Method for a group of services to operate in two modes simultaneously

• US 20050228857A1
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blaze Entertainment Incorporated (iWin, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kayak Interactive Corporation
• Inventors: Ricciardi, Aleta
• Application Number:
  US11/147,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20050228857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention is a method of handling groups of services where the makeup and structure of the groups can be determined and changed while the application is running. In one embodiment a group of services is grouped as a coordinator cohort group with respect to one client and, at the same time, as a peer group with respect to another client. This is accomplished by registering with a lookup service a coordinator cohort group proxy and a peer group proxy. Clients may download from the lookup service either group proxy in order to use the group of services in the desired mode.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of grouping services in a distributed computing application comprising the steps of:

initiating a plurality of services arranged into a group, with each service having its own service proxy and grouping agent;

each grouping agent registering its associated service with a group service including providing the group service with the service proxy of the service it is registering;

the group service bundling a first group logic shell for a first group mode with at least one of the service proxies to form a first group proxy for the group;

the group service bundling a second group logic shell for a second group mode with at least one of the service proxies to form a second group proxy for the group;

the group service providing the first group proxy to a first client and the second group proxy to a second client;

the first client using the first group proxy to call the group in the first group mode; and

the second client using the second group proxy to call the group in the second group mode.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first group mode and second group mode are selected from the set comprising peer and coordinator cohort.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first client and the second client are the same client.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the group acts simultaneously in the first group mode and second group mode.

5. A computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method of grouping services in a distributed computing application comprising the steps of:

initiating a plurality of services arranged into a group, with each service having its own service proxy and grouping agent;

each grouping agent registering its associated service with a group service including providing the group service with the service proxy of the service it is registering;

the group service bundling a first group logic shell for a first group mode with at least one of the service proxies to form a first group proxy for the group;

the group service bundling a second group logic shell for a second group mode with at least one of the service proxies to form a second group proxy for the group;

the group service providing the first group proxy to a first client and the second group proxy to a second client;

the first client using the first group proxy to call the group in the first group mode; and

the second client using the second group proxy to call the group in the second group mode.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the first group mode and second group mode are selected from the set comprising peer and coordinator cohort.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the first client and the second client are the same client.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the group acts simultaneously in the first group mode and second group mode.