KR100932608B1 - How community members collaborate in community computing - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of collaboration between community members in community computing is disclosed. In a method for collaborating among community members according to an embodiment of the present invention, in community computing, a method of composing a community, wherein a first member of the community performs an eleventh role and a second member performs a twenty-first role In response to the event occurring for the eleventh role of the first member, the first member makes a collaboration request, switches to a twelfth role, and in response to the service request of the first member, Performing a twenty-second role. In the method of collaborating among community members in community computing according to an embodiment of the present invention, each member of the community has a framework based on an Eclipse rich client platform, and is equipped with a member application that modularizes and plugs in a function as a member. By easily configuring members required to achieve and collaborating among members, it is possible to adaptively achieve the purpose of the community through collaboration among community members even in various ubiquitous computing environments such as event occurrence. have.

Description

Method of cooperating between comunity members in community computing}

The present invention relates to a ubiquitous computing environment and, more particularly, to a collaborative method in community computing that can perform dynamic interactions between community members in heterogeneous environments.

Ubiquitous computing can be defined as' a space or environment where anyone, anytime, anywhere, can access the online network and receive services through various terminals and objects. Or the network is required to recognize the situation of the human living space.

In order to recognize the situation of various and complicated human living spaces, it is required that the entities belonging to the environment are organically combined to share their respective roles. To this end, community concepts are introduced into ubiquitous computing environments.

The community extends from the dictionary meaning of meetings of people living in the neighborhood or meetings with common interests to online communities connected to the Internet.

However, since community computing environments are diverse and heterogeneous, various integrations and collaborations between users, services, infrastructures, or networks are required. In particular, in order to achieve the purpose of the community in a variety of ubiquitous computing environment, such as the occurrence of unexpected events, collaboration between community members is required.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of collaboration between community members for adaptively achieving the purpose of the community in a ubiquitous environment that changes in various ways, such as event generation.

In a method of collaborating among community members according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the technical problem, in a community computing, a step of forming a community, wherein the first member of the community plays an eleventh role, and the second member Performing a twenty-first role, when an event for the eleventh role of the first member occurs, the first member makes a collaboration request, switches to a twelfth role, and responds to a service request of the first member Thus, the second member performs a twenty-second role.

Preferably, the eleventh role and the twenty-first role may be the same. On the other hand, the twelfth role and the twenty-second role may be different.

Preferably, the step of composing the community includes implanting a first member application into a smart object, configuring the smart object as a member of a society, and downloading the second member application from a community manager. And connecting the first member application to the second member application to configure the smart object as the first member and the second member.

Preferably, the first member application may have a framework. In this case, the framework may be implemented as an Eclipse Rich Client Platform supporting a plug-in function.

Preferably, the framework may include a main module, a roll member binder module, a society binder module, a download manager module, a function mapping module, a configuration manager module, and a message broker module.

Preferably, the first member application may have at least one module and / or driver plugged into the framework. In particular, the first member application may include a unique role module, a context manager module, a communication driver, a sensor driver, and an actuator driver.

Preferably, the second member application may include at least one module plugged into the framework. In particular, the second member application may include a role protocol manager module and a situation manager module.

Preferably, when the event is processed, the first member and the second member may further include returning to the eleventh role and the twenty-first role, respectively.

Collaboration between community members in community computing according to an embodiment of the present invention

How the community members frame each of the Eclipse rich client platform

A member application that has a work module to modularize and plug in functions as members.

To equip members to achieve community goals and to collaborate among them.

Easily implemented, various ubiquitous computing environments such as event generation

Even in the future, collaboration between community members

There are advantages to it.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 conceptually illustrates community membership of a smart object.

Smart objects (SO) can perform their own functions in the ubiquitous space without external intervention. To this end, the smart object SO is provided with its own sensor and actuator, as well as the operating system. However, when a community is created in a society of ubiquitous space for a specific purpose, smart objects having a role corresponding to the purpose of the community are composed of members of the community.

In order for an independent smart object to be a member of a community, a member application MA must be disposed in the smart object SO. The member application according to the embodiment of the present invention is arranged as follows.

2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a member application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a member application according to an embodiment of the present invention is divided into a first member application part MA1 for society membership and a second member application part MA2 for community membership. In particular, the first member application MA1 is fixed to the smart object, and the second member application MA2 is downloaded from the community manager (not shown).

The first member application MA1 may have a framework 10. A framework is a way of providing classes in a collaborative form that allows reuse of designs and implementations that correspond to specific pieces of software. Unlike libraries, frameworks can determine the framework and structure of an application and consist of a set of design patterns intended by the designer.

