Client-Side Integration Framework of Services

A computer-readable medium bearing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by an integration framework on a computing system comprising at least a processor and a memory, carry out a method comprising:

• receiving a request for a service from a provider other than the integration framework;
• accessing a registry of a plurality of services of a respective plurality of providers registered with the integration framework, wherein each of the plurality of services is associated with a trust level of a hierarchy of trust levels;
• iteratively searching the registry for a provider of the requested service according to the hierarchy of trust levels, beginning with the most trusted level of the trust levels, such that providers associated with a more trusted trust level are searched before providers of a less trusted trust level are search, until a provider of the requested service is found or until all levels of the hierarchy are searched without finding a provider of the requested service;
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• upon finding a provider of the requested service, causing an instruction to be issued to the found provider of the requested service to provide the service in response to the request.

A computer system comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory as part of or in conjunction with additional components, the additional components comprising:

• a plurality of sensors disposed on the computer system, each sensor begin a provider of a service;
• a plurality of apps installed on the computer system, each app being a provider of a service;
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• an integration framework that maintains a registry of providers of services, wherein the providers of services includes the plurality of sensors and the plurality of apps, and further includes a plurality of providers of services from devices external to the computer system, wherein each of the providers of services in the registry are associated with a trust level of a hierarchy of trust levels, and wherein the integration framework is configure to, in response to a request for a service:
• iteratively search the registry for a provider of the requested service according to the hierarchy of trust levels, beginning with the most trusted level of the trust levels, such that providers of services associated with a more trusted trust level are searched before providers of services of a less trusted trust level are searched, until a provider of the requested service is found or until all levels of the hierarchy are searched without finding a provider of the requested service;
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• upon finding a provider of the requested service, causing the issue of an instruction to the found provider of the requested service to provide the service in response to the request.