SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING DYNAMIC REST MESSAGES WITH WEB-SOCKETS

1 . A communication device, comprising:

a port configured to transmit and receive a data stream via a persistent stateless connection;

a memory storing a dynamic REST API model; and

a processor configured to connect to a second communication device over the persistent stateless connection, the processor formatting a request message with the stored dynamic REST API model to produce a self-describing request message, the processor causing the self-describing request message to be transmitted over the port.

2 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the persistent stateless connection is over a web-socket connection.

3 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the port is a HTTP or HTTPS port.

4 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the port has a port value of 80 or 443.

5 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic REST API model includes a data model comprising a data object, an event object, a service object, a property object, and an attribute object.

6 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the self-describing request message is presented in at least one of a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object and an Extensible Markup Language (XML) object.

7 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the self-describing request message is in a binary format.

8 . The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the self-describing request message is encrypted.

9 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

storing, at a memory of a device, a binary dynamic REST API model;

formatting, via a processor at the device, a request message using the binary dynamic REST API model to produce a self-describing request message; and

transmitting, via a port of the device, the request message over a persistent state connection.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the persistent stateless connection is over a Web socket connection.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the port is a HTTP or HTTPS port.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the port has a port value of 80 or 443.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the binary dynamic REST API model includes a data model comprising a data object, an event object, a service object, a property object, and an attribute object.

14 . The communication device of claim 9 , wherein the self-describing request message is encrypted.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor at a platform server, cause the processor to:

store a binary dynamic REST API model;

format a request message using the binary dynamic REST API model to produce a self-describing request message; and

transmit the request message over a persistent state connection.

16 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the persistent stateless connection is over a Web socket connection.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the port is a HTTP or HTTPS port.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the port has a port value of 80 or 443.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the binary dynamic REST API model includes a data model comprising a data object, an event object, a service object, a property object, and an attribute object.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the self-describing request message is encrypted.