DISTRIBUTED ON-DEMAND RFID APPLICATION PLATFORM
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Abstract
A method and mechanism for a distributed on-demand computing system. The system automatically provisions distributed computing servers with customer application programs. The parameters of each customer application program are taken into account when a server is selected for hosting the program. The system monitors the status and performance of each distributed computing server. The system provisions additional servers when traffic levels exceed a predetermined level for a customer'"'"'s application program and, as traffic demand decreases to a predetermined level, servers can be un-provisioned and returned back to a server pool for later provisioning. The system tries to fill up one server at a time with customer application programs before dispatching new requests to another server. The customer is charged a fee based on the usage of the distributed computing servers.
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36 Claims
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28. A system, comprising:
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a distributed on-demand computing platform comprising a plurality of points of presence interconnected by a plurality of computer networks, each point of presence having one or more servers; the distributed on-demand computing platform operative to automatically provision a given server to run an RFID application, in response to demand for the RFID application; the RFID application receiving and processing information from an RFID tag at the given server; wherein the RFID application comprises any of a tracking, identification, and security application that operates on the information from the RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system, comprising:
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a distributed on-demand computing platform comprising a plurality of points of presence interconnected by a plurality of computer networks, each point of presence having one or more servers; means for automatically provisioning a given server to run an RFID application, in response to demand for the RFID application; the RFID application receiving and processing information from an RFID tag at the given server; wherein the RFID application comprises any of a tracking, identification, and security application that operates on the information from the RFID tag.
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36. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising:
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computer program instructions that, when executed by processors on a plurality of servers in a distributed on-demand computing platform that includes a plurality of points of presence interconnected by a plurality of computer networks, each point of presence having one or more servers, cause the distributed on-demand computing platform to automatically provision a given server to run an RFID application, in response to demand for the RFID application; the RFID application receiving and processing information from an RFID tag at the given server; wherein the RFID application comprises any of a tracking, identification, and security application that operates on the information from the RFID tag.
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