Elastic Cloud-Driven Task Execution

• US 20130219211A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kochut, Andrzej, Sailer, Anca, Schulz, Charles O., Shaikh, Hidayatullah, Gopinath, Ramesh, Ramaswami, Kathiravan M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,897 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1482 by means of middleware or OS functionality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2028 eliminating a faulty processor or activating a spare
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/203 using migration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2035 without idle spare hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1034 Reaction to server failures by a load balancer

Abstract

A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for cloud-driven application execution. The method includes determining a plurality of attributes of a failed application, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises at least one policy context attribute and at least one context attribute, correlating each of the plurality of attributes to at least one alternative asset, wherein the at least one alternative asset is a part of an environment on which the failed application can be executed, using the plurality of attributes correlated to the at least one alternative asset to identify an alternative asset set of alternative assets, wherein the alternative asset set is capable of enabling an alternative environment on which to execute the failed application, and provisioning the alternative assets in the alternative asset set from at least one cloud network to create the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed.

Claims

1. A method for cloud-driven application execution, wherein the method comprises:

determining a plurality of attributes of a failed application, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises at least one policy context attribute and at least one context attribute;

correlating each of the plurality of attributes to at least one alternative asset, wherein the at least one alternative asset is a part of an environment on which the failed application can be executed;

using the plurality of attributes correlated to the at least one alternative asset to identify an alternative asset set of at least one alternative asset, wherein the alternative asset set is capable of enabling an alternative environment on which to execute the failed application; and

provisioning the at least one alternative asset in the alternative asset set from at least one cloud network to create the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed;

wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one context attribute comprises at least one of a user location, an interaction device attribute, a data type, a data location, a specific operation on data, and a document content attribute.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one application over at least one of one or more network interfaces; and

determining that one of the at least one application is a failed application that cannot be executed in a given environment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an alternative asset set comprises identifying an alternative asset set in a registry database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed comprises streaming the application to a client device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed comprises launching a server or remote client to execute the application for a client.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed comprises selecting a shared server execute the application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed comprises launching an instance of the application which is already installed on a client device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface to the application.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein providing a user interface to the application comprises launching the application locally and displaying the user interface from a local instance of the application.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein providing a user interface to the application comprises streaming the application from a specified stream server and installing the application locally or executing the application locally from the stream.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein providing a user interface to the application comprises launching a remote presents client and attaching to an appropriate remote client, server, or shared server to display the user interface.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein providing a user interface to the to application comprises launching a web browser to a uniform resource locator which provides the application as a web application.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a system, wherein the system comprises at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable recordable storage medium, and wherein the at least one distinct software module comprises a policy engine module, a connection brokering agent module and a service dispatcher module executing on a hardware processor.

15. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising:

determining a plurality of attributes of a failed application, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises at least one policy context attribute and at least one context attribute;

correlating each of the plurality of attributes to at least one alternative asset, wherein the at least one alternative asset is a part of an environment on which the failed application can be executed;

using the plurality of attributes correlated to the at least one alternative asset to identify an alternative asset set of at least one alternative asset, wherein the alternative asset set is capable of enabling an alternative environment on which to execute the failed application; and

provisioning the at least one alternative asset in the alternative asset set from at least one cloud network to create the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the at least one context attribute comprises at least one of a user location, an interaction device attribute, a data type, a data location, a specific operation on data, and a document content attribute.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the computer readable instructions which, when implemented, further cause a computer to carry out a method step comprising:

receiving at least one application over at least one of one or more network interfaces; and

determining that one of the at least one application is a failed application that cannot be executed in a given environment.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein identifying an alternative asset set comprises identifying an alternative asset set in a registry database.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the computer readable instructions which, when implemented, further cause a computer to carry out a method step comprising:

providing a user interface to the application.

20. A system for cloud-driven application execution, comprising:

at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium;

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative for;

determining a plurality of attributes of a failed application, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises at least one policy context attribute and at least one context attribute;

correlating each of the plurality of attributes to at least one alternative asset, wherein the at least one alternative asset is a part of an environment on which the failed application can be executed;

using the plurality of attributes correlated to the at least one alternative asset to identify an alternative asset set of at least one alternative asset, wherein the alternative asset set is capable of enabling an alternative environment on which to execute the failed application; and

provisioning the at least one alternative asset in the alternative asset set from at least one cloud network to create the alternative environment on which the failed application is executed.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one context attribute comprises at least one of a user location, an interaction device attribute, a data type, a data location, a specific operation on data, and a document content attribute.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further operative for:

receiving at least one application over at least one of one or more network interfaces; and

determining that one of the at least one application is a failed application that cannot be executed in a given environment.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory operative for identifying an alternative asset set is further operative for identifying an alternative asset set in a registry database.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is further operative for:

providing a user interface to the application.