KR100718271B1 - Embedded electronics with hardware platform and software platform for content resource sharing - Google Patents

Abstract

When power is applied to the embedded electronic device and the operation switch is turned on, the system initialization is executed by the initialization program for the network resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the software resource management module, which are components of the resource sharing middleware of the embedded electronic device. (Step 1), the system initialization information is stored in the information store (step 2). Next, the embedded electronic device transmits the information stored in the information storage to the other embedded electronic devices equipped with the same resource sharing middleware through the convergence network or requests the information collection of the other embedded electronic devices (step 3). Subsequently, a synchronization process of storing the information collected through the convergence network in the information storage of the embedded electronic device or using the information storage of the other embedded electronic device is performed (step 4). Information collection and synchronization via the network is performed periodically, so that the information in the information store is periodically updated (step 5). Meanwhile, if necessary, the embedded electronic device performs a hardware device and content sharing process through a convergence network (step 6).

Embedded, System, Resource Sharing, Middleware, Software

Description

Embedded electronics with a software platform for sharing hardware devices and content resources {Embedded system employing a software platform for sharing hardware device and content resources}

1 is a block diagram of a software platform of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of the operation sequence of the software platform of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a hardware device information collection function of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a data content information collection function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an available software list collection function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a function of collecting a list of running application programs of the software resource management module of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an intelligent route path setting function of the network resource management module of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a search function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a software location tracking function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a memory information collection function on which an application program of the software resource management module of the present invention is to be mounted.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a process load balancing function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a communication message exchange function and an encryption function of the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the network resource management module of the present invention.

13 is a flowchart illustrating a function of transmitting on a metadata basis of a network resource management module of the present invention.

14 is a flowchart illustrating a security function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

15 is a flowchart illustrating a hardware device location tracking function according to the detailed description of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

16 is a flowchart illustrating a hardware device availability tracking function of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

17 is a flowchart illustrating an available capacity tracking function of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

18 is a flowchart illustrating the QoS function of the network resource management module of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an electronic device having an embedded system, that is, an embedded electronic device equipped with a software platform capable of sharing hardware devices and content resources as an embedded electronic device.

Embedded electronics include hardware developed for different purposes, such as mobile computing devices such as HPCs, PDAs, smart phones, mobile phones, and consumer electronics such as digital televisions with microprocessors, and factory automation devices for specific applications. There are devices.

Embedded systems are often called embedded systems and are mostly built for one purpose. In other words, embedded systems are designed to be optimized for a given use. In addition, the development host environment of the embedded system and the operating environment of the embedded system are also very diverse.

Therefore, the embedded electronic device to which the embedded system is applied usually has unique characteristics and is often composed of domain-specific elements. In general, all components including the CPU are fixed on one small substrate. In addition, embedded electronic devices are designed to be optimized for different purposes and uses, so they are incompatible with each other and the scalability of the main board is very limited.

On the other hand, embedded electronic devices with improved functionality compared to the conventionally developed embedded electronic devices are constantly being developed, and the embedded system technology field is one of the fastest fields in the field of technical change and information and communication. With the rapid change of embedded electronics and related technologies, the reuse and utilization of the existing embedded electronics will be drastically reduced. The degradation of reusability of existing embedded electronic devices is not desirable in terms of economy and environment.

Therefore, there is a need for a technology that can increase the availability and utilization of the existing embedded electronic device and extend the life cycle by sharing resources between the existing embedded electronic device and the newly developed embedded electronic device in the future.

In addition, an embedded electronic device such as a mobile phone having a small content storage device has a limitation in that it cannot store all desired content information. Therefore, there is a need for a technology that can utilize other embedded electronic devices having a mass storage device as a resource sharing server. In addition, there is a need for a content sharing technology between each resource sharing server.

In order to share hardware device and content resources between different embedded electronic devices, the operating system and the resource sharing middleware used in the embedded electronic device should have the following characteristics.

First, it can be adaptively used in various embedded systems, its structure is simple, it can support multitasking, it can operate on small memory and a slow CPU, and meet some real-time processing requirements.

It must also support a variety of platforms, have a standard user interface, have a small, robust file system, support network capabilities, and be compatible with other standards.

In addition, it must be highly modular and portable to add the necessary parts easily and quickly and to remove unnecessary parts.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a software platform for sharing hardware devices and content resources between embedded electronic devices connected to a network and clustered with each other in order to solve the problems of conventional embedded electronic devices. The present invention provides an embedded electronic device equipped with the software platform.

