Patent ID: 9491181
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing networked objects comprising: establishing, by a network management system, friendship relationships between a plurality of said networked objects, each of said plurality of networked objects being associated with a user; receiving, at said network management system, a task request; and assigning, by said network management system, said requested task to one of said plurality of networked objects which has a capability to perform said requested task and which has an established friendship relationship with said user, wherein said step of assigning is performed automatically by said network management system without interaction of user, wherein when said plurality of networked objects, associated with said user, does not include a networked object capable of performing said requested task, transmitting, by said network management system, said task request to another network associated with a different user and having a networked object which has a friend relationship with said network management system and which has said capability to perform said requested task, wherein said networked objects are devices.