US 11,726,751 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for an internet of things controller

AssigneeQingjun Wei

InventorQingjun Wei

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Abstract

An Internet of Things Controller, and related tools. The tools address application development and deployment. An Application Meta-Data Editor permits a developer to specify meta-data, that guides the structure of actual data, that can be passed to the application, when invoked as a particular execution (or task) for a particular end-user. Once an application is developed, and has undergone a test deployment, the developer can upload the application to an online Application Store, from which the application can be downloaded and deployed by others. A Data Editor permits an end-user to create his/her own data, in accordance with the developer's meta-data, that adapts the execution to his/her particular needs. While permitting adaptation, the Data Editor ensures that the data created follows the overall pattern of the meta-data, as provided by the developer. Facilities for internationalization of a deployed application's documentation, on a crowd-sourced basis, are also provided.

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Dependent claims

A system for a user interface to an internet-of-things controller, comprising:

one or more processors and programmable memory, wherein the system is configured:
to accomplish receiving from a first end-user a first selection of a first application program that, when executed, can remotely access one or more internet-of-things devices, wherein data passed by the first end-user as one or more arguments, to one or more corresponding parameters of the first application program, adapts the first application program to perform specific behavior in a specific hardware environment;
to accomplish accessing, in response to the first selection of the first application program, a first meta-data specification of a set of all potential arguments, for input to a first parameter, that are properly structured;
to accomplish operating a first graphical user interface in conformance with the first meta-data specification, in order to permit the first end-user to create a first argument for input to the first parameter;
to accomplish adding, in accordance with a first tabular meta-data node of the first meta-data specification, a first tabular data node to the first argument;
to accomplish adding the first tabular data node, in accordance with the first tabular meta-data node, to require at least a first and a second key-value pairs;
to accomplish identifying a first list-type meta-data node of the first meta-data specification, corresponding to a first key of the first key-value pair;
to accomplish creating, as part of adding the first tabular data node, a first list-type data node corresponding to the first list-type meta-data node, wherein the first list-type data node is capable of representing an ordered listing of data;
to accomplish receiving a first signal from the first end-user, while the first list-type data node is indicated in the first graphical user interface;
to accomplish identifying a first child meta-data node, that is a child of the first list-type meta-data node;
to accomplish creating, in response to the first signal, and only in accordance with the first child meta-data node, a first child data node of the first list-type data node;
to accomplish creating, in response to each additional signal from the end-user while the first list-type data node is indicated, and only in accordance with the first child meta-data node, an additional child data node of the first list-type data node;
and
to accomplish starting execution of the first application program with the first argument input to the first parameter.

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A system for a user interface to an internet-of-things controller, comprising:

one or more processors and programmable memory, wherein the system is configured:
to accomplish receiving from a first end-user a first selection of a first application program that, when executed, can remotely access one or more internet-of-things devices, wherein data passed by the first end-user as one or more arguments, to one or more corresponding parameters of the first application program, adapts the first application program to perform specific behavior in a specific hardware environment;
to accomplish accessing, in response to the first selection of the first application program, a first meta-data specification of a set of all potential arguments, for input to a first parameter, that are properly structured;
to accomplish operating a first graphical user interface in conformance with the first meta-data specification, in order to permit the first end-user to create a first argument for input to the first parameter;
to accomplish creating, in accordance with a first list-type meta-data node of the first meta-data specification, a first list-type data node of the first argument;
to accomplish creating the first list-type data node to be capable of representing an ordered listing of data;
to accomplish receiving a first signal from the first end-user while the first list-type data node is indicated in the first graphical user interface;
to accomplish identifying a first tabular meta-data node, that is a child of the first list-type meta-data node;
to accomplish creating, in response to the first signal, and only in accordance with the first tabular meta-data node, a first tabular data node that is a child of the first list-type data node;
to accomplish creating, in response to each additional signal while the first list-type data node is indicated, and only in accordance with the first tabular meta-data node, an additional tabular data node that is a child of the first list-type data node;
to accomplish adding each tabular data node, in accordance with the first tabular meta-data node, to require at least a first and a second key-value pairs;
and
to accomplish starting execution of the first application program with the first argument input to the first parameter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/563,978Filed 28 Dec 2021 · continuation
Priority: 15 Jul 2015
Published: US 2022/0121428 A121 Apr 2022
Granted: 15 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 8/34
Creation or generation of source code: graphical or visual programming
G05B 19/042
Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers: using digital processors
G06F 8/61
Software deployment: installation
G06F 9/4411
Bootstrapping: configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers

Family

Application62/192,667Us provisional application · filed 15 Jul 2015
Application14/936,663Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Nov 2015
Application16/588,922Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Sep 2019
US 10,430,165 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Oct 2019
US 2022/0121428 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Apr 2022
US 11,210,069 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0017354 A1Published application
US 2020/0117429 A1Published application
US 11,726,751 B2This patent

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