US 11,308,126 B2Granted

Different hierarchies of resource data objects for managing system resources

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsBrian Collins, Zachary Mohamed Shalla, Marvin Michael Theimer, John Petry, Michael Hart, Serge Hairanian, Anders Samuelsson, Salvador Salazar Sepulveda, Ji Luo

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Abstract

Resource data objects describing resources in a system may be maintained in multiple different hierarchies for applying policies to manage the resources. Lookup requests may access the different hierarchies to determine which policies are applicable to a given resource based on the policies identified in each of the hierarchies. Modifications to hierarchies may be performed in isolation so that the application of policies in other hierarchies is unchanged by modifications to a different hierarchy. Access restrictions may be enforced with respect to hierarchies so that different users may be permitted access to different hierarchies for system resource management.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising

at least one processor;
and
a memory, storing program instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to implement a hierarchical data store, the hierarchical data store configured to:
receive a policy lookup request for a resource data object at the hierarchical data store, wherein the resource data object is one of a plurality of resource data objects that are stored in the hierarchical data store as part of a plurality of different hierarchies, wherein the plurality of different hierarchies of the resource data objects identify policies applicable to the behavior of resources corresponding to the resource data objects in a system;
responsive to the policy lookup request:
identify one or more of the different hierarchies linked to the resource data object;
determine different policies identified by the one or more of the different hierarchies, wherein the different policies are applicable to the resource data object;
detect a conflict between the different policies applicable to the resource data object;
and
return a resolved version of the different policies applicable to the resource data object.

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One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media, storing program instructions that when executed on or across one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices to implement:

receiving a policy lookup request for a resource data object at a data store, wherein the resource data object is one of a plurality of resource data objects that are stored in the data store as part of a plurality of different hierarchies, wherein the plurality of different hierarchies of the resource data objects identify policies applicable to the behavior of resources corresponding to the resource data objects in a system;
responsive to the policy lookup request:
identifying one or more of the different hierarchies linked to the resource data object;
determining different policies identified by the one or more of the different hierarchies, wherein the different policies are applicable to the resource data object;
detecting a conflict between the different policies applicable to the resource data object;
and
returning a resolved version of the different policies applicable to the resource data object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/692,073Filed 22 Nov 2019 · continuation
Priority: 26 Sep 2016
Published: US 2020/0097489 A126 Mar 2020
Granted: 19 Apr 2022
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Classification5 codes

G06F 16/282
Databases characterised by their database models, e.g. relational or object models: hierarchical databases, e.g. IMS, LDAP data stores or Lotus Notes
G06F 9/5061
Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]: partitioning or combining of resources
G06F 16/2365
Updating: ensuring data consistency and integrity
G06F 9/546
Interprogram communication: message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues

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Application15/276,708Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Sep 2016
US 2020/0097489 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Mar 2020
US 10,489,424 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0089299 A1Published application
US 11,308,126 B2This patent

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