US 12,217,028 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.

Claims10

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 developer 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 a 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 operating by the first developer a first graphical user interface to produce a first meta-data specification of a set of all potential arguments, for input to a first parameter of the first application program, that are properly structured;
to accomplish providing by the first developer a first module dedicated to documentation of the first meta-data specification in a first natural language;
to accomplish requiring each documentation node of the first module correspond to a node of the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish receiving from a first end-user a second selection of the first application program;
to accomplish accessing, in response to the second selection of the first application program the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish operating by the first end-user a second graphical user interface in conformance with the first meta-data specification, to produce a first argument for input to the first parameter;
to accomplish adding by the first end-user with the second graphical user interface a second module dedicated to documentation of the first meta-data specification in a second natural language;
to accomplish requiring each documentation node of the second module correspond to a node of the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish pointing the first meta-data specification to all its natural-language-dedicated documentation modules, including the first and second modules, using a star configuration;
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;
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 developer 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 a 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 operating by the first developer a first graphical user interface to produce a first meta-data specification of a set of all potential arguments, for input to a first parameter of the first application program, that are properly structured;
to accomplish providing by the first developer a first module dedicated to documentation of the first meta-data specification in a first natural language;
to accomplish requiring each documentation node of the first module correspond to a node of the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish receiving from a first end-user a second selection of the first application program;
to accomplish accessing, in response to the second selection of the first application program the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish operating by the first and-user a second graphical user interface in conformance with the first meta-data specification, to produce a first argument for input to the first parameter;
to accomplish adding by the first end-user with the second graphical user interface a second module dedicated to documentation of the first meta-data specification in a second natural language;
to accomplish requiring each documentation node of the second module correspond to a node of the first meta-data specification;
to accomplish pointing the first meta-data specification to all its natural-language-dedicated documentation modules, including the first and second modules, using a star configuration;
to accomplish adding, in accordance with a first list-type meta-data node of the first meta-data specification a first list-type data node to the first argument;
to accomplish creating the first list-type data node to be capable of representing an ordered listing of data;
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 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 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;
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: 18/233,849Filed 14 Aug 2023 · continuation
Priority: 15 Jul 2015
Published: US 2024/0111500 A14 Apr 2024
Granted: 4 Feb 2025
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

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