Another object of the present invention is to provide software for sharing a hardware device of an embedded electronic device and software for sharing content stored in various embedded electronic devices.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a resource sharing system suitable for the characteristics of the embedded electronic device.

An embedded electronic device provided according to an embodiment of the present invention as a technical means for achieving the above object is a resource sharing software middleware (hereinafter referred to as middleware) that performs a resource sharing function with other embedded electronic devices. It is provided.

The resource sharing middleware of the present invention is a kind of software, which is a kind of software or programming service that connects two or more systems or program software.

The resource sharing middleware includes a software resource management module specialized for software resource management of an embedded electronic device, a hardware resource management module specialized for hardware resource management, and a network resource management module specialized for network resource management.

The embedded electronic device of the present invention includes an interface (Interface, IF) for network connection with another embedded electronic device, and an information storage for storing information on shared resources.

The interface may be a general purpose interface applicable to various embedded electronic devices or a dedicated interface separately designed for resource sharing purposes of the present invention.

The information storage may be any kind of recording medium capable of recording digital information, but is preferably composed of a volatile or nonvolatile memory. The information storage may be a general storage device such as a memory that is embedded in an embedded electronic device and stores an application program. Alternatively, the information storage may be a memory that is provided separately to store only information related to resource sharing of the present invention. The information store collects and synchronizes the information of other embedded electronic devices collected through its embedded electronics information and convergence network. Here, the synchronization means storing the collected information in an information storage of an embedded electronic device or using an information storage of another embedded electronic device.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, Figure 1 is a block diagram of a software platform of the present invention.

A network between embedded electronic devices according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a convergence network including a plurality of embedded electronic devices interconnected via a wired or wireless network. Wired and wireless convergence networks may include all kinds of networks that can be connected between embedded electronic devices, for example, Ethernet, BcN, Wibro, USN, CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, and the like.

Embedded electronic devices are generally shown in high performance, medium performance, and low performance according to their information processing performance and information storage capacity, and each embedded electronic device has a predetermined hardware unit (eg, CPU0, CPU1, Memory1, MemoryN, Device0, Device1, DeviceN, Display Panel, etc.) and a software unit (e.g., system program, application program, etc.), in particular, the embedded electronic device according to the present invention further includes a software resource management module and a hardware resource management. A middleware including a module and a network resource management module is provided, and an information storage for storing information on shared resources according to the present invention is provided separately or in an integrated form with an existing memory.

According to the present invention, by sharing the middleware for resource sharing in each embedded electronic device, it is possible to support sharing and content sharing between existing service and hardware devices and new service and hardware devices. However, in order to perform such a function, the main functions of the middleware of the present invention should be mounted on the embedded electronic device.

The hardware device shared in connection with the hardware device sharing method of the present invention includes a CPU, a storage device, a device chip for a specific service, a display device, a network, and the like. Contains all content stored in each embedded electronics.

2 is a schematic diagram of the operation sequence of the software platform of the present invention.

When power is applied to the embedded electronic device and the operation switch is turned on, the system initialization is executed by the initialization program for the network resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the software resource management module, which are components of the resource sharing middleware of the embedded electronic device. (Step 1), the system initialization information is stored in the information store (step 2). Next, the embedded electronic device transmits the information stored in the information storage to the other embedded electronic devices equipped with the same resource sharing middleware through the convergence network or requests the information collection of the other embedded electronic devices (step 3). Subsequently, a synchronization process of storing the information collected through the convergence network in the information storage of the embedded electronic device or using the information storage of the other embedded electronic device is performed (step 4). Information collection and synchronization via the network is performed periodically, so that the information in the information store is periodically updated (step 5). Meanwhile, if necessary, the embedded electronic device performs a hardware device and content sharing process through a convergence network (step 6).

Hereinafter, the functions and operations of the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the network resource management module included in the middleware of the present invention will be described in detail. Regarding the function and operation of each module, when the power is first turned on, each module included in the middleware is initialized and the initialization information is stored in the information store. Initialization process of the form proceeds.

3 is a flowchart of a hardware device information collection function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The hardware resource management module of the present invention has a hardware device information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the hardware device list of its own embedded electronic device.

