Method and system for managing groups of networked heterogeneous devices

摘要

A system and method for managing a group of networked, heterogeneous devices, wherein the group of devices are regarded as a logically single "device". This method separates the state management aspect from control aspect, such that applications using this method need not manage the devices and data directly, and as a result can interact with a simplified, single 'device', or focus on controlling the simplified, single 'device.