The framework 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented with an Eclipse rich client platform. Therefore, the framework according to the embodiment of the present invention may support a plug-in function. The Eclipse rich client platform is a structured architecture that supports a framework that can be reused, depending on the kind of tool-related applications you want to support. Applications developed on a rich client platform can be extended by combining plug-ins and are easy to maintain and maintain due to the dynamic update of plug-ins.

The framework 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured by modularizing the functions for the smart object to operate as a member. The framework 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in particular, as shown in Figure 2, the main module 11, roll member binder module 13, society binder module 15, download manager module ( 12), the function mapping module 14, the configuration manager module 16 and the message broker module 17.

The function of each module will be described. The main module 11 instructs the smart object to perform the unique role of the smart object before becoming a member of the community, and after the smart object becomes a member of the community, to instruct the role to be assigned from the community. The role member binder module 13 supports a binding operation through a role between a smart object and a community manager (not shown). The society binder module 15 binds a smart object to a society. The download manager module 12 downloads and installs the second member application MA2 from the community manager. The function mapping module 14 maps the role by the role protocol transmitted from the community manager and the unique role of the smart object. The preference manager module 16 manages member applications. The message broker module 17 is responsible for exchanging messages between each module.

Through the modules as described above, functions commonly required for all smart objects as a society member may be implemented. Other unique roles of each smart object may be performed by plugging the corresponding module and / or driver into the framework 10.

2, FIG. 2 shows a unique role module 21, a context manager module 22, a communication driver 25, and a sensor driver in which the first member application MA1 is plugged into the framework 10. 23) and actuator driver 24.

The unique role module 21 plays a unique role of the smart object. The context manager module 22 constructs a context as a member of a community of smart objects based on a sensor mounted on the smart object and a result of performing a unique role of the smart object. The communication driver 25 communicates with smart objects and societies and / or communities. The sensor driver 23 receives information from a sensor device mounted on a smart object. The actuator driver 25 provides for interfacing with the actuator device mounted to the smart object.

When the first member application MA1 having the above structure is disposed in the smart object, the second member application MA2 may be downloaded from the community manager. The second member application MA2 provides interfacing between the smart object and the community, allowing the smart object to act as a member of the community. To this end, the second member application MA2 may include at least one or more modules plugged into the framework 10.

2 shows, in particular, a second member application MA2 having a role protocol manager module 31 and a situation manager module 32. The role protocol manager module 31 sequentially executes roles corresponding to the situation of the community. The situation manager module 32 transfers the context as a member of the community for the smart object to the manager of the community, receives the context of the community, and passes it to the role protocol manager module 31.

Through the above process, smart objects corresponding to the purpose of the community are composed of members of the community. Hereinafter, a method for collaborating between members of a community configured as described above according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a collaboration method among community members according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method 300 for collaborating among community members, in step S320 of configuring a community, a first member of the community performs an eleventh role and a second member of the second member plays a 21st role. In operation S340, when an event occurs for the eleventh role of the first member (YES in S350), the first member switches to the twelfth role and the second member performs the twenty-second role. With steps.

In this case, the step S320 of configuring the community may be configured as a member of the community by mounting the member application as described above in a smart object corresponding to the purpose of the community.

Preferably, the eleventh role and the twenty-first role may be the same. On the other hand, the twelfth role and the twenty-second role may be different. Hereinafter, a method of collaborating between community members according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with an example in a security system ubiquitous computing environment.

4 is a view for explaining an application example of a collaboration method between community members according to an embodiment of the present invention in a security system ubiquitous computing environment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention in the application example of FIG. 4.

2 to 5, first, messages for constructing a community (S320) are exchanged between member applications of members, a social manager, and a community manager. Specifically, when a member application is first registered as a member of a society, the society manager responds to it ("accep"). The member's main module 11 receives the community manager for creating a community ("RequestCommunity"), and the society manager delivers it to the community manager ("CreatCommunity"). The community manager responds ("Accept").

When a community is created like this, the community manager casts community members ("Casting"). When the members respond to this ("Accept"), the community manager sends context information and role information to the role protocol manager module 31 and the situation manager module 32 of the members ("URL"). The members store this in the role protocol manager module 31 and the situation manager module 32. In the case of FIG. 4, the role protocol manager module 31 and the situation manager module 32 may store information about a role (patrol and patrol area) for an arbitrary situation.

Members receive a role corresponding to community context information ("Situation Patrol") of the community manager from the information stored in the role protocol manager module 31 and the situation manager module 32 to perform the corresponding role (S320). In the case of Figure 4, the first and second members of the community (two guards) play the eleventh role and the twenty-first role, respectively. In this case, the eleventh role and the twenty-first role may be patrols corresponding to the “Situation Patrol” message of the community manager.

Each member plays their own role until a collaboration request is made. Members also send information about their context ("Context") to community managers and / or other members. FIG. 5 is context information of FIG. 4, wherein information on each member's role (“Context location xy”) and event occurrence information (“Context ObstacleAppear”, “Context ObstacleDisappear”, “Context requestService”), etc. This is shown.

