System and method to manage the distribution of services software in a distributed network

• US 20040148184A1
• Filed: 04/04/2003
• Published: 07/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sadiq, Waqar
• Application Number:
  US10/407,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales

Abstract

A system and method for composing, configuring, deploying, and managing services in a data processing system and data processing system network. This system provides deployment domains to define a logical set of business services that have similar requirements for an application infrastructure. A deployment domain is created, and a graphical user interface allows a user to compose, configure, deploy, and manage services within the deployment domain and associated hosts using a drag-and-drop interface. A system and method for distributing and updating services software in the network and configuring heterogeneous underlying web services hosting platforms is claimed.

Claims

1. A method for managing services, comprising:

identifying at least one remote system;

sending a request to the remote system to pause processing of at least one system service;

sending an updated software package to the remote system; and

sending, to the remote system, a request to install the updated software package,

wherein the remote system thereafter resumes the processing of the system service, using the updated software package.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the system service is an infrastructure service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system service is a business service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated software package includes additional software services which are not already installed on the remote system.

5. The method of. Claim 1, wherein the remote system unloads an existing software package after pausing processing.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an instruction from a user to update software packages on remote systems.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updated software packages are sent to multiple remote systems simultaneously.

8. A data processing system having at least a processing and an accessible memory, comprising:

means for identifying at least one remote system;

means for sending a request to the remote system to pause processing of at least one system service;

means for sending an updated software package to the remote system; and

means for sending, to the remote system, a request to install the updated software package,

wherein the remote system thereafter resumes the processing of the system service, using the updated software package.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the system service is an infrastructure service.

10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the system service is a business service.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the updated software package includes additional software services which are not already installed on the remote system.

12. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the remote system unloads an existing software package after pausing processing.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for receiving an instruction from a user to update software packages on remote systems.

14. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein updated software packages are sent to multiple remote systems simultaneously.

15. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising:

instructions for identifying at least one remote system;

instructions for sending a request to the remote system to pause processing of at least one system service;

instructions for sending an updated software package to the remote system; and

instructions for sending, to the remote system, a request to install the updated software package,

wherein the remote system thereafter resumes the processing of the system service, using the updated software package.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the system service is an infrastructure service.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the system service is a business service.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the updated software package includes additional software services which are not already installed on the remote system.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the remote system unloads an existing software package after pausing processing.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for receiving an instruction from a user to update software packages on remote systems.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein updated software packages are sent to multiple remote systems simultaneously.

22. A method for managing services, comprising:

identifying at least one remote system;

sending a software package to the remote system; and

sending, to the remote system, configuration information for the software package,

wherein the remote system thereafter installs and configures the software package, using the configuration information.