APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING RULE OWNERSHIP AMONG DEVICES IN A SYSTEM

摘要

A first device in a group of devices is assigned a role of operating as an elected leader node for the group of devices. The elected leader node determines that a sensor entity of a sensor entity type is associated with one device in the group of communication devices. The elected leader node creates a token and associates the token with the sensor entity. The elected leader node also assigns ownership for the token to one device based on the device being associated with the sensor entity and further based on one or more of: at least one incident allocation criterion; at least one sensor entity allocation criterion; and at least one node allocation criterion. One device executes at least one predefined sensor entity rule associated with the sensor resource type based on ownership of the token assigned to the sensor entity.

主权项

1. A method for distributed rule ownership comprising:
assigning, to a first communication device in a group of communication devices, a role of operating as an elected leader node for the group of communication devices; determining, by the elected leader node, that a sensor entity of a sensor resource type is associated with one of the first communication device and a second communication device in the group of communication devices; creating, by the elected leader node, a token and associating the token with the sensor entity; assigning ownership, by the elected leader node, for the token to one of the first communication device and the second communication device based on one of the first communication device and the second communication device being associated with the sensor entity and further based on one or more of:
at least one incident allocation criterion;at least one sensor entity allocation criterion;at least one node allocation criterion; and executing, by one of the first communication device and the second communication device and based on ownership of the token assigned to the sensor entity, at least one predefined sensor entity rule associated with the sensor resource type.