US 9,544,353 B2Granted

Dynamic activation of web applications

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsBilal Alam, Fabio Alexandre Yeon, Jaroslav Dunajsky

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Abstract

Techniques are described herein that are capable of dynamically activating web applications. For instance, such applications may not be configured on a machine until requests for those applications are received by the machine. For example, upon receipt of such a request, the machine may automatically configure an application that is identified by the request on the machine. The machine may then forward the request to the application for processing. In another example, the machine may run an application-agnostic worker process (AAWP), which configures an application on the machine upon receipt of a request for the application. An AAWP is a worker process that is capable of processing requests for web application(s) that are not previously associated with the AAWP. The AAWP may cause a specified worker process to run on the machine, so that the specified worker process may process the request and/or subsequent requests for the application.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

at least one element comprising at least one of (a) one or more processors, (b) hardware logic, or (c) electrical circuitry;
and
a dynamic activation module implemented using the at least one element and configured to defer configuration of each of a plurality of web applications on a machine until a request for the respective web application is received at the machine, the dynamic activation module comprising:
a request router configured to determine whether web applications that correspond to respective requests that are received at the machine are configured on the machine, the request router further configured to route a request for a specified web application to an application-agnostic worker process in response to the specified web application not being configured on the machine, the request router further configured to route the request for the specified web application to a specified worker process that corresponds to the specified web application in response to the specified web application being configured on the machine;
an application-agnostic worker process module configured to execute the application-agnostic worker process, the application-agnostic worker process module comprising:
a configuration module configured to configure the specified web application on the machine in response to receipt of the request for the specified web application at the application-agnostic worker process, the configuration module configured to initiate execution of the specified worker process on the specified worker process module;
a provision module configured to provide the request for the specified web application to the specified worker process;
a binding module configured to establish a network binding for the specified web application that causes subsequent requests for the specified web application to be routed to the specified web application without first being routed to the application-agnostic worker process;
and
a determination module configured to determine that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for a specified duration of time,
the configuration module further configured to automatically de-configure the specified web application on the machine in response to a determination that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for the specified duration of time;
and
a specified worker process module configured to execute the specified worker process.

10 more elements

A method performed using at least one processor of a processor-based system, the method comprising:

deferring configuration of each of a plurality of web applications on a machine until a request for the respective web application is received at the machine;
determining whether web applications that correspond to respective requests that are received at the machine are configured on the machine;
routing a request for a specified web application to an application-agnostic worker process or to a specified worker process that corresponds to the specified web application depending on whether the specified web application is configured on the machine, the request being routed to the application-agnostic worker process if the specified web application is not configured on the machine, the request being routed to the specified worker process if the specified web application is configured on the machine;
configuring the specified web application on the machine in response to receipt of the request for the specified web application at the application-agnostic worker process;
providing the request for the specified web application to the specified worker process;
establishing a network binding for the specified web application that causes subsequent requests for the specified web application to be routed to the specified web application without first being routed to the application-agnostic worker process;
determining that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for a specified duration of time;
and
automatically de-configuring the specified web application on the machine in response to determining that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for the specified duration of time.

6 more elements

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium that is not a signal, the computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to configure at least a specified web application, the computer program product comprising:

a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to deferring configuration of each of a plurality of web applications on a machine until a request for the respective web application is received at the machine;
a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine whether web applications that correspond to respective requests that are received at the machine are configured on the machine;
a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to route a request for the specified web application to an application-agnostic worker process or to a specified worker process that corresponds to the specified web application depending on whether the specified web application is configured on the machine, the request to be routed to the application-agnostic worker process if the specified web application is not configured on the machine, the request to be routed to the specified worker process if the specified web application is configured on the machine;
a fourth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to configure the specified web application on the machine in response to receipt of the request for the specified web application at the application-agnostic worker process;
a fifth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to provide the request for the specified web application to the specified worker process;
a sixth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to establish a network binding for the specified web application that causes subsequent requests for the specified web application to be routed to the specified web application without first being routed to the application-agnostic worker process;
a seventh program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for a specified duration of time;
and
an eighth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to automatically de-configure the specified web application on the machine in response to a determination that no requests for the specified web application are received at the machine for the specified duration of time.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/162,274Filed 16 Jun 2011
Published: US 2012/0324066 A120 Dec 2012
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04L 41/0886
Aspects of the degree of configuration automation: fully automatic configuration
G06F 8/71
Software maintenance or management: version control ; Configuration management
G06F 9/4843
Task transfer initiation or dispatching: by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
G06F 9/54
Multiprogramming arrangements: interprogram communication