US 10,372,486 B2Granted

Localized device coordinator

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsCalvin Yue-Ren Kuo, Rudresh Amin, Yen-Lin Chen, Jonathan I. Turow, Cheng Pan, Dmytro Taran, Naveen Kumar Aitha, Ambuj Tandon, Kyunghwan Choi, Marc John Brooker, James Christopher Sorenson, III, Weili Zhong McClenahan, Mark Edward Rafn

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Abstract

Systems and methods are described for configuring a coordinator within a coordinated environment, which environment includes set of coordinated devices managed by the coordinator. The coordinated devices may include devices configured to be managed remotely, such as thin devices, devices with alternative primary functions (e.g., appliances, household objects, etc.), or devices with limited localized user interfaces. To manage the set of coordinated devices, the coordinator can execute tasks, each task corresponding to a set of portable code executable by the coordinator to implement a desired functionality. A user may generate one or more tasks, and submit them to a service provider environment for deployment to the coordinator. The service provider environment can utilize a device shadow to notify the coordinator of the obtained tasks, and thereafter deliver the tasks to the coordinator, thus modifying a configuration of the coordinator.

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Dependent claims

A coordinator computing device configured to manage one or more coordinated devices within a coordinated environment, the coordinator computing device distinct from the one or more coordinated devices and comprising:

a non-transitory data store including:
one or more tasks to manage operation of the one or more coordinated devices, wherein individual tasks correspond to executable computer code executable by the coordinator computing device;
and
event flow information designating:
a first task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to first input by a first coordinated device of the one or more coordinated devices;
and
a second task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to second input by the first coordinated device;
wherein the first task and the second task are executed in execution environments that are isolated from one another;
and
a processor in communication with the non-transitory data store, the processor configured with computer-executable instructions to:
obtain a configuration package for the coordinator computing device, the configuration package identifying the one or more coordinated devices and the one or more tasks;
retrieve the one or more tasks, as identified in the configuration package, from a network-accessible data store;
store the one or more tasks in the non-transitory data store;
obtain the first input from the first coordinated device;
and
in response to obtaining the first input:
identify, based at least in part on the event flow information, the first task of the one or more tasks that corresponds to computer code to be executed in response to the first input;
generate a first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which the computer code of the first task will be executed, wherein the first isolated execution environment is distinct from a second isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which computer code of the second task of the one or more tasks is executed;
provision the first isolated execution environment with the computer code of the first task;
and
execute the computer code of the first task in the first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device.

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Non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions to manage one or more coordinated devices within a coordinated environment that, when executed by a coordinator computing device associated with the coordinated environment and distinct from the one or more coordinated devices, cause the coordinator computing device to:

obtain a configuration package for the coordinator computing device, the configuration package identifying the one or more coordinated devices, one or more tasks to manage operation of the one or more coordinated devices, wherein individual tasks correspond to executable computer code executable by the coordinator computing device, and event flow information designating:
a first task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to first input by a first coordinated device of the one or more coordinated devices;
and
a second task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to second input by the first coordinated device;
wherein the first task and the second task are executed in execution environments of the coordinator computing device that are isolated from one another;
retrieve the one or more tasks, as identified in the configuration package, from a network-accessible data store;
obtain the first input from the first coordinated device;
and
in response to obtaining the first input:
identify, from at least the event flow information, the first task of the one or more tasks to be executed in response to the first input;
generate a first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which the computer code of the first task will be executed, wherein the first isolated execution environment is distinct from a second isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which computer code of the second task of the one or more tasks is executed;
provision the first isolated execution environment with the computer code of the first task;
and
execute the computer code of the first task in the first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device.

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A computer-implemented method implemented by a coordinator computing device to manage one or more coordinated devices within a coordinated environment, the one or more coordinated devices distinct from the coordinator computing device, and the computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a configuration package for the coordinator computing device, the configuration package identifying the one or more coordinated devices, one or more tasks to manage operation of the one or more coordinated devices, wherein individual tasks correspond to executable computer code executable by the coordinator computing device, and event flow information designating:
a first task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to input by a first coordinated device of the one or more coordinated devices;
and
a second task, of the one or more tasks, representing computer code to be executed by the coordinator computing device in response to second input by the first coordinated device;
wherein the first task and the second task are executed in execution environments of the coordinator computing device that are isolated from one another;
retrieving the one or more tasks, as identified in the configuration package, from a network-accessible data store;
obtaining the first input from the first coordinated device;
and
in response to obtaining the first input:
identifying, from at least the event flow information, the first task of the one or more tasks to be executed in response to the first input;
generating a first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which the computer code of the first task will be executed, wherein the first isolated execution environment is distinct from a second isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device in which computer code of the second task of the one or more tasks is executed;
provisioning the first isolated execution environment with the computer code of the first task;
and
executing the computer code of the first task in the first isolated execution environment on the coordinator computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.