When a system initialization is performed for an embedded electronic device, an internal automatic / manual update is performed, or a hardware device information collection function is requested externally (step 310), the hardware resource management module configures hardware devices inside the embedded electronic device. Information (eg, hardware device type, standard, chip information, etc.) is extracted (step 320). The extracted hardware device information is sent to the information storage and stored (step 330). Thereafter, the information collected through hardware device search for other embedded electronic devices (step 340) is also sent to the information storage and stored (step 350).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a data content information collection function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention has a content information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the data content list available in its own embedded electronic device.

When a system initialization is performed for an embedded electronic device or a data content collection function is requested (step 410), the software resource management module includes data including multimedia content file and other general content file information stored in a hardware device inside the embedded electronic device. The content information is extracted (step 420). This file information includes information about which application is generated, what application is running, and which hardware device is created or running. In the case of a multimedia content file, information about a codec is further included. The extracted content information is sent to the information storage and stored (step 430). Thereafter, the external data content information (step 440) collected through data content information retrieval for other embedded electronic devices is also sent to the information storage and stored (step 450).

5 is a flowchart illustrating an available software list collection function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention has an available software list collection function for collecting and synchronizing the software list available in its own embedded electronic device.

When a system initialization is performed for an embedded electronic device or a function of collecting an available software list is requested (step 510), the software resource management module extracts its own application list information mounted in the embedded electronic device (520). Such information may include, for example, applications controlling hardware devices, protocol conversion applications of communication data, multimedia codec applications, encryption (eg, symmetry, conversion, RSA, DES, etc.) applications. The extracted information is stored in the information store as its application list information (step 530). Thereafter, the available software list information (step 540) stored in another embedded electronic device through the search function is also stored in the information store as an external available software list (step 550).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a function of collecting a list of running application programs of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention has a function of collecting a list of running applications to collect and synchronize application information currently used by devices required for calculation, such as CPU and memory, among application programs installed in an embedded electronic device of the present invention. do.

When a system initialization is performed for an embedded electronic device or a function for collecting a list of running applications is requested (step 610), the software resource management module is mounted in volatile and nonvolatile memory among application lists mounted in the embedded electronic device. And extracts application information that is currently using the CPU (step 620). Extracting the application list information during such execution is to synchronize the specific application program request from the other embedded electronic device when the specific application program is used by the specific hardware device. The extracted information is stored in its own information store as application list information during execution (step 630). Thereafter, the running application list information (step 640) for the other embedded electronic devices collected through the search function is stored in the information store as the external running application list information (step 650).

7 is a flowchart illustrating an intelligent route path setting function of the network resource management module of the present invention.

The network resource management module of the present invention has an intelligent route path setting function through a converged network for control and data communication exchange to be used in the software module.

When the system is initialized or an intelligent route path setting function is requested for the embedded electronic device (step 710), the embedded electronic device searches for and stores hardware device information (for example, hardware device type, specification, chip information, etc.) included therein and communicates. A hardware device capable of performing a function is selected (step 720), and a connection is established to another embedded electronic device having the same communication protocol as the selected hardware devices and agreeing to build a cluster (step 730). When the connection with the other embedded electronic device is established, the list of communication hardware devices included in the other embedded electronic device is collected, and the list of communication hardware devices included in the embedded electronic device is also exchanged with the other embedded electronic device. 740). Information collected through the exchange of information is sent to its own information repository for storage and management (step 750).

The above steps (steps 710 to 750) are repeated periodically to establish available communication hardware and to set up a route pass through tunneling to a communication hardware device having a desired communication function (step 760). For example, when the embedded electronic device has only the GSM communication protocol function and the other embedded electronic device supports the GSM and Wibro communication protocols, if the embedded electronic device wants to connect to Wibro, the other embedded electronic device is the GSM-GSM-Wibro. By establishing the connection through the tunneling method, WiBro can be performed with its own embedded electronic device.

The intelligent route path setting function as described above can be mainly used to smoothly exchange data and control messages required for resource sharing by establishing a wide bandwidth in addition to being used to implement a communication protocol that is not owned as described above. .

8 is a flowchart illustrating a search function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

Software resource management module of the present invention is a single, multiple for the hardware device information and data content required by the software resource management module, hardware resource management module or network resource management module in a plurality of information storage built in a plurality of embedded electronic devices And a search function for performing a search in an integrated form.