In the case of Figure 4, it is sensed from the first member that there was a service request by someone in the patrol area of the first member (an event occurs, "Yes" in S350). The event sensed from the sensor of the first member is sent to the community manager and / or the second member ("Context ObstacleAppear", "Context requestService"). This may be a collaboration request of the first member.

The community manager receiving the message may transmit the twelfth and twenty-second role contents to the first member and the second member instead of the eleventh role and the twenty-first role (patrol). In detail, in case of FIG. 4, the community manager provides the first member and the second member with information about the changed role such as adjusted patrol range ("Situation RangeConfiguration") and contents ("Situation Service").

Accordingly, the first member provides the service in the patrol range (area) to the zone where the service is requested (S360), and the community manager and the information about the process and the result ("Context ServiceStart", "Context ServiceEnd"). And / or send it to the second member. In addition, the second member serves as a patrol for the adjusted patrol area (an area including the area where the first member patrols before the event occurs) (S360).

When the event ends (Yes in S370), the first member and the second member return to the eleventh role and the twenty-first role, respectively (S380). In other words, they serve as patrols in their patrol area.

As such, in the method of collaborating among community members in community computing according to an embodiment of the present invention, each member of the community has a framework based on an Eclipse rich client platform, and includes a member application that modularizes and plugs in a function as a member. By easily configuring members and collaborating among members required to achieve community purpose, it is possible to adaptively achieve the purpose of the community through collaboration among community members in ubiquitous computing environment such as event occurrence. .

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, these terms are only used for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the figures cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each figure is provided.

1 conceptually illustrates community membership of a smart object.

2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a member application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a collaboration method among community members according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view for explaining an application example of a collaboration method between community members according to an embodiment of the present invention in a security system ubiquitous computing environment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention in the application example of FIG. 4.

Claims (12)

In community computing, Constructing a community; A first member of the community playing an eleventh role and a second member playing a twenty-first role; And When the event occurs for the eleventh role of the first member, the first member making a collaboration request and switching to a twelfth role; In response to the collaboration request of the first member, performing a second role by the second member, The step of configuring the community, Implanting a first member application into a smart object to configure the smart object as a member of a society; And Downloading a second member application from a community manager and connecting the first member application to the second member application to configure the smart object as the first member and the second member, The first member application, A framework implemented in the Eclipse Rich Client Platform; And At least one module or driver or module and driver plugged into the framework, The module and the driver of the first member application to be plugged into the framework, A unique role module that performs a unique role of the first member and the second member; A context manager module configured to construct a context as a member of the community based on a sensor mounted on the first member and the second member, and a result of performing a unique role of the first member and the second member; A communication driver that communicates with the first member and the second member and the society or community or society and community; A sensor driver configured to receive data from sensors mounted on the first member and the second member; And An actuator driver for operating an actuator device mounted to the smart object, The second member application, At least one module plugged into the framework, The module of the second member application that is plugged into the framework, A role protocol manager module for sequentially executing a role corresponding to the situation of the community; And And a situation manager module for transmitting the context as a member of the community to the first member and the second member to a manager of the community, and receiving the situation of the community and delivering the context of the community to the role protocol manager module. How to collaborate between community members. The method of claim 1, wherein the eleventh role and the twenty-first role, Collaboration method between community members characterized by the same. The method of claim 1, wherein the twelfth role and the twenty-second role, Method of collaboration between community members, characterized by different. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the framework, A main module instructing to perform a unique role of the smart object before the first member and the second member become a member of the community, and instructing to perform a role assigned from the community after becoming a member of the community; A roll member binder module supporting a binding operation through a role between the first member and the second member and the community manager; A society binder module for binding the first member and the second member to the society; A download manager module for downloading and installing the second member application from the community manager; A function mapping module for mapping a role by a role protocol transmitted from the community manager and unique roles of the first member and the second member; An environment manager module for managing the member application; And And a message broker module for exchanging messages between the main module, the roll member binder module, the society binder module, the download manager module, the function mapping module, and the configuration manager module. Way. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the context of each of the first member and the second member is: Performance information on the eleventh and twenty-first roles of the first member and the second member, information on the occurrence and processing of the event, the collaboration request and the twelfth role of the first member and the second member; The collaboration method of community members, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the information on the 22nd role. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the situation of the community, Performance information on the eleventh and twenty-first roles of the first member and the second member, information on the occurrence and processing of the event, the collaboration request and the twelfth role of the first member and the second member; 22. A method of collaboration between community members, comprising at least one of information about a role. The method of claim 1, And when the event is processed, returning the first member and the second member to the eleventh role and the twenty-first role, respectively.

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