SERVICE MANAGER FOR ADAPTIVE LOAD SHEDDING

• US 20120290723A1
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Manikowski, Eric J., Thompson, Kenneth M., Venkatasamy, Premkuma
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/128 involving web programs, i.e. using technology especially used in internet, generally interacting with a web browser, e.g. hypertext markup language [HTML], applets, java
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45504 Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB

Abstract

A service manager that facilitates managing requests that are obtained at a middleware tier of a communications network includes a monitor component that evaluates data associated with effectuating a request that is received at a middleware tier. The monitor component identifies resources associated with effectuating the request. Additionally, the service manager includes a request component that accepts and/or rejects the request based at least in part upon the identified resources.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by an intermediary computing device that includes a processor and that is communicatively coupled between a first computing device and a second computing device, requests for a service of a telecommunication carrier, wherein the service is associated with an object of an application of the intermediary computing device;

in response to detecting an increase in a quantity of the requests for the service of the telecommunication carrier, and in response to detecting that a response time of the first computing device satisfies a condition based on a predetermined period, facilitating, by the intermediary computing device, acceptance of an increased amount of the requests for the service; and

in response to determining that an operating condition of the service does not satisfy a predetermined performance metric associated with the application, rejecting, by the intermediary computing device, a request of the requests for the service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rejecting, by the intermediary computing device, another request of the requests for the service in response to detecting that the response time of the first computing device is greater than the predetermined period.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending, by the intermediary computing device, a notification of the rejection directed to a client device associated with the request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving another request of the requests that associates an application programming interface with the object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

provide, via the intermediary computing device, an extensible markup language interface associated with the service.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rejecting, by the intermediary computing device, a request for the object in response to determining that a number of requests for the object exceeds a predetermined number of requests for the object.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least;

determine whether a volume of requests for a service of a telecommunication carrier that is associated with an object of an application of an intermediary computing system communicatively coupled between a first computing system and a second computing system has increased;

increase, based on a first determination that a response time of the first computing system meets a criterion based on a predetermined period of time and based on a second determination that the volume of the requests for the service increased, a value indicating a quantity of the requests for the service that are acceptable by the service; and

reject a request of the requests for the service based on a third determination that an operating condition of the service does not satisfy a predetermined performance metric.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to provide a resource to the service based on another determination that the response time of the first computing system is not greater than the predetermined period of time.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to deny another request of the requests based on another determination that the response time of the first computing system is greater than the predetermined period of time.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to send a notification of a rejection of another request of the requests directed to a client device associated with the other request.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the application is associated with an administration of a wireless communication service for a client device associated with the request.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first computing system is associated with a billing system.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the object is a processing thread.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined performance metric is associated with a failure of a resource.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to provide, via the intermediary computing system, an extensible markup language interface to a billing resource associated with the billing system.

16. The system of claim 7, wherein the object is a run-time object.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein another request of the requests associates an application programming interface with the run-time object.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system including at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

identifying a quantity of client requests for a service associated with a telecommunications carrier and an object of an application of a computing device communicatively coupled as an intermediary between a first system and a second system;

in response to detecting an increase in a number of the client requests for the service and determining that a response time of the first system satisfies a first condition with respect to a predetermined period of time, facilitating an increase in an amount of the client requests for the service being accepted; and

in response to determining that a second condition with respect to the service does not satisfy a predetermined criterion of the application, denying a client request of the client requests for the service.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the facilitating the increase further includes facilitating provision of a resource to the service in response to determining that the response time of the first system is not greater than the predetermined period of time.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

rejecting another client request of the client requests for the service in response to determining that the response time of the service is greater than the predetermined period of time.