When the resource sharing request is made in the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, or the network resource management module for the embedded electronic device (step 810), the information storage of the embedded electronic device is searched first and the search results are matched in the first search. If the corresponding information is transmitted (step 820), and if a search result does not match in the first search, a request for re-search for other embedded electronic devices is requested (step 830). The re-search for other embedded electronic devices may be performed until the corresponding information is matched to some or all of the other embedded electronic devices clustered by being connected to the network. As a result, when matching information is found in another embedded electronic device, the information is transmitted to the embedded electronic device that requested the information, and when the information is not finally retrieved, a message indicating that there is no matching information is transmitted (step 840). .

9 is a flowchart illustrating a software location tracking function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention includes a software location tracking function for collecting and synchronizing application program information installed in another embedded electronic device.

When a software location tracking function is requested for an embedded electronic device (step 910), the embedded electronic device requests a list of installed applications while requesting a list of available software of other clustered embedded electronic devices through intelligent route path setting. (Step 920). The other embedded electronic device that receives the request extracts its own application program list and transmits available software list information to the embedded electronic device that requested the corresponding information through network communication (step 930). The extracted information is stored in the information repository of the embedded electronic device which requested the information as available software list information (step 940).

10 is a flowchart illustrating a memory information collection function on which an application program of the software resource management module of the present invention is to be mounted.

The software resource management module of the present invention has a function of collecting memory information on which a corresponding application program is mounted when performing a task through an application program installed in another embedded electronic device.

When the necessity of resource sharing occurs for an embedded electronic device and a memory information collection function is requested for the application program to be loaded (step 1010), the requested embedded electronic device determines how much memory is available to other embedded electronic devices. Request to the other embedded electronic device (step 1020). Subsequently, the execution capability of the application program of the other embedded electronic device is determined using the available memory capacity information received from the other embedded electronic device (step 1030).

11 is a flowchart illustrating a process load balancing function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention includes a process load balancing function capable of processing a calculation through an application program installed in another embedded electronic device in order to efficiently calculate a calculation load when its embedded electronic device has a large calculation load.

When the system is initialized for embedded electronic devices or load is demanded due to high process load, the software resource management module occupies all CPUs, which may cause time-consuming problems when executing other applications. (Step 1110). If it is determined that there is a problem, a request is made to execute the corresponding application to another clustered embedded electronic device through the intelligent route pass setting (step 1120). Subsequently, only the results processed by the other embedded electronic device are received through network communication (step 1130).

12 is a flowchart illustrating a communication message exchange function and an encryption function of the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the network resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, and the network resource management module of the present invention exchange communication control and data communication messages between their own embedded electronic devices and other embedded electronic devices, and exchange communication messages for performing encryption on these messages; It is equipped with an encryption function.

When a necessity of communication message exchange occurs for an embedded electronic device and a communication message is generated through intelligent route pass setting in the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, or the network resource management module (step 1210), the network resource management module Analyzes the communication message to determine whether to deliver it as an encrypted communication message (for example, symmetry, transformation, RSA, DES encryption, etc.) Forward the message (step 1220).

13 is a flowchart illustrating a function of transmitting on a metadata basis of a network resource management module of the present invention.

The network resource management module of the present invention has a function of transmitting on the basis of markup metadata such as XML and SGML in exchanging communication messages.

When the necessity of exchanging a communication message for the embedded electronic device occurs and generates a communication message through intelligent route path setting in the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, or the network resource management module (step 1310), the network resource management module Analyzes the communication message to determine whether to deliver it as an encrypted communication message, and reformats the communication message in the form of marked up metadata according to the determination result and delivers the communication message to another embedded electronic device (step 1320). ).

14 is a flowchart illustrating a security function of the software resource management module of the present invention.

The software resource management module of the present invention has a security function that can restrict access to other computers or other embedded electronic devices outside the cluster environment when building a cluster environment between each embedded electronic device.

When the embedded electronic device receives a resource sharing request from another embedded electronic device (step 1410), the embedded electronic device searches for information stored in its own information store to determine whether the sharing function can be performed (step 1420), and determines whether the sharing function can be performed. Transfer to the electronic device (step 1430).

15 is a flowchart illustrating a hardware device location tracking function according to the detailed description of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

The hardware resource management module of the present invention includes a hardware device location tracking function according to the detailed descriptions for tracking the detailed descriptions of the hardware devices.

