Patent ID: 7549077
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. An automated self-healing configuration for use with automated equipment establishing a distributed network incorporating nodes, comprising: computer readable media and uniquely identifiable elements comprising at least in part hardware, said elements cooperating to accomplish at least one task, each said element having at least one function, each said element able to communicate with any other of said elements via at least one link in a flat architecture, wherein when a said element is instantiated, it automatically finds its own connections, and automatically forms an efficient communication hierarchy as semi-optimal decision trees for fast, efficient and reliable communication; and computer readable media incorporating at least one hierarchical architecture superimposed on said flat architecture to specify which said links are employed in a particular scenario, wherein said superimposed hierarchical architecture automates said decision trees to minimize communication from a lowest level said node to a highest level said node, and wherein said configuration automatically maintains self-ascertained necessary connections and a hierarchy if one or more said nodes are removed or overloaded, and wherein at least a specified one of said elements assumes at least one function of any said element that is compromised during operation of said configuration, and wherein said elements are not required to share data resources, and wherein said configuration makes available for sharing only relevant time-sensitive data to minimize information overload.