US 7,584,247 B2Granted

Server construction support technique

AssigneeNEC Corporation

InventorsKatsuhiro Ochiai, Yuichi Koike, Masahiro Tabuchi

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Abstract

A system for supporting construction of a server having a plurality of constraints determined depending on an application area of the server is disclosed. A service method definition section defines a value of each of the plurality of constraints by defining a value of each of a group of constraints to thereby determine a value of each of the other group of constraints which are related to at least one constraint of the group of constraints. A program generator generates a server construction program using the defined constraints. The server operates according to the server construction program received from the system. A simultaneous multiple-access processing server used by the interactive program, WEB shopping, and the like can be easily constructed.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A system implemented in a computer for supporting construction of a server, comprising:

a reply field definition section for defining a question and a reply form to the question;
and
a service method definition section for defining a processing method indicating how to process replies from respondents to the question defined by the reply field definition section and, when having the server collect and process replies received from the respondents, defining each value of a portion of a plurality of types of constraints and selecting one from a plurality of prepared mathematical expressions, which correspond to respective combinations of processing methods and types of value-undefined constraints among the plurality of types of constraints, wherein a selected mathematical expression corresponds to a combination of the processing method defined and the type of each of a value-undefined portion of constraints other than the value-defined portion of constraints, wherein each of the prepared mathematical expressions is used to obtain a value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints, wherein the selected mathematical expression is used to obtain the value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints,
wherein the plurality of types of constraints includes at least one of collection time permissible for reply collection, processing time permissible for reply processing, an expected number of replies received from respondents, a processing method for replies, a reply form to a question, and a number of servers to be used for reply collection,
wherein the plurality of prepared mathematical expressions is obtained by use of:
a first mathematical model:
Pt
⁡
(
Uf
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Ps
k
⁡
(
Uf
)
≤
Rr
,
and
a second mathematical model:
Nc
⁡
(
M
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Nt
k
⁡
(
M
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Pb
k
⁡
(
M
)
≤
Rs
,
wherein Pt(x) is a time function required for collection per one reply in a reply collecting server, Uf is the number of audiences per one reply collecting server, Ps(x) is a time function required for processing per one reply collecting server, Rr is collection time permissible for collection, Lr is the number of processing items, Nc(x) is a network connection time function, M is the number of reply collecting sewers to be used, Nt(x) is a network data transmission time function, Pb(x) is a time function required for processing by a reply processing server, and Rs is permissible time required for processing from the completion of collection registration to the completion of processing.

61 more elements

A method implemented by a computer for supporting construction of a server, comprising:

defining a question and a reply form to the question;
defining a processing method indicating how to process replies from respondents to the question;
defining a processing method indicating how to process replies from respondents to the question defined and, when having the server collect and process replies received from the respondents, defining each value of a portion of a plurality of types of constraints and selecting one from a plurality of prepared mathematical expressions, which correspond to respective combinations of processing methods and types of value-undefined constraints among the plurality of types of constraints, wherein a selected mathematical expression corresponds to a combination of the processing method defined and the type of each of a value-undefined portion of constraints other than the value-defined portion of constraints, wherein each of the prepared mathematical expressions is used to obtain a value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints, wherein the selected mathematical expression is used to obtain the value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints,
wherein the plurality of types of constraints includes at least one of collection time permissible for reply collection, processing time permissible for reply processing, an expected number of replies received from respondents, a processing method for replies, a reply form to a question, and a number of servers to be used for reply collection,
wherein the plurality of prepared mathematical expressions is obtained by use of:
a first mathematical model:
Pt
⁡
(
Uf
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Ps
k
⁡
(
Uf
)
≤
Rr
,
and
a second mathematical model:
Nc
⁡
(
M
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Nt
k
⁡
(
M
)
⁢
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
⁢
Pb
k
⁡
(
M
)
≤
Rs
,
wherein Pt(x) is a time function required for collection per one reply in a reply collecting server, Uf is the number of audiences per one reply collecting server, Ps(x) is a time function required for processing per one reply collecting server, Rr is collection time permissible for collection, Lr is the number of processing items, Nc(x) is a network connection time function, M is the number of reply collecting servers to be used, Nt(x) is a network data transmission time function, Pb(x) is a time function required for processing by a reply processing server, and Rs is permissible time required for processing from the completion of collection registration to the completion of processing.

63 more elements

A computer readable medium having stored therein a program instructing a computer to implement a server construction supporting system, the program comprising:

defining a question and a reply form to the question;
defining a processing method indicating how to process replies from respondents to the question;
defining a processing method indicating how to process replies from respondents to the question defined and, when having the server collect and process replies received from the respondents, defining each value of a portion of a plurality of types of constraints and selecting one from a plurality of prepared mathematical expressions, which correspond to respective combinations of processing methods and types of value-undefined constraints among the plurality of types of constraints, wherein a selected mathematical expression corresponds to a combination of the processing method defined and the type of each of a value-undefined portion of constraints other than the value-defined portion of constraints, wherein each of the prepared mathematical expressions is used to obtain a value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints, wherein the selected mathematical expression is used to obtain the value of each of the value-undefined portion of constraints,
wherein the plurality of types of constraints includes at least one of collection time permissible for reply collection, processing time permissible for reply processing, an expected number of replies received from respondents, a processing method for replies, a reply form to a question, and a number of servers to be used for reply collection,
wherein the plurality of prepared mathematical expressions is obtained by use of:
a first mathematical model:
Pt
⁡
(
Uf
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Ps
k
⁡
(
Uf
)
≤
Rr
,
and
a second mathematical model:
Nc
⁡
(
M
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
⁢
Nt
k
⁡
(
M
)
+
∑
k
=
1
Lr
⁢
Pb
k
⁡
(
M
)
≤
Rs
,
wherein Pt(x) is a time function required for collection per one reply in a reply collecting server, Uf is the number of audiences per one reply collecting server, Ps(x) is a time function reciuired for processing per one reply collecting server, Rr is collection time permissible for collection, Lr is the number of processing items, Nc(x) is a network connection time function, M is the number of reply collecting servers to be used, Nt(x) is a network data transmission time function, Pb(x) is a time function reciuired for processing by a reply processing server, and Rs is permissible time required for processing from the completion of collection registration to the completion of processing.

62 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/892,342Filed 22 Aug 2007 · continuation
Priority: JP 2001-39690927 Dec 2001
Published: US 2008/0005308 A13 Jan 2008
Granted: 1 Sep 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 10/063
Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling: operations research,…
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial