Input method engine management for edge services

A system for managing deployment of input method engines (IMEs) to a computing device in proximate relation to an endpoint device within a data communication network, the system comprising:

• a mediator component to configured to receive a software data structure, wherein the software data structure identifies configuration preferences of a user of the endpoint device, the configuration preferences associating the user with a configuration a first IME executing on a first computing device in the data communication network, wherein the user accesses the first IME through a communication channel routed through the endpoint device and the second computing device;
• a usage monitor component configured to monitor the usage of the first IME, wherein the usage includes usage data associated with the user's access to the first IME through the second computing device;
• and
• a service manager component coupled to the mediator component and the usage monitor component, the service manager component configured to:
• receive software logic data, wherein the software logic data indicates deployment rules for deploying the first IME to the second computing device in the network environment, the deployment rules indicating a threshold condition for deploying the first IME to the second computing device;
• determine, based on the monitoring and the software logic data and the software data structure, whether the threshold condition device is satisfied;
• and
• deploy the first IME to the second computing device when the threshold condition is satisfied.

A computer program product for managing deployment of input method engines (IMEs) to computing devices in proximate relation to endpoint devices within a data communication network, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:

• receiving software logic data indicating deployment rules for deploying a first IME executing on a first computing device in the data communication network to a second computing device in the data communication network, the deployment rules indicating a threshold condition for deploying the first IME to the second computing device;
• receiving software data structure identifying configuration preferences of a user of an endpoint device, the configuration preferences associating the user with a configuration of the first IME, wherein the user's accesses the first IME is routed in the data communication network through the endpoint device and second computing device;
• monitoring the usage of the first IME, wherein the monitoring includes obtaining usage data associated with the user's access to the first IME through the second computing device;
• determining, based on the monitoring and the software logic data and the software data structure, whether the threshold condition is satisfied;
• and
• deploying the first IME to the second computing device when the threshold condition is satisfied.