Patent ID: 9342361
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F,H04L,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling physical actuators in pervasive computing environments: comprising: providing an actuation space entity that implements an actuation space configured to manage actuation requests and actuation status information the actuation status information providing information about a status of the actuation requests; sending one or more actuation requests from a resource user entity to said actuation space; storing, at said actuation space, said one or more actuation requests; controlling, via at least one actuator resource entity, at least one physical actuator on a basis of one or more of said actuation requests stored in said actuation space; sending, from said at least one actuator resource entity, actuation status information corresponding to one or more of said actuation requests to said actuation space, wherein said at least one resource user entity and said at least one actuator resource entity share said actuation space of said actuation space entity, wherein a monitoring of said actuation requests and/or actuation status information maintained in said actuation space is performed by subscribing to said actuation requests and/or actuation status information, wherein said subscribing is performed by sending subscription requests to said actuation space, said subscription requests including any of a description of the actuation request and a flag indicating whether actuation status information is to be returned if available, wherein said actuation space comprises wherein said at least one resource directory returns the correct actuation space resource to said resolver, wherein said resolver forwards the original actuation request received by an resource user entity or an actuator resource entity to said actuation space resource, wherein an actuator resource entity implements a native legacy interface for a legacy actuator, wherein said native legacy interface intercepts calls from legacy resource user entities, wherein said calls are forwarded to a legacy actuator resource entity, and wherein a corresponding actuation request is inserted in said actuation space allowing further resource user entities to coordinate on the actuation tasks of said actuation request.