When the location tracking of the hardware device satisfying the detailed specifications is requested for the embedded electronic device (step 1510), the hardware resource management module performs specific information (eg, a multimedia service function) in the hardware device list included in the embedded electronic device. Search for hardware device codec information, network bandwidth and protocol information, physical characteristics of nonvolatile and volatile memory, and the like (step 1520). If there is no matching information, the hardware device of another embedded electronic device is Search for the specific information of (step 1530), and if the specific information is found, the embedded electronic device is enabled (step 1540). Thereafter, the specific information collected through the hardware device search function for other embedded electronic devices (step 1550) is also sent to its own information store and stored as external hardware device specific information (step 1560).

16 is a flowchart illustrating a hardware device availability tracking function of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

The hardware resource management module of the present invention has a hardware device availability tracking function that tracks whether a software module is available when it requests a hardware device that it wants to share.

If the software module requests a hardware device to be shared by the software module (step 1610), the hardware resource management module determines whether there is a hardware device available in the embedded electronic device. Send a communication message requesting a hardware device available to the device (step 1620). If there is an embedded electronic device that responds to the requested communication message (step 1630), hardware device sharing is performed between the responding embedded electronic device and the embedded electronic device that sent the request message (step 1640). Thereafter, whether the hardware device is available for other embedded electronic devices is collected through a search function and sharing with other embedded electronic devices in response to a request communication message (step 1650), or re-searching the collected external available hardware device information in the future use. In order not to be stored in the information store can be stored (step 1660).

17 is a flowchart illustrating an available capacity tracking function of the hardware resource management module of the present invention.

The hardware resource management module of the present invention includes an available capacity tracking function that tracks the available capacity of the nonvolatile storage device when the software module requests to store the content to the nonvolatile storage device through a search function.

When content storage is requested from the software module for the embedded electronic device (step 1710), the hardware resource management module determines whether there is space in the non-volatile storage device to store the data content in the embedded electronic device (step 1720), and the storage space. When this is insufficient, a communication message for requesting storage space available to another embedded electronic device is transmitted (step 1730). When the embedded electronic device having an idle storage space among other embedded electronic devices responds to the request (step 1740), the data is transmitted and stored to the corresponding other embedded electronic device (step 1750). Thereafter, the available capacity for the other embedded electronic devices is collected through a search function (step 1760) and stored as external usable capacity information in the information store (step 1770).

18 is a flowchart illustrating a quality of service (QoS) function of the network resource management module of the present invention.

The network resource management module of the present invention has a QoS function capable of allocating sufficiently guaranteed bandwidth for control and data communication exchanges to be used in the software module.

When resource sharing is requested between an embedded electronic device and another embedded electronic device and thus network quality of service (QoS) is to be supported (step 1810), the network resource management module performs a QoS function to request bandwidth guarantee ( Step 1820). According to the bandwidth guarantee request, resource sharing is performed by performing data and control communication between target embedded electronic devices sharing resources (step 1830).

In the above, the present invention has been described through preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and various modifications or changes made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the claims based on the appended claims. It is obvious that change is possible.

According to the present invention, a problem of the conventional embedded electronic device can be solved and a resource sharing system suitable for the characteristics of the embedded electronic device is provided.

In addition, a method for building a software platform for sharing hardware devices and content resources among embedded electronic devices connected to a network and clustered with each other is provided.

In addition, software modules for sharing hardware devices of embedded electronic devices and software modules for sharing data contents stored in various embedded electronic devices are provided.

The software platform of the present invention and the resource sharing system using the same can be adaptively used in various embedded systems, the structure is simple and can support multitasking, it operates on a small memory and a slow CPU, and the real-time processing request It can meet the degree.

In addition, it supports a variety of platforms, has a standard user interface, provides a small and robust file system, and if the network function is supported, it is compatible with other standards to which other conventional embedded systems apply.

In addition, the modularity and portability to add and remove unnecessary parts quickly and easily are very good.

