Compact schedules for resource-constrained devices

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing device, an instruction to schedule an event associated with a remote target device that comprises an embedded system, wherein the event comprises a change to a state of one or more properties of the remote target device;
• generating a schedule for the remote target device based on the instruction;
• translating, by the processing device, the schedule into a compact format using encoding data that associates meanings with specific bytes in the compact format, wherein the compact format comprises a binary format, and wherein translating the schedule into the compact format comprises encoding the schedule into the binary format, the binary format comprising encodings for at least one of a start time, an end time, a device property, or a frequency;
• and
• transmitting a message comprising the translated schedule in the compact format to the remote target device to cause the remote target device to store the translated schedule, parse the translated schedule to identify the event, and execute the event while the remote target device is disconnected from the processing device at a specified time in accordance with the translated schedule.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to:
• receive an instruction to schedule an event associated with a remote target device that comprises an embedded system, wherein the event comprises a change to a state of one or more properties of the remote target device;
• generate a schedule for the remote target device based on the instruction;
• translate the schedule into a compact format using encoding data that associates meanings with specific bytes in the compact format, wherein the compact format comprises a binary format, and wherein translating the schedule into the compact format comprises encoding the schedule into the binary format, the binary format comprising encodings for at least one of a start time, an end time, a device property, or a frequency;
• and
• transmit a message comprising the translated schedule in the compact format to the remote target device to cause the remote target device to store the translated schedule, parse the translated schedule to identify the event, and execute the event while the remote target device is disconnected from the processing device at a respective specified time in accordance with the translated schedule.