Patent ID: 7949727

Claim:
A system with a number of consumer electronics units interconnected by a digital data network, each of the units comprising one or more computer(s) for controlling the functioning of the unit itself and the functioning in relation with the other units in the network, wherein the computer is provided with at least one general table with interrelated table entrances, and where one or more available functional state(s) of a unit and one or more available interplay(s) with other units is given by an entrance in this at least one table, wherein the at least one general table comprises at least first and second tables, the first table being a State-Event Table, wherein each available functional state of the unit is given by an entry in the State-Event table, and the second table being a Constraint Table, wherein each available interplay with other units in the network is given by an entry in the Constraint table; wherein each unit has a database with available fragments of tables and each unit is configured upon receipt of a prompt from a new unit added to the network to look up the table fragments relevant for this specific new unit and transfer the fragment or fragments from the database to the at least one general table, wherein the units are configured for recording a use pattern as a transaction log and for converting this transaction log into a part of the at least one general table for creation of new functional states of the unit or new available interplays with other units or both, and wherein the unit is configured for functioning in accordance with the recorded use pattern.