Providing near real-time device representation to applications and services

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one of more processors of a platform, cause the platform to perform operations comprising:

• enrolling a client device with the platform by:
• receiving at the platform an enrollment request from a client application of the client device, wherein the enrollment request comprises a request key and device data of the client device;
• storing the device data in a data block allocated to the client device;
• generating a device identification, issuing the device identification to the client device, and generating a response to the client device that is a response to the enrollment request and includes the device identification;
• and
• controlling sessions between the client device and the platform using the device identification, wherein the sessions each use an address convention comprising the device identification, a service identification component that represents a logical active session between the client device and the platform, and a service domain identification component, the address convention comprising a form including
• device_identification@service_domain/service_identification;
• receiving from a service application a control command for the client device;
• accepting the control command on behalf of the client device;
• in response to the control command, retrieving the device data from the data block instead of receiving the device data directly from the client device, and providing the device data to the service application;
• and
• relaying the control command to the client device for execution by the client device.

A platform for relaying commands to a client device, the platform comprising:

• means for enrolling the client device with the platform by:
• receiving at the platform an enrollment request from a client application of the client device, wherein the enrollment request comprises a request key and device data of the client device;
• storing the device data in a data block allocated to the client device;
• generating a device identification;
• issuing the device identification to the client device;
• generating a response to the client device that is a response to the enrollment request and includes the device identification;
• and
• controlling sessions between the client device and the platform using the device identification, wherein the sessions each use an address convention comprising the device identification, a service identification component that represents a logical active session between the client device and the platform, and a service domain identification component, the address convention comprising a form including
• device_identification@service_domain/service_identification;
• means for receiving from a service application a control command for the client device;
• means for accepting the control command on behalf of the client device;
• means for, in response to the control command, retrieving the device data from the data block instead of receiving the device data directly from the client device, and providing the device data to the service application;
• and
• means for relaying the control command to the client device for execution by the client device.