Spime™ host system, process, object, self-determination apparatus, and host device

A method comprising:

• executing a portion of a service which is part of at least one service provided by a system including a distributed computing platform;
• determining object capability parameters required to perform the executing;
• storing information about at least one target host device;
• generating an announcement message reporting presence of a service type and the object capability parameters;
• receiving information from other announcement messages;
• evaluating current host device capability parameters with respect to the object capability parameters;
• determining when the current host device capability parameters meet a criterion;
• initiating a migration request message from the object, for migration of the object, the object including software code and processing instructions and service function instructions, the migration to a target object host device, when potential target host device capability parameters meet a criterion;
• managing the migration of the object to the target host device;
• receiving an announcement message from a production apparatus;
• and
• determining when no available target host device exists, to generate a new resource request message including instructions to produce a 3-dimensional model in accordance with a design specification.

A Spime™ self-determination apparatus comprising:

• a Spime™ object including
• instructions to execute a portion of a service which is part of at least one service provided by a system including a distributed computing platform,
• instructions to determine its own Spime™ object capability parameters, and
• instructions to store information about at least one target Spime™ host device;
• a Spime™ announcement module to generate an announcement message reporting presence of a Spime™ service type and the Spime™ object capability parameters;
• a Spime™ host evaluator module:
• to receive information from other Spime™ announcement messages,
• to evaluate current host device capability parameters with respect to the Spime™ object capability parameters,
• to determine when the current host device capability parameters meet a criterion, and
• to initiate a migration request message from the Spime™ object, for migration of the Spime™ object, the object including software code and processing instructions and service function instructions, the migration to a target Spime™ object host device, when potential target host device capability parameters meet a criterion;
• and
• a Spime™ migration module to manage the migration of the Spime™ object to the target Spime™ host device.