Systems and methods for brokering services

• US 20060233342A1
• Filed: 03/24/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Den Berg, Martin H. Van, Thione, Giovanni L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,645 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/221.90
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

Techniques are provided to determine service data features from an archive of web service transactions. Data features for functionally identical classes of service are determined. Differentiating data feature patterns uniquely identifying each service within the class are learned using machine learning, clustering, statistical analysis and the like. A service map associating services with the differentiating patterns is determined. The service map contains data feature patterns that differentiate among otherwise functionally identical services. The data features are optionally associated with past usage, objective and subjective service quality measurements and the like. The data features of the received service requests are compared to differentiating patterns in the service map. The service associated with the differentiating patterns matching the data features of the service request is selected. The data features of the service request may include, but document language, document genre, number of words or characters, type of images, subject matter of images and the like.

Claims

1. A method for creating a service map comprising the steps of:

determining a service transaction repository associated with at least two functionally identical service transactions, each transaction associated with at least one data feature;

determining data feature patterns in the service transaction repository; and

determining a service map associating services with the determined data feature patterns.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the service transactions include service provider information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data feature patterns are determined based on at least one of:

machine learning and statistical analysis.

4. The method of claim 1, in which the service transactions are at least one of:

a web service;

a remote procedure call and a remote method invocation.

5. The method of claim 1, the data features include information about at least one of:

a requestor, past usage and service quality.

6. The method of claim 5, in which the service quality information is at least one of:

feedback information and objectively evaluated information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the feedback information is at least one of implied and explicit information.

8. A method for brokering services comprising the steps of:

determining a service map associating services and data features for functionally identical services;

determining a service request and associated service data features for a functionally identical service; and

determining the service to perform the request based on the service map and at least the data features of the service request.

9. The method of claim 8, in which the service map includes service provider information.

10. A system for creating a service map comprising:

a processor that determines a set of at least two functionally identical service transactions, each service transaction associated with a data feature;

determines data feature patterns in the service transaction repository;

determines a service map associating services with the determined data feature patterns.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the data feature patterns are determined based on at least one of:

machine learning and statistical analysis.

12. The system of claim 10, in which the service transactions are at least one of:

a web service;

a remote procedure call;

a remote method invocation.

13. The system of claim 10, in which the data features include information about at least one of:

a requester, past usage and service quality information.

14. The system of claim 13, in which the service quality information is at least one of:

feedback information and objectively evaluated information.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the feedback information is at least one of:

implied and explicit information.

16. A system for brokering services comprised of:

a processor that determines a service map associating services and data features for functionally identical services;

the processor determines a functionally identical service request associated with data features; and

determines the service to perform the request based on the service map and at least the data features of the functionally identical service request.

17. A carrier wave encoded to transmit a control program, useable to program a computer for constructing a service map, to a device for executing the program, the control program comprising:

instructions for determining a service transaction repository of at least two functionally identical service transactions, each transaction associated with data features;

instructions for determining data feature patterns in the service transaction repository; and

instructions for determining a service map associating services with the determined data feature patterns.

18. A carrier wave encoded to transmit a control program, useable to program a computer for brokering services, to a device for executing the program, the control program comprising:

instructions for determining a service map associating services and data features for functionally identical services;

instructions for determining a service request and an associated service data feature for a functionally identical service; and

instructions for determining the service to perform the request based on the service map and at least the data features of the service request.

19. Computer readable storage medium comprising:

computer readable program code embodied on the computer readable storage medium, the computer readable program code usable to program a computer for creating a service map comprising the steps of;

determining a service transaction repository of at least two functionally identical service transactions, each transaction associated with data features;

determining data feature patterns in the service transaction repository; and

determining a service map associating services with data features based on at least the identified data feature patterns.

20. Computer readable storage medium comprising:

computer readable program code embodied on the computer readable storage medium, the computer readable program code usable to program a computer for brokering services comprising the steps of;

determining a service map associating services and data features for functionally identical services;

determining a service request and an associated service data features for a functionally identical service; and

determining the service to perform the request based on the service map and at least the data features of the service request.