Distributed communication between internet of things devices

An Internet of Things (IoT) device comprising:

• an input device to receive a first input from a user and a second input from the user;
• a processor to:
• execute a machine-learning-based algorithm to determine whether to (i) directly communicate a first message indicative of the first input to one or more other IoT devices when a pattern associated with the first input from the user is recognized or (ii) communicate the first message to a universal bus to which the IoT device is subscribed when the first input from the user is generic,
• execute the machine-learning-based algorithm to determine whether to (i) directly communicate a second message indicative of the second input to one or more other IoT devices when a pattern associated with the second input from the user is recognized or (ii) communicate the second message to the universal bus when the second input from the user is generic;
• and
• a communication circuit to:
• in response to a determination to communicate the first message to the universal bus, send the first message to the universal bus;
• in response to a determination to communicate the second message directly to the one or more other IoT devices, send the second message without using the universal bus.

A method comprising:

• receiving from a universal bus at a first Internet of Things (IoT) device a message transmitted by a second IoT device, the first IoT device subscribed to a universal bus, the second IoT device communicatively coupled to the universal bus, the message indicative of an input from a user;
• determining, by executing an instruction with the first IoT device, whether the first IoT device is a target of a query based on the message;
• determining, by executing an instruction with the first IoT device, whether additional information is needed from a third IoT device based on learned knowledge from past queries;
• in response to determining whether additional information is needed from the third IoT device, preparing, by executing an instruction with the first IoT device, a request for information related to the query for the third IoT device, the third IoT device communicatively coupled to the universal bus;
• transmitting the query directly from the first IoT device to the third IoT device when a pattern associated with the input from the user is recognized;
• broadcasting the query over the universal bus from the first IoT device when the input from the user is generic;
• receiving a response to the query with the requested information at the first IoT device;
• determining an action to be performed by the first IoT device in response to a determination that the first IoT device is the target of the query and based on the requested information;
• and
• causing the first IoT device to perform the action to change a characteristic of a physical environment.

One or more storage devices or storage disks comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a first Internet of Things (IoT) device to at least:

• in response to a message over a universal bus from a second IoT device communicatively coupled to the universal bus, determine whether the first IoT device is a target of a query, the first IoT device subscribed to the universal bus, the message indicative of an input from a user;
• determine whether additional information is needed from a third IoT device based on learned knowledge from past queries;
• in response to determining whether additional information is needed from the third IoT device, prepare a request for information related to the query for the third IoT device;
• transmit the query directly to the third IoT device when a pattern associated with the input from the user is recognized;
• broadcast the query over the universal bus when the input from the user is generic;
• based on a response to the query with the requested information, determine an action to be performed by the first IoT device;
• and
• instruct performance of the action by the first IoT device, the performance of the action to change at least one physical characteristic of a physical environment.