Systems and methods for the demand-driven deployment of location-neutral software
AssigneeAetherworks LLC
InventorRobert Francis MacInnis
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Abstract
Techniques for providing and consuming web services, including a service library configured to store one or more web services and a host directory connected to service hosts, configured to store data related to the service hosts. The service hosts are a network and adapted to receive and fulfill deployment requests for the web services stored in the service library by instantiating one or more endpoints of one of the web services. A manager is configured to query the host directory and the service library, generate a deployment plan, and transmit deployment requests to the one or more service hosts.
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A system for providing web services, comprising:
- a service library configured to store one or more web services;
- one or more service hosts connected to a network and adapted to receive and fulfill deployment requests for the web services stored in the service library, wherein fulfilling deployment requests includes instantiating one or more endpoints of one of the web services;
- a host directory connected to the service hosts and configured to store data related to the one or more service hosts;
- and
- a manager configured to query the host directory and the service library, generate a deployment plan, and transmit deployment requests to the one or more service hosts.
A method for providing web services, comprising:
- storing one or more web services in a service library;
- storing data related to one or more service hosts in a host directory;
- controlling, with a manager, deployment of the one or more web services on one or more service endpoints on each of the one or more service hosts, wherein controlling deployment includes:
- querying the service library and host directory to retrieve information about the one or more web services and the data related to the one or more service hosts;
- generating a deployment plan using the information about the one or more web services and the data related to the one or more service hosts;
- transmitting deployment requests to the one or more service hosts;
- and
- instantiating the one or more endpoints of one of the web services in response to the deployment requests.
A method for consuming web services, comprising:
- binding a consumer agent to a point of presence;
- communicating, via the point of presence, with a discovery service to resolve a URL corresponding to a service endpoint corresponding to a desired web service URI;
- and
- binding the point of presence to the service endpoint;
- wherein the discovery service is configured to communicate with a manager, the manager configured to query a host directory and a service library, generate a deployment plan, and transmit deployment and undeployment requests to one or more service hosts, one of which is configured to instantiate the service endpoint.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that when executed cause one or more computer devices to perform a method of providing web services, the method comprising:
- storing one or more web services in a service library;
- storing data related to one or more service hosts in a host directory;
- controlling, with a manager, deployment of the one or more web services on one or more service endpoints on each of the one or more service hosts, wherein controlling deployment includes:
- querying the service library and host directory to retrieve information about the one or more web services and the data related to the one or more service hosts;
- generating a deployment plan using the information about the one or more web services and the data related to the one or more service hosts;
- transmitting deployment requests to the one or more service hosts;
- and
- instantiating the one or more endpoints of one of the web services in response to the deployment requests.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that when executed cause one or more computer devices to perform a method for consuming web services, the method comprising:
- binding a consumer agent to a point of presence;
- communicating, via the point of presence, with a discovery service to resolve a URL corresponding to a service endpoint corresponding to a desired web service URI;
- and
- binding the point of presence to the service endpoint;
- wherein the discovery service is configured to communicate with a manager, the manager configured to query a host directory and a service library, generate a deployment plan, and transmit deployment and undeployment requests to one or more service hosts, one of which is configured to instantiate the service endpoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.