Function Identification Scheme for Computational Device Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computational devices from different sources implement the same or similar functions but with different implementation details, leading to non-interoperable functions.
Innovation Solution
A function identification scheme that uses a combination of functionality and group identifiers to enable interoperability across different device implementations and sources, allowing applications to advertise, discover, and access computational device functions consistently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If computational devices from different sources implement functions with different implementation details, then device-specific optimization is achieved, but interoperability between devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The function identifier is segmented into two distinct parts: a functionality identifier that specifies the computational operation and a group identifier that specifies the device source. This segmentation allows the system to separately handle the optimization aspect (group identifier) and the interoperability aspect (functionality identifier), enabling both device-specific optimization and cross-device compatibility simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The dual-component identifier acts as an intermediary between device-specific implementations and standardized interfaces. By introducing this intermediate layer with two distinct identifier types, the system mediates between the need for device-specific optimization and the requirement for interoperability, allowing applications to discover and invoke functions across different devices through a unified interface
2Adaptability or versatility
If a standardized function identifier is used across all devices, then interoperability is achieved, but device-specific implementation details are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The identifier is divided into functionality and group components, where the functionality identifier provides the standardized element for interoperability while the group identifier preserves device-specific information. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by allowing both standardized access and device-specific optimization to coexist in different parts of the same identifier structure
3Ease of operation
If computational devices use different function naming conventions, then device-specific clarity is maintained, but cross-device discovery becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The functionality identifier serves as a universal key that can identify the same computational operation across different device groups. This universal identifier enables cross-device function discovery while allowing each device group to maintain its own naming conventions and implementation details through the group identifier, thus resolving the contradiction between device-specific clarity and cross-device discoverability
Data Source
AI summary
A method may include interacting with an interface for one or more computational devices, wherein the interacting is based on an identifier, and wherein the identifier comprises information that identifies a functionality of a computational device functions. The information may include a functionality identifier. The identifier may further include information that identifies a group of the computational device function. The group of the computational device function may be based on a source of the computational device function. The information that identifies the functionality of a computational device function may include a functionality identifier, and the information that identifies the group of the computational device function may include a group identifier. The functionality identifier may include a unique function identifier, and the group identifier may include an organizationally unique identifier.