Methods for managing web applications and devices thereof

• US 10,476,947 B1
• Filed: 03/01/2016
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc. (F5 Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc. (F5 Incorporated)
• Inventors: Natarajan, Ravi
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chirag R
• Assistant Examiner(s): McLeod, Marshall M
• Application Number:
  US15/057,495
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 709201, 709203, 709204, 709217, 709220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus that manages web application servers includes receiving one or more changes to a compliance policy. One or more mobile application changes that is required on one or more mobile application executing on one or more mobile computing devices is determined. Next, an impact on a plurality of web application servers is determined based on the determined one or more mobile application changes and stored monitored data associated with the plurality of web application servers. A notification is provided based on the determined impact on the plurality of web application servers to manage the plurality of web application servers.

Claims

1. A method for predictive analysis of compliance policy change impact in enterprise networks to reduce performance degradation and access failures, the method implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more mobile application manager computing apparatuses, access policy management computing apparatuses, mobile computing devices or web application server devices and comprising:

monitoring network traffic exchanged between one or more mobile applications and a plurality of mobile devices in an enterprise network to generate and store utilization data, the mobile applications hosted by one or more web application servers;

determining one or more mobile application changes required for one or more of the mobile applications in response to one or more obtained changes to a compliance policy associated with the enterprise network;

determining an impact on one or more of the web application servers based on the determined mobile application changes and the stored utilization data generated based on the network traffic monitoring; and

providing a notification via one or more communication networks based on the determined impact on the one or more of the web application servers to thereby facilitate improved infrastructure management for the enterprise network.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stored utilization data comprises usage pattern data for the web applications that are accessed by the mobile devices or bandwidth usage data for the mobile devices that use the web applications.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the determining the mobile application changes further comprises selectively uninstalling or installing, or disabling one or more features within, one or more of the mobile applications.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the determining the impact further comprises adding one or more new web application servers or removing the one or more of the web application servers.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for predictive analysis of compliance policy change impact in enterprise networks to reduce performance degradation and access failures comprising executable code which when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to:

monitor network traffic exchanged between one or more mobile applications and a plurality of mobile devices in an enterprise network to generate and store utilization data, the mobile applications hosted by one or more web application servers;

determine one or more mobile application changes required for one or more of the mobile applications in response to one or more obtained changes to a compliance policy associated with the enterprise network;

determine an impact on one or more of the web application servers based on the determined mobile application changes and the stored utilization data generated based on the network traffic monitoring; and

provide a notification via one or more communication networks based on the determined impact on the one or more of the web application servers to thereby facilitate improved infrastructure management for the enterprise network.

6. The medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the stored utilization data comprises usage pattern data for the web applications that are accessed by the mobile devices or bandwidth usage data for the mobile devices that use the web applications.

7. The medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the executable code when executed by the processors further causes the processors to selectively uninstall or install, or disable one or more features within, one or more of the mobile applications.

8. The medium as set forth in claim 5, wherein the executable code when executed by the processors further causes the processors to add one or more new web application servers or remove the one or more of the web application servers.

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

monitor network traffic exchanged between one or more mobile applications and a plurality of mobile devices in an enterprise network to generate and store utilization data, the mobile applications hosted by one or more web application servers;

determine one or more mobile application changes required for one or more of the mobile applications in response to one or more obtained changes to a compliance policy associated with the enterprise network;

determine an impact on one or more of the web application servers based on the determined mobile application changes and the stored utilization data generated based on the network traffic monitoring; and

provide a notification via one or more communication networks based on the determined impact on the one or more of the web application servers to thereby facilitate improved infrastructure management for the enterprise network.

10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the stored utilization data comprises usage pattern data for the web applications that are accessed by the mobile devices or bandwidth usage data for the mobile devices that use the web applications.

11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the processors are further configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to selectively uninstall or install, or disable one or more features within, one or more of the mobile applications.

12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the processors are further configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to add one or more new web application servers or remove the one or more of the web application servers.

13. A network traffic management system comprising one or more mobile application manager computing apparatuses, access policy management computing apparatuses, mobile computing devices or web application 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:

monitor network traffic exchanged between one or more mobile applications and a plurality of mobile devices in an enterprise network to generate and store utilization data, the mobile applications hosted by one or more web application servers;

determine one or more mobile application changes required for one or more of the mobile applications in response to one or more obtained changes to a compliance policy associated with the enterprise network;

determine an impact on one or more of the web application servers based on the determined mobile application changes and stored utilization data generated based on the network traffic monitoring; and

provide a notification via one or more communication networks based on the determined impact on the one or more of the web application servers to facilitate improved infrastructure management for the enterprise network.

14. The network traffic management system of claim 13, wherein the stored utilization data comprises usage pattern data for the web applications that are accessed by the mobile devices or bandwidth usage data for the mobile devices that use the web applications.

15. The network traffic management system of claim 13, wherein the processors are further configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to selectively uninstall or install, or disable one or more features within, one or more of the mobile applications.

16. The network traffic management system of claim 13, wherein the processors are further configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to add one or more new web application servers or remove the one or more of the web application servers.