Method and apparatus for configuring and controlling interfacing devices

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• establishing a communication session with a target interfacing device, wherein the target interfacing device obtains sensor data from one or more attached physical devices, and wherein a physical device includes a sensor for measuring one or more physical attributes;
• selecting, from a plurality of rules to be processed by a set of interfacing devices, one or more rules which are to be processed by the target interfacing device, wherein a respective rule indicates an action description for performing an action, and indicates a condition that indicates criteria for processing the rule's action description;
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• communicating the selected rules to the target interfacing device, to configure the target interfacing device to process the selected rules based at least on the measured physical attributes.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a communication module to establish a communication session with a target interfacing device, wherein the target interfacing device obtains sensor data from one or more attached physical devices, and wherein a physical device includes a sensor for measuring one or more physical attributes;
• a rule-processing module to select, from a plurality of rules to be processed by a set of interfacing devices, one or more rules which are to be processed by the target interfacing device, wherein a respective rule indicates an action description for performing an action, and indicates a condition that indicates criteria for processing the rule's action description;
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• a device-configuring module to communicate the selected rules to the target interfacing device, to configure the target interfacing device to process the selected rules based at least on the measured physical attributes.