Methods for scaling infrastructure in a mobile application environment and devices thereof

• US 10,171,503 B1
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc. (F5 Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc. (F5 Incorporated)
• Inventors: Natarajan, Ravi, Amdahl, Saxon
• Primary Examiner(s): Henning, Matthew T
• Application Number:
  US14/800,244
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and device that assists with scaling infrastructure in a mobile application environment obtaining a number of mobile application installations of a mobile application on a plurality of mobile devices. A number of mobile application installations corresponds with a number of backend enterprise web applications online on one or more web applications servers is determined where the backend enterprise web applications are associated with the mobile application. The number of backend enterprise web applications online on the one or more web application servers is modified when the determining indicates the number of mobile application installations does not correspond with the number of backend enterprise web applications.

Claims

1. A method for scaling infrastructure in a mobile application environment, the method implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more network traffic apparatuses, client devices, or server devices, and the method comprising:

executing a compliance policy with respect to a plurality of mobile devices;

selecting a mobile application to be updated based on the compliance policy;

updating state information based on the selection of the mobile application to be updated;

obtaining a number of updates of the mobile application selected to be updated on the plurality of mobile devices using the updated state information;

determining a number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold; and

modifying a number of backend enterprise web applications executing on one or more web application servers that service the updated mobile application based on the number of mobile application updates reaching the update threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile devices are currently enrolled with a mobile application manager device and the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application is obtained from the mobile application manager device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the obtaining further comprises retrieving the updated state information for each of the mobile devices, the current state comprising an indication of when the mobile application is installed or uninstalled, or when the mobile application is currently active or recently active.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application on the mobile devices is obtained in response to an update at the mobile application manager device of a state for at least one of the mobile devices.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the executing, the selecting, the updating, the obtaining, the determining and the modifying steps for each of a plurality of other mobile applications.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold further comprises, determining that a difference between a first number of mobile application updates and a second number of mobile application updates, each obtained at a different time period, reaches the update threshold, wherein the number of mobile application updates is obtained periodically.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by the network traffic manager apparatus, when the number of mobile application installations corresponds with a number of backend enterprise web applications online on one or more web applications servers, wherein the backend enterprise web applications are associated with the mobile application; and

modifying, by the network traffic manager apparatus, the number of backend enterprise web applications online on the one or more web application servers, when the determining indicates the number of mobile application installations does not correspond with the number of backend enterprise web applications.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises:

adding one or more instances of a backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers;

or

removing the one or more instances of the backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers.

9. A network traffic manager apparatus, comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored in the memory and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to:

execute a compliance policy with respect to a plurality of mobile devices;

select a mobile application to be updated based on the compliance policy;

update state information based on the selection of the mobile application to be updated;

obtain a number of updates of the mobile application selected to be updated on the plurality of mobile devices using the updated state information;

determine a number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold; and

modify a number of backend enterprise web applications executing on one or more web application servers that service the updated mobile application based on the number of mobile application updates reaching the update threshold.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the mobile devices are currently enrolled with a mobile application manager device and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to obtain the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application from the mobile application manager device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to retrieve from the mobile application manager device an updated state information for each of the mobile devices, the current state comprising an indication of whether the mobile application is installed or uninstalled, or when the mobile application is currently active or recently active.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application on the mobile devices is obtained in response to an update at the mobile application manager device of a state for at least one of the mobile devices.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to repeat the executing, the selecting, the updating, the obtaining, the determining and the modifying steps for each of a plurality of other mobile applications.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory wherein the determining the number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold further comprises, determine that a difference between a first number of mobile application updates and a second number of mobile application updates, each obtained at a different time period, reaches the update threshold, wherein the number of mobile application updates is obtained periodically.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory wherein the determining and for the modifying further comprising and stored in the memory to:

determine when the number of mobile application installations corresponds with a number of backend enterprise web applications online on one or more web applications servers, wherein the backend enterprise web applications are associated with the mobile application; and

modify the number of backend enterprise web applications online on the one or more web application servers, when the determining indicates the number of mobile application installations does not correspond with the number of backend enterprise web applications.

16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory wherein the determining and for the modifying further comprising and stored in the memory wherein the modifying further comprises:

add one or more instances of a backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers;

or

remove the one or more instances of the backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for scaling infrastructure in a mobile application environment comprising machine executable code which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

execute a compliance policy with respect to a plurality of mobile devices;

select a mobile application to be updated based on the compliance policy;

update state information based on the selection of the mobile application to be updated;

obtain a number of updates of the mobile application selected to be updated on the plurality of mobile devices using the updated state information;

determine a number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold; and

modify a number of backend enterprise web applications executing on one or more web application servers that service the updated mobile application based on the number of mobile application updates reaching the update threshold.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the mobile devices are currently enrolled with a mobile application manager device and the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application is obtained from the mobile application manager device.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the obtaining further comprises retrieve from the mobile application manager device an updated state information for each of the mobile devices, the current state comprising an indication of whether the mobile application is installed or uninstalled, or when the mobile application is currently active or recently active.

20. The medium of claim 18, wherein the number of mobile application installations of the mobile application on the mobile devices is obtained in response to an update at the mobile application manager device of a state for at least one of the mobile devices.

21. The medium of claim 17, further comprising repeat the executing, the selecting, the updating, the obtaining, the determining and the modifying steps for each of a plurality of other mobile applications.

22. The medium of claim 17, wherein the determining the number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold further comprises, determine that a difference between a first number of mobile application updates and a second number of mobile application updates, each obtained at a different time period, reaches the update threshold, wherein the number of mobile application updates is obtained periodically.

23. The medium as set forth in claim 17 further comprising:

determine when the number of mobile application installations corresponds with a number of backend enterprise web applications online on one or more web applications servers, wherein the backend enterprise web applications are associated with the mobile application; and

modify the number of backend enterprise web applications online on the one or more web application servers, when the determining indicates the number of mobile application installations does not correspond with the number of backend enterprise web applications.

24. The medium as set forth in claim 17 wherein the modifying further comprises:

adding one or more instances of a backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers;

or

removing the one or more instances of the backend enterprise web application executing on the one or more web application servers.

25. A network traffic management system, comprising one or more traffic management apparatuses, client devices, or server devices, the network traffic management system comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:

execute a compliance policy with respect to a plurality of mobile devices;

select a mobile application to be updated based on the compliance policy;

update state information based on the selection of the mobile application to be updated;

obtain a number of updates of the mobile application selected to be updated on the plurality of mobile devices using the updated state information;

determine a number of mobile application updates reaches an update threshold; and

modify a number of backend enterprise web applications executing on one or more web application servers that service the updated mobile application based on the number of mobile application updates reaching the update threshold.