APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE THROUGH SHARING SOLUTION PROVIDING UNIT IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20120166648A1
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: OH, Yun-Seok, Yum, Suk-Joon
• Granted Patent: US 8,843,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine

Abstract

Apparatus and method for providing a service through a sharing solution providing unit in a cloud computing environment. The apparatus may include a first service unit, a second service unit, and a solution managing unit. The first service unit may provide a first service requiring a first solution. The second service unit may provide a second service that is different from the first service and requires the first solution. The solution managing unit may provide the first solution to the first service unit and the second service unit by sharing at least one solution providing unit that generates the first solution.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a service in a cloud computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

a first service unit configured to provide a first service requiring a first solution;

a second service unit configured to provide a second service that is different from the first service and requiring the first solution; and

a solution managing unit configured to provide the first solution to the first service unit and to the second service unit by sharing at least one solution providing unit that generates the first solution.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the solution managing unit is configured to:

receive a solution request for the first solution from at least one of the first service unit and the second service unit;

select at least one solution providing unit based on a processing load and a location of each solution providing unit in response to the solution request;

request the selected at least one solution providing unit to perform a function for generating the first solution;

receive the first solution from the selected at least one solution providing unit; and

provide the received first solution to at least one of the first service unit and the second service unit.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the solution managing unit is configured to:

create at least one virtual machine as a solution providing unit that performs at least one function for generating the first solution in response to a creation request from at least one of the first and second service units; and

delete an solution providing unit according to a deletion request from at least one of the first and second service units.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein:

the solution managing unit delivers the first solution from the selected at least one solution providing unit to the first service unit and to the second service unit; and

the first service unit and the second service unit respectively provide the first service and the second service based on the received first solution delivered from the solution managing unit.

5. An apparatus for providing a service in a cloud computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of service units configured to provide different types of services; and

a first solution managing unit configured to provide a first solution to the plurality of service units,

wherein the first solution is commonly required for providing the different types of services.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first solution managing unit manages a plurality of solution providing units that generate the first solution.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first solution managing unit is configured to:

select one of the plurality of solution providing units based on processing loads of the plurality of solution providing units; and

provide the first solution generated by the selected one of the plurality of solution providing units to the plurality of service users.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the solution managing unit creates a virtual machine as a solution providing unit generating the first solution.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first solution managing unit deletes the created solution providing unit when the first solution managing unit does not receive a first solution request for a certain time period.

10. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each one of the plurality of service units is configured to:

receive a service request from at least one user equipment;

determine solutions required for providing the requested service;

select the first solution managing units when the determined solutions include the first solution;

transmit a solution request to the first solution managing unit;

receive the first solution from the first solution managing units;

provide the requested service using the first solution.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein:

each one of the plurality of service units receives service information with the service request from the at least one user equipment; and

the service request includes information on the requested service and the service information includes data required for the requested service.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein each one of the plurality of service units is configured to determine the required solutions based on the service request and the service information received from the user equipment.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first solution managing units is configured to:

receive a solution request from at least one of the plurality of service units;

select at least one solution providing unit based on processing loads and locations of the solution providing units;

receive the first solution from the selected at least one solution providing unit and provide the first solution to the plurality of service unites.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein:

the first solution managing unit transmits the solution request with service information to the selected at least one solution providing unit; and

the selected at least one solution providing unit performs a function generating the first solution based on the service information and returns the first solution to the first solution managing unit.

15. A method for providing a service in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:

receiving service requests for a first service and a second service, wherein the first service is different from the second service and the first service and the second service commonly require a common solution;

determining solutions required for providing the first service and the second based on the received service requests;

performing functions to generate the required solutions by commonly using at least one solution providing unit that generates the common solution; and

providing, based on the generated required solutions, the first service and the second service wherein the generated required solutions includes the common solution.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

selecting solution managing units based on the determined solutions,

wherein the selected solution managing units include a common solution managing unit that manages the at least one solution providing unit generating the common solution.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the common solution managing unit selects, based on a processing load and a location of each solution providing unit, one of the at least one solution providing unit that generates the common solution.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the selected solution providing unit performs a function based on a service information and returns a result of the performed function as the common solution to the common solution managing unit; and

the service information includes data required for providing the first service and the second service.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the common solution managing unit provides the common solution for a plurality of service units that provide services commonly requiring the common solution.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the common solution managing unit creates a virtual machine as the at least one solution providing unit that generates the common solution.