts, and responses related to the runtime state at the component.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the code components includes generating code for all the code computations that must be performed at the corresponding component.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of components of the network include at least one from the group:

a device-side software component;

a database component;

a web-services component;

a visualization component; and

a process control component.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the device-side software component includes a wireless sensor processing unit, a transmitting unit, and a receiving unit.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is a wireless sensor network.

17. A computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions that when executed by a computer causes the computer to:

receive a shared view that is shared among a plurality of components of a network;

generate a schema for the plurality of components from the shared view;

use the schema to generate code components; and

use the shared view and the generated schema to generate integration code for integrating the code components.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the shared view includes:

a shared service view, wherein the shared service view is a description of the services provided by each of the plurality of components of the network.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the description of services provided is in terms of method signatures.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein the method signatures may in Java or C++.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts, and responses related to the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a web services system that provides web-specific inter-operability between network components that provide the services and network components that use the services.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an integration system that provides process control software-specific inter-operability between network components that provide services and components that use the services.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the shared view includes:

a shared state view, wherein the shared state view is a description of runtime state that will be evaluated at the components of the network.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the description of runtime state is evaluated using Java or C++ classes.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25 wherein the shared state view enables a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the runtime state that is evaluated at the components of the network.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the shared state view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts, and responses related to the runtime state at the components.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein generating the code components includes generating code for all the code computations that must be performed at the corresponding component.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of components of the network include at least one from the group:

a device-side software component;

a database component;

a web-services component;

a visualization component; and

a process control component.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the device-side software component includes a wireless sensor processing unit, a transmitting unit, and a receiving unit.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the network is a wireless sensor network.

33. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiving mechanism configured to receive a shared view that is shared among a plurality of components of a network;

a generating mechanism configured to generate a schema for each of the plurality of components from the shared view, the generating mechanism further configured to use the schema to generate code components, and to use the shared view and the generated schema to generate integration code for integrating the code components.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the shared view includes:

a shared service view, wherein the shared service view is a description of the services provided by each of the components of the network.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the description of services provided is in terms of method signatures.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the method signatures may in Java or C++.

37. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

38. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts, and responses related to the services provided by the plurality of components of the network.

39. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the shared service view enables generation of a web services system that provides web-specific inter-operability between network components that provide the services and network components that use the services.

40. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the shared service view enables generation of an integration system that provides process control software-specific inter-operability between network components that provide services and components that use the services.

41. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the shared view includes:

a shared state view, wherein the shared state view is a description of runtime state that will be evaluated at the components of the network.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the description of runtime state is evaluated using Java or C++ classes.

43. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the shared state view enables a visualization system to provide a visualization description of the runtime state that is evaluated at the components of the network.

44. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the shared state view enables generation of an alert system to provide management of events, alerts, and responses related to the runtime state at the components.

45. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein generating the code components includes generating code for all the code computations that must be performed at the corresponding component.

46. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the plurality of components of the network include at least one from the group:

a device-side software component;

a database component;

a web-services component;

a visualization component; and

a process control component.

47. The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the device-side software component includes a wireless sensor processing unit, a transmitting unit, and a receiving unit.

48. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the network is a wireless sensor network.