US 11,095,534 B1Granted

API-based endpoint discovery of resources in cloud edge locations embedded in telecommunications networks

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsDevlin Roarke Dunsmore, Colm Maccarthaigh, Ishwardutt Parulkar, Dougal Stuart Ballantyne, Diwakar Gupta, Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade

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Abstract

Techniques for API-based endpoint discovery involving provider substrate extension resources are described. A discovery coordinator service located within the provider network can identify one or more endpoints from a set of potentially distributed endpoints for a client to utilize, where endpoints may be located within provider substrate extensions of the provider network. The discovery coordinator service can utilize location values of the client provided via an API request, such as its network address or geographic coordinates, to identify a nearby resource that may be most optimal for the client to use via providing minimal latency of access.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a coordinator service within a cloud provider network, one or more application programming interface (API) requests to register a plurality of endpoints with a registry for an application;
receiving, at the coordinator service, a first API request to discover endpoints associated with the application, the first API request including an identifier of the registry and one or more location values associated with a client device seeking to interact with the application, the one or more location values include at least one of a network address of the client device or a geographic coordinate of a location of the client device;
selecting, by the coordinator service based at least in part on the registry identifier and the one or more location values, one or more endpoints from the plurality of endpoints, wherein at least one of the endpoints is associated with a compute instance executed within a provider substrate extension of the cloud provider network, wherein the provider substrate extension is connected to a communications service provider network and is separate from the cloud provider network;
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transmitting, by the coordinator service, a response message that identifies the one or more endpoints.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a coordinator service within a cloud provider network, a first application programming interface (API) request to discover one or more endpoints associated with an application, the first API request including an identifier of the application and one or more location values associated with a client device seeking to interact with the application;
selecting, by the coordinator service based at least in part on the application identifier and the one or more location values, one or more endpoints that are associated with the application, wherein at least one of the endpoints is associated with a compute instance executed within a provider substrate extension of the cloud provider network;
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transmitting, by the coordinator service, a response message that identifies the one or more endpoints.

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A system comprising:

a provider substrate extension implemented by a first one or more electronic devices, wherein the provider substrate extension includes a computer system that provides capacity for execution of compute instances for users of a provider network and is controlled at least in part by a control plane of the provider network, wherein the provider substrate extension is coupled with a communications service provider network that is separate from the provider network;
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a coordinator service implemented by a second one or more electronic devices within the provider network, the coordinator service including instructions that upon execution cause the coordinator service to:
receive a first application programming interface (API) request to discover one or more endpoints associated with an application, the first API request including an identifier of the application and one or more location values associated with a client device seeking to interact with the application;
select, based at least in part on the application identifier and the one or more location values, one or more endpoints that are associated with the application, wherein at least one of the endpoints is associated with a compute instance executed within the provider substrate extension;
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transmit a response message that identifies the one or more endpoints.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/699,336Filed 29 Nov 2019
Granted: 17 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 67/1001
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
H04L 41/0286
Using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]: for search or classification or discovery of web services…
H04L 41/12
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: discovery or management…
H04L 41/5058
Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements: service discovery by the service manager