Controlling collaborative devices, including providing at least two collaborative devices, in which each collaborative device includes a client device and a client communications application, each collaborative device being coupled for data communications to an OSGi-compliant services gateway, and providing registry records describing collaborative devices, in which each registry record represents a capability of the collaborative device pertinent to a tertiary relationship for control of collaborative devices, each registry record including data elements describing, for each collaborative device, at least one capability, at least one tertiary relationship, and at least one network connectivity. Embodiments include providing, in dependence upon the tertiary relationship, a service bundle including at least one predetermined algorithm for controlling the collaborative devices, and controlling the collaborative devices in accordance with the predetermined algorithm.

 
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