# US 2016/0366252 A1 · Orchestrating resources in a multilayer computing environment by sending an orchestration message between layers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366252 A1 - Document ID: US20160366252A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/739,032 - Filed: 2015-06-15 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-15 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas; David M. Egle; Daniel L. Hiebert; Dennis D. Jurgensen; Arthur J. Meyer, III; David M. Schultz; Peter A. Singh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366252A1 ## CPC - H04L 69/30: Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks - G06F 9/5038: {considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration (scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups)} - G06F 9/5066: {Algorithms for mapping a plurality of inter-dependent sub-tasks onto a plurality of physical CPUs (mappping at compile time, see G06F8/451)} - G06F 9/5072: {Grid computing} - G06F 9/547: {Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services} - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06F 2009/4557: {Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Software that generates a message containing program instructions for multiple layers in a multi-layer environment, by performing the following operations: (i) receiving an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; (ii) generating a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and (iii) orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; generating, by one or more processors, a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiving layer in the multilayer computing environment, wherein the first sending layer is to send the message to the first receiving layer according to the orchestration plan. ### Claim 8 A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon: first instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; second instructions executable by the device to cause the device to generate a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and third instructions executable by the device to cause the device to orchestrate performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computer program product of claim 8, wherein each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer program product of claim 11, wherein at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiving layer in the multilayer computing environment, wherein the first sending layer is to send the message to the first receiving layer according to the orchestration plan. ### Claim 15 A computer system comprising: a processor(s) set; and a computer readable storage medium; wherein: the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to execute instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and the instructions include: first instructions executable by the processor set to cause the system to receive an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; second instructions executable by the processor set to cause the system to generate a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and third instructions executable the processor set to cause the system to orchestrate performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer system of claim 15, wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer system of claim 16, wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer system of claim 15, wherein: each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment; and at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer system of claim 15, wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer system of claim 15, wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiving layer in the multilayer computing environment, wherein the first sending layer is to send the message to the first receiving layer according to the orchestration plan.