Patent ID: 7779114

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for administering devices, the computer comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions for executing the method, the method comprising: creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, wherein each user metric represents an indication of a user's physical condition, wherein the user is a person; creating a plurality of user metric spaces, each user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges; selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space; wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises: selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric, and wherein selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric comprises comparing the value of the user metric with a table; determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space; if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector, wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector includes retrieving an action ID from an action list, wherein the action administers a device to alter the user's physical condition; and executing the action, wherein executing an action further comprises: identifying a device class representing the device; and identifying a communication class for the device.