System and method for composing, configuring, deploying, and managing services using a graphical user interface

• US 20040148370A1
• Filed: 01/23/2003
• 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:
  US10/350,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148370A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• 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.

Claims

1. A method for managing services, comprising:

receiving a selection of a deployment domain;

receiving an instruction to associate an object with the deployment domain;

generating software code necessary to associate the object with the deployment domain; and

installing the software code.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a host data processing system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a service implementation software module.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is an infrastructure service software module.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection is received in a graphical user interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction is made by dropping an icon representing the object onto a graphical user interface screen portion associated with the deployment domain.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving property information associated with the object.

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

means for receiving a selection of a deployment domain;

means for receiving an instruction to associate an object with the deployment domain;

means for generating software code necessary to associate the object with the deployment domain; and

means for installing the software code.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the object is a host data processing system.

10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the object is a service implementation software module.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the object is an infrastructure service software module.

12. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the selection is received in a graphical user interface.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the instruction is made by dropping an icon representing the object onto a graphical user interface screen portion associated with the deployment domain.

14. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for receiving property information associated with the object.

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

instructions for receiving a selection of a deployment domain;

instructions for receiving an instruction to associate an object with the deployment domain;

instructions for generating software code necessary to associate the object with the deployment domain; and

instructions for installing the software code.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the object is a host data processing system.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the object is a service implementation software module.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the object is an infrastructure service software module.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the selection is received in a graphical user interface.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instruction is made by dropping an icon representing the object onto a graphical user interface screen portion associated with the deployment domain.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for receiving property information associated with the object.