Patent ID: 7895257
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a hardware platform, wherein the hardware platform is adapted to be communicably connected to an active object; a middleware module, wherein at least a portion of the middleware module resides in and/or is executed on the hardware platform; and at least one software service generated by the middleware module, wherein each of the at least one software service represents the active object, further comprising one or more applications written in a higher level language, wherein at least one of the one or more applications is configured to receive the useable data from one or more of the at least one software service, wherein the hardware platform is adapted to be communicably connected to at least one additional active object, wherein each of the at least one additional software service represents one or more of the at least one additional active object and wherein each of the at least one additional active object is represented by one or more of the at least one additional software service, wherein the at least one additional active object comprises one or more devices comprising an actuator, wherein the middleware module is configured to: