Methods and systems for hosting business applications having pipeline-based business logic using shared computing resources
AssigneeDemandware Inc.
InventorsWayne Whitcomb, David C. Boyle, Ulrike Mueller, Stephan Stamback
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Abstract
Methods and systems for hosting business and other e-commerce application services are provided which provide secure shared computing resources to multiple instances of e-commerce or other business applications. The shared computing resources are dynamically allocated among the instances of the applications, and the instances of the applications are logically separated from one another to provide additional security.
Claims32
A method for providing an e-commerce hosting service comprising:
- operating a hosting system providing shared computing resources to a plurality of instances of an e-commerce application, wherein each instance has a corresponding business logic and a corresponding graphical user interface, wherein the business logic of at least one of the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application comprises a plurality of pipelines, and each pipeline is formed from a plurality of pipelets;
- providing remote access to a design tool for modifying the business logic and the graphical user interface corresponding to one of the plurality of instances;
- monitoring the demand for the shared computing resources of the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application;
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- reallocating at least a portion of the shared computing resources among the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application in response to detecting a change in demand.
A method of providing a business software application hosting service comprising:
- operating a hosting system providing shared computing resources to a plurality of instances of a business software application, wherein each instance has a corresponding business logic and graphical user interface, and wherein the business logic of at least one of the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application comprises a plurality of pipelines, and each pipeline is formed from a plurality of pipelets;
- providing remote access to a design tool for modifying the business logic and the graphical user interface corresponding to one of the plurality of instances of the business software application;
- allocating the shared computing resources among the plurality of instances of the business software application;
- logically isolating the shared computing resources allocated to a each of the plurality of instances of the business software application from the shared computing resources allocated to a remainder of the instances of the business software application.
An e-commerce hosting system comprising:
- a plurality of servers providing shared computing resources to a plurality of instances of an e-commerce application, wherein each instance has a corresponding business logic and a corresponding graphical user interface, and wherein the business logic of at least one of the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application comprises a plurality of pipelines, and each pipeline is formed from a plurality of pipelets;
- a remotely accessible design tool for modifying the business logic and the graphical user interface corresponding to one of the plurality of instances;
- a resource management module for monitoring the demand for the shared computing resources of the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application reallocating at least a portion of the shared computing resources among the plurality of instances of the e-commerce application in response to detecting a change in demand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.