Method and apparatus to accomplish peer-to-peer application data routing between service consumers and service providers within a service oriented architecture

• US 20060047742A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: O'Neill, Brian, Stogdill, James
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,779 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/25 Routing or path finding in a switch fabric
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A Peer-to-Peer Application Data Routing Fabric is described. The Fabric provides routing between endpoints resident in peer nodes of a Service Oriented Architecture where the routing is based on endpoint presence, availability, status, and location to satisfy the requirements of fault tolerance and load balancing among homogenous endpoints; or routing by address among instances of differing type. In the preferred embodiment of the Fabric, the Session Initiation Protocol components, interactions and transport mechanisms are leveraged and extended.

Claims

1. A system for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network, said system comprising:

one of a plurality of service broker nodes further comprising;

a service consumer endpoint;

a service provider endpoint;

a proxy; and

a routing engine;

a fabric connecting said plurality of service broker nodes.

2. The system for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network of claim 1, wherein said proxy further comprises a binding manager.

3. The system for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network of claim 1, wherein said routing engine further comprises:

a status and availability manager; and

a subscription manager.

4. The system for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network of claim 3, wherein said status and availability manager further comprises at least one of the following data regarding said service provider endpoint:

presence;

availability;

status; and

location.

5. The system for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network of claim 4, wherein said data is tracked over time.

6. A method for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network comprising the following steps:

initiating a request for service from a service consumer;

transmitting said request to a proxy;

applying a routing regime to said request;

applying to the request preferences regarding a plurality of service providers; and

delivering said request to a preferred one of said plurality of service providers.

7. The method for routing data among endpoints in a distributed network of claim 6, wherein said routing regime includes input from at least one of a status and availability manager and a subscription manager.

8. A method for endpoints to indicate to a distributed Peer-to-Peer Application Data Routing Fabric their presence, availability, status, and location over time.