Patent ID: 8386113
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B60R,G06F,G06Q,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system having multiple processors configured to operate within a home, comprising: one or more of the multiple processors coupled together through multiple links into a multiprocessor network, wherein the multiprocessor network is configured to: operate a transceiver configured to detect and establish communication between at least one processor in the multiprocessor network and at least one new device brought in or proximate to the home; selectively connect the new device to the multiprocessor network; use a data manager to identify a particular type of data used in the new device and processed with a first software application controlled and operated by the new device; identify a second software application from among multiple different software applications located in the multiprocessor network, wherein the second software application is currently not configured to operate the new device, and wherein the second software application is configured to process the same particular type of data processed by the first software application controlled and operated by the new device; automatically configure and run the second software application in the multiprocessor network, wherein running the automatically configured second software application causes a particular one of the processors to take over control and operation of the new device; and initiate transfer of data from the new device to the particular one of the processors and initiate processing of the particular type of data received from the new device with the second software application running on the particular one of the processors.