Patent ID: 7461143

Claim:
A method for administering devices in a network, the method comprising: creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, wherein each user metric represents an indication of a dynamic change in a user's physical condition in response to an external stimulus, wherein the user is a person; creating a user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges; determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space; if the user metric vector is outside a user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector, wherein the action administers a device to alter the user's physical condition in response to the external stimulus; receiving an allowed action list; determining whether the action is allowed, wherein determining whether the action is allowed comprises comparing the identified action with the allowed action list; if the action is allowed, executing the action; and identifying an allowed replacement action, if the identified action is not allowed, wherein identifying an allowed replacement action comprises comparing the identified action with the allowed action list, further comprising executing the allowed replacement action.