Method and apparatus for distributed application acceleration

An apparatus to accelerate a distributed application within a network, the apparatus comprising:

• a wide area load balancer for distributing at least one request from at least one client to a particular proxy server from among a plurality of proxy servers distributed throughout the network;
• an application distributor for distributing a set of programs used for said distributed application to at least said particular proxy server necessary to satisfy said at least one request;
• an information-management recorder for recording connectivity information about the set of programs;
• an execution device for obtaining parameters specific to said request and for obtaining and executing said set of programs satisfying said at least one request at said particular proxy server, said execution device performing at least one operation to satisfy said request and writing any resulting logging messages;
• a backend server for providing administrative control of said application, and for receiving said logging messages.

An apparatus for distributing at least one application in a communication network, comprising:

• a plurality of proxy servers each having:
• a first set of programs used in said at least one application, a second set of programs retrieved from a back-end server and executed locally to satisfy part of at least one request received from a client;
• a set of cached data associated with said sets of programs;
• a set of information-management records for said sets of programs;
• and
• a cache manager for maintaining the set of programs, the set of cached data and the set of information-management records in distribution of said at least one application;
• an execution device for obtaining parameters specific to said request and for obtaining and executing said set of programs satisfying said at least one request, said execution device performing at least one operation to satisfy said request and writing any resulting logging messages;
• said backend server providing administrative control of said application, and receiving said logging messages.

An apparatus for distributing at least one application in a communication network, said apparatus comprising a backend server having:

• a first set of programs used for said at least one application, said first set of programs being distributed to a plurality of proxy servers within the network, each proxy server having an execution device for obtaining parameters specific to a request and for obtaining and executing said set of programs satisfying said request, said execution device performing at least one operation to satisfy said request and writing any resulting logging messages;
• a second set of programs used for said at least one application, said second set of programs being executed locally by the backend server;
• a third set of programs used for said at least one application, said third set of programs to receive logging and error messages from the execution of said first set of programs;
• an accessing server to provide access to the first set of programs by any of the proxy servers;
• said backend server providing administrative control of said application.

A method for distributing at least one application, said method comprising:

• redirecting one client for said at least one application, to a first proxy server from a plurality of proxy servers distributed throughout a network;
• evaluating a request for said at least one application to determine a part of said application that is executable at the first proxy server;
• obtaining values of parameters specific to said request;
• executing said part at said proxy server;
• obtaining at least one program used by said at least one application enabling said step of executing;
• wherein the step of executing includes:
• performing at least one operation to satisfy said request;
• and
• writing any resulting logging messages to a backend server;
• and
• providing administrative control of said application with a backend server.