Patent ID: 7860968

Claim:
A hierarchical, multi-tiered mapping and monitoring system usable with device networks, the system comprising: a service repository configured to store: a global service that is configured to track global device metadata associated with at least one device network; a local service that is configured to track local device metadata associated with the at least one device network and to update the global device metadata based thereon; a group leader service that is configured to query devices of the at least one device network and aggregate group-level device metadata for transmission to the local service and updating of the local device metadata; and a service mapper that is configured to associate service metadata of the global service, the local service, and the group leader service, respectively, with device metadata of at least one global device, at least one local device, and at least one group leader device, also respectively, and to perform a mapping of the services to the respective devices, based thereon, wherein the global service, the local service, and the group leader service are associated, respectively, with a global service monitor component, a local service monitor component, and a group leader service monitor component, respectively, and wherein the service monitor components are configured to provide monitor data associated with the at least one device network to the service mapper, the service mapper being configured to map a device network service to at least one device of the at least one device network.