US 11,539,788 B2 · Information processing system and method of controlling information processing system

Abstract

Software that implements processing executed through coordination between multiple hubs is efficiently developed. An information processing system comprises a plurality of AP execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute AP software. Each of the AP execution devices stores common AP software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order. The AP software includes transfer processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate processing of the processing blocks executed by a first one of the AP execution devices in a first one of the hubs with a second one of the AP execution devices in a second one of the hubs. Once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the AP software, the first AP execution device transmits a coordination start message notifying of start of the coordination, to the second AP execution device. Once the second AP execution device receives the coordination start message, the second AP execution device starts sequential execution from a processing block following the first transfer processing block.

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Dependent claims

An information processing system, comprising:

a plurality of application execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute application software that is software implementing a function of an application, wherein
the application execution devices are communicably coupled to each other through a communication network,
each of the application execution devices stores common application software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order,
the application software includes transfer processing blocks that are processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate transfer of responsibility for processing of the processing blocks from a first one of the application execution devices in a first one of the hubs to a second one of the application execution devices in a second one of the hubs,
once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the application software, the first application execution device transmits a coordination start message that is a message notifying of start of the coordination to the second application execution device, and the first application execution device stops executing the processing blocks, and
once the second application execution device receives the coordination start message, the second application execution device starts sequential execution from a processing block following the first transfer processing block.

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A method of controlling an information processing system that includes a plurality of application execution devices that are information processing apparatuses provided in each of a plurality of hubs to execute application software that is software implementing a function of an application, the application execution devices being communicably coupled to each other through a communication network, comprising:

storing common application software that executes the same processing blocks in the same order by each of the application execution devices;
including transfer processing blocks that are processing blocks implementing processing to coordinate transfer of responsibility for processing of the processing blocks from a first one of the application execution devices in a first one of the hubs to a second one of the application execution devices in a second one of the hubs by the application software;
once the processing reaches a first one of the transfer processing blocks during sequential execution of the processing blocks of the application software, transmitting a coordination start message that is a message notifying of start of the coordination to the second application execution device by the first application execution device, and stopping execution of the processing blocks by the first application execution device;
and
once the second application execution device receives the coordination start message, starting sequential execution from a processing block following the first transfer processing block by the second application execution device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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