US 2017/0257322 A1 - Connected Device Processing Systems And Methods - The Lens

Connected Device Processing Systems And Methods

Published: Sep 7, 2017
Earliest Priority: Mar 07 2016
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Abstract

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for using available computational resources of a variety of connected devices in a connected device ecosystem in connection with performing various computational and/or processing operations. In certain embodiments, computational and/or processing operations may be distributed between a plurality of connected devices by a trusted service, leveraging available computational resources of the connected devices to perform relatively complex computations and/or operations. Systems and methods are further disclosed that allow for enforcement of various policies in connection with such distributed computation and/or processing operations, which may help to protect the privacy and security interests of various stakeholders in the connected device ecosystem.

Claims

A method for managing a computation performed by a trusted system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of connected devices, device information, the device information comprising an indication of at least one resource associated with each device of the plurality of connected devices and an indication of an availability of the at least one resource;

receiving from a user a request to perform a computation;

generating, based on the received request and the received device information, a plurality of sub-computation requests, each sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests comprising an indication of a sub-computation to be performed by a connected device of the plurality of connected devices;

sending each sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests to at least one device of the plurality of connected devices;

receiving a plurality of responses to the sub-computation requests, each of the plurality of responses to the sub-computation requests comprising a result of the sub-computation performed by the associated device of the plurality of connected devices;

generating a result of the computation based on the plurality of responses to the sub-computation requests; and

sending to the user the result of the computation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-computation requests are sent to a subset of connected devices of the plurality of connected devices, the subset of connected devices being identified based on the received device information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of an availability of the at least one resource comprises an indication of a current availability of the at least one resource.
The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of availability of the at least one resource comprises an indication of a prior availability of the at least one resource.
The method of claim 4, wherein each sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests comprises an indication of a time that the sub-computation should be performed by a respective connected device, the time being determined based on the indication of the prior availability.
The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of an availability of the at least one resource comprises an indication of whether each device of the plurality of connected devices is in at least one of a standby and an idle state.
The method of claim 1, wherein each sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests further comprises information to be operated on in connection with the associated sub-computation.
The method of claim 1, wherein each sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests further comprises a location to access information to be operated on in connection with the associated sub-computation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the request to perform the computation further comprises at least one associated policy.
The method of claim 9, wherein generating the plurality of sub-computation requests is further based on the associated policy.
The method of claim 10, wherein the associated policy comprises at least one specified hardware requirement of a connected device.
The method of claim 11, wherein each generated sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests are sent to a subset of connected devices of the plurality of connected devices, each connected device of the subset of connected devices meeting the specified hardware requirement of the associated policy.
The method of claim 10, wherein the associated policy comprises at least one software requirement of a connected device.
The method of claim 13, wherein each generated sub-computation request of the plurality of sub-computation requests are sent to a subset of connected devices of the plurality of connected devices, each connected device of the subset of connected devices meeting the specified software requirement of the associated policy.
The method of claim 10, wherein the associated policy specifies the manner in which the computation may be divided into sub-computations, and wherein generating the plurality of sub-computations requests further comprises generating the plurality of sub-computation requests in the manner specified by the associated policy.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least on device of the plurality of connected devices comprises a connected thermostat.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one device of the plurality of connected devices comprises a connected appliance.
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one device of the plurality of connected devices comprises a smartphone.