Jini and Universal Plug & Play are the prominent device coordination frameworks for information appliances. These architectures are essentially coordination frameworks that propose certain ways and means of device interaction with the ultimate aim of simple, seamless and scalable device interoperability.
Device coordination provide a subset of the following capabilities to a device:
- Ability to announce its presence to the network
- Automatic discovery of devices in the neighborhood and even those located remotely
- Ability to describe its capabilities as well as query/understand the capabilities of other devices
- Self configuration without administrative intervention
- Seamless interoperability with other devices wherever meaningful