Patent ID: 8619279
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically redirecting jobs in a device community, said method comprising: configuring a device community by connecting at least two networked devices to one another to form said device community based on a set of rules and policies in order to interact and publish a device capability with respect to said at least two networked devices of said device community; monitoring and tracking a status of said at least two networked devices associated with said device community via a self-assessment approach in order to thereafter transmit a job between said at least two networked devices in response to a help request with respect to an exception condition indicating a fault device needs to transfer a workload to another device within said device community wherein each receiving device of said at least two networked devices receiving said help request automatically performs a self-assessment in relation to said job based on a particular set up criteria and thereafter determines if said receiving device is able to provide a better service than said fault device sending said help request; and providing a notification indicative of a transmission of said job with respect to a user in said device community, thereby effectively re-routing said job between said at least two networked devices across said device community while providing internal workload balancing with respect to said device community.