Semantic sharing of resources in a network of medical devices
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorDetlef Becker
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Abstract
A resource sharing system is for sharing local computing resources on devices within a medical network. The sharing system including a plurality of distributed devices, registered in the system and interconnected by a network. Each device includes at least one module communicating via a device-specific interface for providing a resource locally on the device. The device is provided with a device-specific service host for providing local resources to remote devices and for accessing foreign resources of at least one remote device. Further, a device, a method and a computer program product are disclosed.
Claims17
A decentralized sharing system for sharing computing resources within a medical network, the decentralized sharing system comprising:
- a plurality of distributed devices, registered in the decentralized sharing system and interconnected within the medical network, each respective device, among the plurality of distributed devices, including at least one processor and having at least one mode to communicate via a device-specific interface to locally provide at least one resource on the respective device;
- wherein
- each respective device is provided with a device-specific service host to provide at least one local resource to remote devices and to access at least one foreign resource of at least one remote device among the remote devices;
- the device-specific service host includes a communication host to serve as a meta-interface, and
- the device-specific service host is configured to transform device-specific locations into uniform locations with a central semantic for the plurality of distributed devices.
A decentralized sharing for sharing computing resources within a medical network, the decentralized sharing system comprising:
- a plurality of distributed devices registered in the decentralized sharing system and interconnected within the medical network, each respective device, among the plurality of distributed devices, including at least one processor and having at least one mode to communicate via a device-specific interface to locally provide at least one resource on the respective device;
- wherein
- each respective device is provided with a device-specific service host to provide at least one local resource to remote devices and to access at least one foreign resource of at least one remote device among the remote devices, and
- the device-specific service host is configured to select a discovery strategy for detecting remote devices with target resources at runtime.
A method for sharing computing resources across a plurality of devices within a medical network system, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of resources on distributed and registered devices interconnected by a network, wherein
- each of the plurality of resources is provided locally on at least one device among the plurality of devices, and
- each of the plurality of resources communicates via a device-specific interface;
- providing local resources to remote devices among the plurality of devices;
- transforming local resource locations into uniform locations accessible by all registered devices among the plurality of devices;
- and
- mutually accessing resources of at least one remote device, among the plurality of devices, without central control.
A method for sharing computing resources across a plurality of devices within a medical network system, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of resources on distributed and registered devices interconnected by a network, wherein
- each of the plurality of resources is provided locally on at least one device among the plurality of devices, and
- each of the plurality of resources communicates via a device-specific interface;
- providing local resources to remote devices among the plurality of devices;
- transforming local interfaces into uniform interfaces by applying a standardized semantic transformation algorithm;
- and
- mutually accessing resources of at least one remote device, among the plurality of devices, without central control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.