Patent ID: 6553355
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An autopoietic networked communication, control and network and/or environmental management system, comprising:a plurality of cybernetic devices, each device adapted to communicate with other cybernetic devices in a networked system; processing means located on selected devices for controlling said devices, the operation of the processing means is governed by a library of algorithms which includes a plurality of algorithms defining predetermined functions which mediate local and remote activities of the networked system wherein the library of algorithms is stored in media readable by the processing means included within selected devices in the networked system and distributed according to the functional requirements of at least part of the networked system; a plurality of sensing means adapted to sense parameters related to an environment in which the activities occur and output environmental data representative of the environment to corresponding devices, wherein the processing means is programmed to control the activities of the networked system through selection and execution of said algorithms and wherein the selection process occurs in a hermeneutic fashion according to iterative heuristic sequences which are dependent on said environmental data and wherein the result of the selection is dependent on satisfaction of set criteria.