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It consists of a software resource management module, a hardware resource management module, and a network resource management module to perform resource sharing with other embedded electronic devices, an interface for network connection with other embedded electronic devices, and a shared resource. An embedded electronic device including an information store for storing information, wherein when the power is turned on, each module of the middleware is initialized to store initialization information in the information store, and at least one of the middleware mounted through the network. Embedded electronic device, characterized in that for collecting and synchronizing information about the other embedded electronic device. The method of claim 1, And a hardware device and data content with the other embedded electronic device. The method of claim 1, The synchronization is an embedded electronic device, characterized in that for storing information in the information storage or in the information storage of the other embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The hardware resource management module has a hardware device information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the hardware device list of the embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module includes a data content information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the data content list available in the embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module has an available software list collection function for collecting and synchronizing the software list available in the embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module includes a function of collecting a program list during execution of collecting and synchronizing application information currently used among application programs installed in the embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The network resource management module includes an intelligent route path setting function through the network for control and data communication exchange to be used in a software module. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module is configured to store the hardware device information and data contents required by the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, or the network resource management module in an information repository embedded in the embedded electronic device and the other embedded electronic device. And a search function for performing a search in a single, plural and integrated form. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module has a software location tracking function for collecting and synchronizing the application information installed in the other embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module includes a function of collecting memory information on which the corresponding application program is to be mounted when performing a task through the application program installed in the other embedded electronic device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module includes a process load balancing function that can process a corresponding process through an application program installed in the other embedded electronic device for efficient calculation processing when the process load is high in the embedded electronic device. Embedded electronics. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The network resource management module includes a communication message exchange and an encryption function for exchanging control communication data and data communication messages between the embedded electronic device and the other embedded electronic device and performing encryption on these messages. Device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The network resource management module includes a function for transmitting based on markup metadata in exchanging communication messages. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The software resource management module includes a security function that can restrict access to the other embedded electronic devices outside the cluster environment when building a cluster environment between the embedded electronic devices. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The hardware resource management module includes a hardware device location tracking function according to the detailed description to track the detailed description of the hardware devices. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the hardware resource management module includes a hardware device availability tracking function that tracks the availability of the hardware device when the software module requests a hardware device to be shared. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The hardware resource management module includes an available capacity tracking function that tracks the available capacity of the nonvolatile storage device when the software module requests the storage of content in the nonvolatile storage device through a search function. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the network resource management module has a QoS function capable of allocating a bandwidth sufficiently guaranteed for control and data communication exchanges to be used in the software module. It consists of a software resource management module, a hardware resource management module, and a network resource management module to perform resource sharing with other embedded electronic devices, an interface for network connection with other embedded electronic devices, and a shared resource. An embedded electronic device including an information store for storing information about When the power is turned on, the embedded electronic device initializes each module of the middleware to store initialization information in the information storage, and collects and synchronizes information on at least one other embedded electronic device equipped with the middleware through the network. , The hardware resource management module has a hardware device information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the hardware device list of the embedded electronic device, The software resource management module has a data content information collection function for collecting and synchronizing the data content list available in the embedded electronic device. The software resource management module has an available software list collection function for collecting and synchronizing the software list available in the embedded electronic device. The software resource management module has a function of collecting a program list during execution of collecting and synchronizing application information currently used among application programs installed in the embedded electronic device. The network resource management module has an intelligent route path setting function through the network for control and data communication exchange to be used in the software module. The software resource management module is configured to store the hardware device information and data contents required by the software resource management module, the hardware resource management module, or the network resource management module in an information repository embedded in the embedded electronic device and the other embedded electronic device. Has a search function to perform a search in a single, multiple, and unified form The software resource management module includes a software location tracking function for collecting and synchronizing application program information installed in the other embedded electronic device. The software resource management module has a function of collecting memory information on which a corresponding application program is to be mounted when performing a task through an application program installed in the other embedded electronic device. The software resource management module includes a process load balancing function for processing a corresponding process through an application program installed in the other embedded electronic device for efficient calculation processing when the process load is high in the embedded electronic device. The network resource management module has a communication message exchange and encryption function for exchanging control communication data and data communication messages between the embedded electronic device and the other embedded electronic device and performing encryption on these messages. The network resource management module has a function of transmitting based on markup metadata in exchanging communication messages, The software resource management module includes a security function for restricting access to the other embedded electronic devices outside the cluster environment when building a cluster environment between the embedded electronic devices. The hardware resource management module has a hardware device location tracking function according to the detailed technology to track the detailed technology of the hardware devices, The hardware resource management module has a hardware device availability tracking function that tracks the availability of the hardware device when the software module requires a hardware device to be shared. The hardware resource management module includes an available capacity tracking function that tracks the available capacity of the nonvolatile storage device when the software module requests the storage of content in the nonvolatile storage device through a search function. And the network resource management module has a QoS function capable of allocating a bandwidth sufficiently guaranteed for control and data communication exchanges to be used in the software module.

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