US 6,553,355 B1 · AUTOPOIETIC NETWORK SYSTEM ENDOWED WITH DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE SUPPLY OF HIGH VOLUME HIGH-SPEED MULTIMEDIA TELESTHESIA TELEMETRY, TELEKINESIS, TELEPRESENCE, TELEMANAGEMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND DATA PROCESSING SERVICES

Abstract

An autopoietic network is described. The network system has distributed artificial intelligence and may be used to supply high volume, high speed, multi media, telesthesia, telemetry, telekinesis, telepresence, telemanagement, telecommunications and data processing services. The invention is implemented by means of a non-hierarchical network having a fractal structure. That is, the system is structured as a network of networks that may individually display self-similar characteristics at all levels of aggregation at which they are considered. The system and its constituent networks are structurally coupled with their environment through hermeneutic processes. These processes are not based on, and do not use, a priori representations of their environment or of the networks themselves. The system includes a number of cybernetic devices which are adapted to function as both the infrastructure of the network and the means by which the network services are delivered to network users. These cybernetic devices communicate with other cybernetic devices in such a manner so that the network is in the form of a fractal, non-hierarchical mesh which is self-similar. The cybernetic devices may be particularly adapted to supervise or “mind” one or more other cybernetic devices functioning at a lower level of aggregation or complexity. The supervised cybernetic devices may be clustered or distributed in space and be associated with machines, systems or people. The functionality provided by the network includes provision of communications for data, voice, videophoney, video-on-demand, entertainment, security, educational services, health care, premises management, energy supply and management, banking and similar purposes.

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An autopoietic networked communication, control and network and/or environmental management system, comprising:

a plurality of cybernetic devices, each device adapted to communicate with other cybernetic devices in a networked system;
processing means located on selected devices for controlling said devices, the operation of the processing means is governed by a library of algorithms which includes a plurality of algorithms defining predetermined functions which mediate local and remote activities of the networked system wherein the library of algorithms is stored in media readable by the processing means included within selected devices in the networked system and distributed according to the functional requirements of at least part of the networked system;
a plurality of sensing means adapted to sense parameters related to an environment in which the activities occur and output environmental data representative of the environment to corresponding devices, wherein the processing means is programmed to control the activities of the networked system through selection and execution of said algorithms and wherein the selection process occurs in a hermeneutic fashion according to iterative heuristic sequences which are dependent on said environmental data and wherein the result of the selection is dependent on satisfaction of set criteria.

A cybernetic device adapted to communicate with other devices through at least one communication channel in an autopoietic networked communication, control, and network and/or environmental management system, the cybernetic device comprising:

processing means for controlling the cybernetic device, the operation of the processing means governed by a library of algorithms which includes a plurality of algorithms and instructions for at least one of reconfigurable and programmable hardware elements, said algorithms and instructions defining predetermined functions which mediate local and remote activities of the networked system wherein the processing means is programmed to control the activities of the device through selection and execution of said algorithms and wherein the selection process is executed in a hermeneutic fashion according to iterative heuristic sequences which are dependent on environmental data supplied to the device and wherein the result of the selection is dependent on satisfaction of set criteria.

A method of operating a cybernetic device within a networked system, the cybernetic device including a processing means, the method including the steps of:

providing a library of algorithms for controlling the cybernetic device which includes a plurality of instructions defining predetermined functions which mediate local and remote activities of the networked system wherein the library of algorithms is stored in computer media which is readable by the processing means;
and
programming the processing means to control the activities of the device through selection and execution of the instructions and wherein the selection process is executed in a hermeneutic fashion according to iterative heuristic sequences which are dependent on environmental data supplied to the device and wherein the result of the selection is dependent on satisfaction of set criteria.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Autopoietic network system endowed with distributed artificial intelligence for the supply of high volume high-speed multimedia telesthesia telemetry, telekinesis, telepresence, telemanagement, telecommunications, and data processing services

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Autopoietic network system endowed with distributed artificial intelligence for the supply of high volume high-speed multimedia telesthesia telemetry, telekinesis, telepresence, telemanagement, telecommunications, and data processing services

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