Patent Document ID: 20130159486
Application ID: 13331776
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system, comprising: one or more minimalistic connected objects (MCOs), each MCO having limited intelligence sufficient to perform its respective designated task, securely join a computer network, and provide nominal state information, wherein the MCOs are not configured to perform complex application-specific data processing and complex networking tasks; one or more distributed intelligence agents (DIAs) configured to provide an edge to the computer network for the MCOs, the DIAs responsible for intelligent networking management for the MCOs and for performing complex application-specific data processing for the MCOs; and one or more central intelligence controllers (CICs) within the computer network in communication with the DIAs, the CICs configured to perform complex tasks for overarching control of MCO and DIA operation and also configured to provide one or more interfaces to receive a set of user-defined rules for the MCO and DIA operation.