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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Jeffrey D. Taft, Washington, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Taft, Washington, PA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a grid service controller receives advertisements from one or more grid service devices that indicate one or more grid control operations for which a corresponding grid service device is capable, and also maintains state and locality of the grid service devices. In response to receiving a request from a grid device for a particular grid control operation, the grid service controller may then direct the grid device to a particular grid service device capable of providing the particular grid control operation for the grid device based on the state and locality of the grid service devices, accordingly.