Methods and apparatuses for providing a data feed for internet of things
AssigneeIotic Labs Limited
InventorsPaul Nigel GREEN, Mark Nicholas James WHARTON
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Abstract
Computer apparatus and methods for brokering communications between a plurality of virtual devices, each virtual device being a proxy for one of a real device or a real requestor. The computer apparatus comprises a registrar computer configured to communicate with a plurality of virtual devices and maintain a register of the virtual devices. The computer apparatus also comprises a data feed directory comprising entries indicating data feeds and/or resources available to virtual requestor devices from at least one virtual device registered with the registrar computer. To be accompanied, when published, by FIG. 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Claims13
A computer apparatus configured to broker communications between a plurality of virtual devices, each virtual device being a proxy for one of a real device or a real requestor, the computer apparatus comprising:
- a registrar computer configured to communicate with said plurality of virtual devices and maintain a register of said virtual devices;
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- a data feed directory comprising entries indicating data feeds and/or resources available to virtual requestor devices from at least one virtual device registered with the registrar computer.
A computer apparatus configured to broker communications between a plurality of virtual devices, each virtual device being a proxy for one of a real device or a real requestor, the computer apparatus comprising a registrar computer configured to communicate with said virtual devices and maintain a register of said virtual devices, wherein the register comprises a unique identifier for each virtual device associated with meta data defining one or more of (i) data available through the virtual device and (ii) a resource controllable through the virtual device.
A method of brokering a request for data between a virtual requestor device and a virtual device configured to provide data, the method comprising:
- receiving at a registrar computer a device data request message from a virtual requestor device, the device data request message comprising a callback URL of the virtual requestor device;
- passing from the registrar computer a further request to the virtual device configured to provide said data, said further request comprising the callback URL of the virtual requestor device;
- wherein responsive to said further request the virtual device configured to provide the requested data to the callback URL of the virtual requestor device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.