Dynamic machine synthesis for wireless device access and management

A computer program product comprising a computer usable readable non-transitory storage medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing means for construction of a machine using devices selected from a group of devices, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to:

• start an application template in response to an instruction from a user, wherein the application template comprises coding of capability requirements and runtime logic;
• analyze the template to determine one or more capabilities required for the machine;
• search in the group of devices for devices matching at least one of the capabilities;
• and
• filter devices according to predetermined criteria comprising at least one of device rating, device cost and device location;
• and
• integrate the filtered devices matching at least one of the capabilities into the machine.

An apparatus for constructing a machine using a plurality of devices selected from a group of devices, wherein each device in the group of devices is configurable for providing short-range wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor operative to:
• (i) start an application template in response to an instruction from a user, wherein the application template comprises coding of capability requirements and runtime logic;
• (ii) analyze the template to determine one or more capabilities required for the machine;
• (iii) search in the group of devices for devices matching at least one of the capabilities;
• (iv) filter devices according to predetermined criteria comprising at least one of device rating, device cost and device location;
• and (v) integrate the filtered devices matching at least one of the capabilities into the machine.

An article of manufacture for constructing a machine using a plurality of devices selected from a group of devices, wherein each device in the group of device is configurable for providing short-range wireless communication, the article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:

• starting an application template in response to an instruction from a user, wherein the application template comprises coding of capability requirements and runtime logic;
• analyzing the template to determine the capabilities required for the machine;
• searching in the group for devices matching at least one of said capabilities;
• filtering devices according to predetermined criteria comprising at least one of device rating, device cost and device location;
• and
• integrating the filtered devices searched-out in the searching step into the machine.

A non-transitory program storage device readable by machine for constructing a dynamic machine using a plurality of devices selected from a group of devices, wherein each device in the group of devices is configurable for providing short-range wireless communication, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine which when executed implement the steps of:

• starting an application template in response to an instruction from a user, wherein the application template comprises coding of capability requirements and runtime logic;
• analyzing the template to determine the capabilities required for the machine;
• searching in the group for devices matching at least one of said capabilities;
• filtering devices according to predetermined criteria comprising at least one of device rating, device cost and device location;
• and
• integrating the filtered devices searched-out in the searching step into the dynamic machine.

A method of assembling an equipment using a plurality of configurable devices capable of being communicatively linked together, comprising:

• determining a problem that cannot be solved using any single one of the plurality of devices and requires a solution;
• performing a requirements analysis to find required capabilities/components for the solution;
• performing a system design which includes defining a device user's interaction and data exchange among system components and between other ones of the plurality of devices;
• performing template programming including coding of capability requirements and runtime logic written into a template;
• installing the programmed template onto a user device among the plurality of devices;
• assembling an equipment application by starting the template;
• analyzing the template to determine the required capabilities/components and to estimate the required processing power;
• searching for the required capabilities/components among the plurality of devices;
• (and)
• filtering the devices according to predetermined criteria including at least one of device rating, device cost and device location;
• and
• constructing necessary logical functional components from found capabilities/components to complete assembly of the equipment.