Patent ID: 7437443

Claim:
A method for administering devices, the method implemented with two data processing domains, a first domain and a second domain, each domain comprising a networked data processing environment, the domains coupled for data communications, the method comprising: receiving, in the second domain from the first domain, a domain state object, the domain state object comprising information representing a state of the first domain including information identifying devices within the first domain and a current value of an attribute of those devices within the first domain and information describing a user's current condition within the first domain; wherein the user is a human being; wherein receiving a domain state object comprises: receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor; receiving an address of the domain state object from the mobile sensor; and downloading the domain state object from the address; identifying by the second domain an action in dependence upon the domain state object; wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object comprises: retrieving a current device state object from the domain state object; selecting an action ID in dependence upon the current device state object; and executing the action by the second domain.