Modular internet of things

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016164696-A1
Application number	US-201514963084-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and systems for enabling a modular internet of things are disclosed. A central component detects one or more specialist devices in the area proximate to the central component. In response to detecting a first specialist device, the central component initiates a connection with the specialist device. The central component accesses a list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device. The central component initiates a first task, which includes one or more specific task responsibilities, and allocates one or more specific task responsibilities between the central component and the first specialist device based at least in part on the list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, at a central device, a request to perform a first task that requires multiple specialist device; determining one or more specialist devices currently available to the central device, for each respective specialist device available to the current device, determining a list of capabilities associated with the respective specialist device; determining one or more specific task responsibilities associated with the first task; and allocating one or more specific task responsibilities between the central device and the one or more specialist devices, based at least in part on the list of capabilities associated with each specialist device in the one or more specialist devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first task is initiated based on user interaction with the central device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first task is initiated based on user interaction with a specialist device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising;
accessing a list of capabilities associated with the central device.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising allocating the one or more specific task responsibilities to the central device based at least in part on the list of capabilities associated with the central device.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising, determining, for each respective specific task responsibility, one or more capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising, determining, for each respective specific task responsibility, whether at least one of the central device and the one or more specialist devices include capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility, based on the list of capabilities associated with the central device and the list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the list of capabilities with each specialist device includes capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility, allocating the respective task responsibility to the specialist device has capabilities in the list of capabilities.

9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the list of capabilities with the central device includes capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility, allocating the respective task responsibility to the central device.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the list of capabilities with neither the central device nor the one or more specialist devices includes capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility, identifying additional specialist devices proximate to the central device; and for each additional specialist device, determining whether the additional specialist device includes one or more capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein allocating one or more specific task responsibilities between the central device and the first specialist device, further comprises:
determining an available bandwidth available at the central device and the one or more specialist devices; and allocating the one or more specific task responsibilities between the central device and the first specialist device based, at least in part, on the bandwidth available at the first specialist device and the central device.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising;
transmitting one or more stored user preferences to a first specialist device.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising;
detecting, using a central device, one or more specialist devices in the area proximate to the central device; in response to detecting a first specialist device, initiating a connection with the first specialist device;

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received task requires two or more specialist devices to be completed.

15 . A specialist device comprising:
one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions for: receiving, from a central device, one or more task responsibilities associated with a capability of the specialist device; generating data associated with performing a task responsibilities; and transmitting the generated data to the central device for storage.

16 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising;
receiving one or more stored user preferences from the central device.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting, using a central device, one or more specialist devices in the area proximate to the central device; in response to detecting a first specialist device, initiating a connection with the specialist device; accessing a list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device; initiating a first task, wherein the first task includes one or more specific task responsibilities associated with the first task; and allocating one or more specific task responsibilities between the central device and the first specialist device, based at least in part on the list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising, determining, for each respective specific task responsibility, one or more capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , further comprising, determining, for each respective specific task responsibility, whether at least one of the central device and the first specialist device include capabilities associated with completing the respective task responsibility, based on the list of capabilities associated with the central device and the list of capabilities associated with the first specialist device.

20 . The non-transitory cornputer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising;
transmitting one or more stored user preferences to a first specialist device.

Assignees

• Yuan Han-Shen
• Yankovich Steve
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Yuan Han-Shen
• Yankovich Steve

Classifications

• H04L67/12

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• H04L12/2816 Primary

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• H04L69/24

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