CROSS PLATFORM DEVICE VIRTUALIZATION FOR AN IOT SYSTEM

Methods and systems disclosed herein utilize virtual native technology to allow for the fluid interoperability of incompatible Internet of Things (IOT) cloud platforms and the services and devices administrated thereby. Virtual native technology allows a platform to function just as if the virtual native devices it serves were native to the platform. Virtual native devices and services are treated by their host platforms just like devices that are specifically designed for those platforms. Thereby, the complexity of network interoperability for the devices is pushed permanently into the upfront development of an adapter and server that can communicate with another cloud via their specific APIs, while the platform can focus on facilitating the functional interoperability of the devices required by end users and the applications developers working to fulfill those requirements.