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Patent US10268495
Issued 2019-04-23
Virtual Device Model System
A computer device may include logic configured to receive, from a user device via a network, a manufacturer-independent request intended for a target device; identify a virtual device model instance associated with the target device; and identify a virtual device model associated with the identified virtual device model instance. The logic may be further configured to select a manufacturer adapter based on the identified virtual device model instance and the identified virtual device model; generate a manufacturer-specific request for the target device based on the received manufacturer-independent request and the selected manufacturer adapter; and send, via the network, the generated manufacturer-specific request to the target device.
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- 1. A method performed by a computer device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the computer device via a network from an application running on a user device, a manufacturer-independent request intended for a target device, wherein the manufacturer-independent request includes an instruction for the target device to perform an action, and wherein the instruction is in a protocol or format associated with a virtual device model; identifying, by the computer device, a virtual device model instance associated with the target device; identifying, by the computer device, a virtual device model associated with the identified virtual device model instance; selecting, by the computer device, a manufacturer adapter based on the identified virtual device model instance and the identified virtual device model; converting, by the computer device, the manufacturer-independent request to a manufacturer-specific request for the target device using the selected manufacturer adapter, wherein the manufacturer-specific request includes the instruction for the target device to perform the action in a protocol or format associated with a manufacturer's implementation of the target device, and wherein converting the manufacturer-independent request to the manufacturer-specific request for the target device hides a manufacturer's implementation of the target device from the application running on the user device; and sending, by the computer device and via the network, the manufacturer-specific request to the target device to perform the action.
- 12. A computer device comprising:
logic configured to:
receive, from an application running on a user device via a network, a manufacturer-independent request intended for a target device, wherein the manufacturer-independent request includes an instruction for the target device to perform an action, and wherein the instruction is in a protocol or format associated with a virtual device model;
identify a virtual device model instance associated with the target device;
identify a virtual device model associated with the identified virtual device model instance;
select a manufacturer adapter based on the identified virtual device model instance and the identified virtual device model;
convert the manufacturer-independent request to a manufacturer-specific request for the target device using the selected manufacturer adapter, wherein the manufacturer-specific request includes the instruction for the target device to perform the action in a protocol or format associated with a manufacturer's implementation of the target device, and wherein converting the manufacturer-independent request to the manufacturer-specific request for the target device hides a manufacturer's implementation of the target device from the application running on the user device; and
send, via the network, the manufacturer-specific request to the target device to perform the action.
- 20. A non-transitory memory device, storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory memory device comprising:
one or more instructions to receive via a network, from an application running on a user device, a manufacturer-independent request intended for a target device, wherein the manufacturer-independent request includes an instruction for the target device to perform an action, and wherein the instruction is in a protocol or format associated with a virtual device model; one or more instructions to identify a virtual device model instance associated with the target device; one or more instructions to identify a virtual device model associated with the identified virtual device model instance; one or more instructions to select a manufacturer adapter based on the identified virtual device model instance and the identified virtual device model; one or more instructions to convert the manufacturer-independent request to a manufacturer-specific request for the target device using the selected manufacturer adapter, wherein the manufacturer-specific request includes the instruction for the target device to perform the action in a protocol or format associated with a manufacturer's implementation of the target device, and wherein converting the manufacturer-independent request to the manufacturer-specific request for the target device hides a manufacturer's implementation of the target device from the application running on the user device; and one or more instructions to send, via the network, the manufacturer-specific request to the target device to perform the action.
