US 11,722,378 B2
Internet of things management through self-describing objects
Salim AbiEzzi, Sammamish, WA (US); and Gregory Bollella, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,175.
Application 17/338,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/446,333, filed on Jun. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,050,630.
Prior Publication US 2021/0297319 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for self-described object management, comprising:
communicating, by an internet of things (IoT) object, a request to register the IoT object;
receiving, by the IoT object, an inquiry from an IoT management system;
communicating, by the IoT object, a self-describing declaration to the IoT management system, the self-describing declaration comprising an interface parameter schema for the IoT object;
establishing an interoperability framework between the IoT object and the IoT management system based on the interface parameter schema, wherein the interoperability framework defines a function parameter for a programmatic interface for data transfer between the IoT object and the IoT management system based on the interface parameter schema; and
establishing a data evaluation framework between the IoT object and the IoT management system, wherein the data evaluation framework defines a first role for the IoT object and a second role for the IoT management system, wherein the first role and the second role are defined for a plurality of data processing tasks.