US 8,819,119 B2Granted

Dynamic definition for concurrent computing environments

AssigneeThe MathWorks, Inc.

InventorsHalldor Narfi Stefansson, Elwin Yam Ming Chan, Portia O'Callaghan, Loren Dean

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Abstract

Exemplary embodiments allow a user to create configurations for use in distributed computing environments. Configurations can be arranged in hierarchies in which elements of the hierarchy can inherit characteristics from elements in other layers of the hierarchy. Embodiments also allow a user to flatten a hierarchical configuration to remove hierarchical dependencies and/or inheriting capabilities of elements in the hierarchy. Exemplary embodiments further allow users to deploy a distributed computing configuration on their desktop to evaluate performance of the configuration and then deploy the configuration in a distributed computing environment without having to change programming code run on the desktop/distributed computing environment.

Claims35

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive information associated with a cluster configuration,
the cluster configuration being part of a plurality of cluster configurations;
store the information associated with the cluster configuration;
receive a request to create an alias associated with the information associated with the cluster configuration,
the alias including information referring to the information associated with the cluster configuration;
create, based on the received request, the alias;
associate the created alias with the information associated with the cluster configuration;
receive, using the created alias, an instruction to combine the cluster configuration with at least one of:
one or more job configurations, or
one or more task configurations;
combine, based on receiving the instruction, the cluster configuration and the at least one of the one or more job configurations or the one or more task configurations to create a combined configuration;
store information associating the created alias with information associated with the combined configuration;
and
cause, based on the stored information associated with the cluster configuration and the stored information associating the created alias with the information associated with the combined configuration, at least one of a task or a job to be processed,
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on receiving notation information,
the notation information referring to the combined configuration, and
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on information associated with the combined configuration.

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A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions;
and
a processor to execute the instructions to:
receive information associated with a cluster configuration, the cluster configuration being part of a plurality of cluster configurations;
store the information associated with the cluster configuration;
receive a request to create an alias associated with the information associated with the cluster configuration,
the alias including information referring to the information associated with the cluster configuration;
create, based on the received request, the alias;
associate the created alias with the information associated with the cluster configuration;
receive, using the created alias, an instruction to combine the cluster configuration with at least one of:
one or more job configurations, or
one or more task configurations;
combine, based on receiving the instruction, the cluster configuration and the at least one of the one or more job configurations or the one or more task configurations to create a combined configuration;
store information associating the created alias with information associated with the combined configuration;
and
cause, based on the stored information associated with the cluster configuration and the stored information associating the created alias with the information associated with the combined configuration, at least one of a task or a job to be processed,
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on receiving notation information,
the notation information referring to the combined configuration, and
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on information associated with the combined configuration.

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A method comprising:

receiving information associated with a cluster configuration,
the cluster configuration being part of a plurality of cluster configurations, and
the receiving being performed by a computing device;
storing the information associated with the cluster configuration,
the storing being performed by the computing device;
receiving a request to create an alias associated with the information associated with the cluster configuration,
the alias including information referring to the information associated with the cluster configuration, and
the receiving the request being performed by the computing device;
creating, based on the received request, the alias,
the creating being performed by the computing device;
associating the created alias with the information associated with the cluster
configuration,
the associating being performed by the computing device;
receiving, using the created alias, an instruction to combine the cluster configuration with at least one of:
one or more job configurations, or
one or more task configurations, and
the receiving the instruction being performed by the computing device;
combining, based on receiving the instruction, the cluster configuration and the at least one of the one or more job configurations or the one or more task configurations to create a combined configuration,
the combining being performed by the computing device;
storing information associating the created alias with information associated with the combined configuration,
the storing the information associating the created alias with the information associated with the combined configuration being performed by the computing device;
and
causing, based on the stored information associated with the cluster configuration and the stored information associating the created alias with the information associated with the combined configuration, at least one of a task or a job to be processed,
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on receiving notation information,
the notation information referring to the combined configuration,
the at least one of the task or the job being processed based on information associated with the combined configuration, and
the causing being performed by the computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/874,634Filed 2 Sep 2010 · continuation in part
Priority: 10 Nov 2005
Published: US 2010/0198951 A130 Dec 2010
Granted: 26 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 9/44505
Program loading or initiating: configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
H04L 41/0813
Configuration setting: characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
H04L 67/10
Protocols: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
H04L 67/34
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications: involving the movement of software or configuration parameters

Family

Application11/271,009Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Nov 2005
Application11/880,621Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jul 2007
US 7,634,530 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Dec 2009
Application12/761,777Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Apr 2010
Application61/331,684Us provisional application · filed 5 May 2010
US 7,730,166 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Jun 2010
US 2010/0333092 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Dec 2010
US 8,041,790 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application12/761,777Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0130299 A1Published application
US 2007/0276930 A1Published application
US 2010/0198951 A1Published application
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