System and method for identifying network communications of a service

• US 20050190692A1
• Filed: 02/26/2004
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Xie, Nan, Singh, Veshaal, Singh, Vebhhav
• Granted Patent: US 7,555,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with identifying network communications of services are described. One example system embodiment includes a service identification logic configured to monitor execution of software of an application server and identify services being processed. The service identification logic can further include a logic configured to identify network communications associated with an identified service. The example system may also include a notification logic configured to notify one or more network devices to provide priority processing for the network communications associated with the identified service.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a service identification logic configured to monitor execution of software of an application server and identify services being processed, the service identification logic further including;

a logic configured to identify network communications associated with an identified service; and

a notification logic configured to notify one or more network devices to provide priority processing for the network communications associated with the identified service.

2. The system of claim 1 where the one or more network devices include at least one of a router and a network traffic shaper.

3. The system of claim 1 where the service identification logic further includes a logic configured to determine whether the identified service is a priority service using a list of priority services.

4. The system of claim 3 further including logic configured to determine installed services that are installed in the application server, and to generate the list of priority services from services that are selected from the installed services.

5. The system of claim 1 where the service identification logic is configured to identify network communications by monitoring for a socket allocated to the identified service and using data from a network tuple associated with the socket to identify the network communications.

6. The system of claim 5 where the data from the network tuple includes a source port value.

7. The system of claim 6 where the notification logic is configured to transmit, to the one or more network devices, at least the source port value for identifying the network communications and instructions to prioritize the network communications.

8. The system of claim 1 where the service identification logic is configured as processor executable instructions capable of execution by a Java virtual machine.

9. The system of claim 1 where the service identification logic is configured as processor executable instructions that are non-intrusive to the software being executed by the application server.

10. The system of claim 1 where the system is embodied as a computer system, the computer system further including:

at least one processor, memory, and input/output ports operably connected by a bus;

an input/output interface configured to establish network communication with a network; and

where the service identification logic is configured to monitor the software being executed by the at least one processor.

11. The system of claim 1 where the service identification logic includes means for identifying a service and means for identifying network communications associated with the service identified.

12. A method of identifying network communications from a selected service being processed by an application server, the method comprising:

monitoring an execution of software from the application server;

monitoring for a thread that is executed by the software;

monitoring events that are triggered by the thread and determining whether the events are associated to the selected service;

if the events are associated to the selected service, monitoring the thread for opened sockets;

in response to a socket being opened, retrieving allocated network communication parameters assigned to the socket including a source port value; and

transmitting at least the source port value to one or more network devices to cause the one or more network devices to identify network communications associated to the selected service based on the source port value.

13. The method of claim 12 where the network communication parameters include at least a source address, a destination address, a destination port value, and the source port value.

14. The method of claim 12 where the determining whether the events are associated to the selected service step includes determining a class name associated with the events and comparing the class name to a class name of the selected service.

15. The method of claim 12 where the transmitting step further includes transmitting instructions to prioritize the network communications associated to the selected service.

16. A method, comprising:

monitoring an execution of software being executed by an application server;

identifying a web service that is initiated during the execution;

determining whether the web service has been selected as a priority service;

if the web service is a priority service, identifying network communications associated with the web service where each network communication includes a source address; and

using the source address to identify network communications associated with the web service to allow the network communications to receive priority processing.

17. The method of claim 16 where the identifying a web service step includes identifying a plurality of web services and determining relationships between each of the plurality of web services.

18. The method of claim 16 where the identifying a web service step includes:

identifying an execution of a thread; and

determining a class name processed by the thread where the class name is associated to a web service.

19. The method of claim 16 where the determining step includes comparing the web service to a predetermined list of web services that have been selected as priority services.

20. The method of claim 16 where the identifying network communications step includes:

monitoring for sockets allocated for the web service where an allocated socket includes a network tuple to be used for network communication.

21. The method of claim 20 where the monitoring includes listening for an event associated with opening of a socket.

22. The method of claim 16 further including sending a notice to one or more network devices that the network communications associated with the web service should receive priority processing.

23. The method of claim 22 further including transmitting the source address to the one or more network devices to alert the one or more network devices that network communications associated with the source address has been selected for priority processing.

24. The method of claim 22 where the source address includes a source port value from a network tuple and where the notice includes, at least, the source port value, and instructions to mark selected network communications for priority processing where the selected network communications are associated with the source port value.

25. The method of claim 16 where the source address includes a source port value retrieved from a network tuple that has been assigned to a communication channel allocated to the web service for the network communication.

26. A graphical user interface in a computer system comprising a display and a selection device, the graphical user interface having processor executable instructions operable to perform a method of providing and selecting from a set of data entries on the display to select services for priority, the method comprising:

retrieving a set of data entries, where a data entry represents a service that is installed on an application server;

displaying the set of data entries on the display;

receiving one or more data entry selection signals indicative of the selection device selecting one or more data entries from the set of data entries displayed; and

in response to the one or more data entry selection signals, storing one or more entries in a list of priority services where an entry represents a service selected to receive priority processing.

27. The graphical user interface of claim 26 further including processor executable instructions to cause a processor to:

provide an option to initiate identification of installed services in the application server;

in response to the option being selected, causing logic to identify the installed services in the application server; and

where the set of data entries displayed represent the installed services identified.

28. The graphical user interface of claim 26 where the graphical user interface is embodied in a computer-readable medium.

29. A computer-readable medium configured to provide processor executable instructions operable to perform a method, the method comprising:

monitoring an execution of software being executed by an application server;

identifying a web service that is initiated during the execution;

determining whether the web service has been selected as a priority service;

if the web service is a priority service, identifying network communications associated with the web service where each network communication includes a source address; and

using the source address to identify network communications associated with the web service to allow the network communications to receive priority processing.

30. A data packet for transmitting priority identification data to one or more network devices, comprising:

a first field that stores instructions to mark selected network communications for priority processing where the selected network communications are associated with a priority web service; and

a second field that stores a unique identifier allocated to network communications associated with the priority web service, where the unique identifier can be used by the one or more network devices to identify the selected network communications from network traffic being processed by the one or more network devices.

31. The data packet as set forth in claim 30 were the unique identifier includes a source port value assigned to the priority web service during network communications.

32. The data packet as set forth in claim 30 where the data packet is configured as at least one of:

a computer-readable medium, a carrier wave, and one or more signals that can be propagated over a transmission medium.