SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A UNIFIED INTERFACE TO NETWORKED WEBSERVICES

• US 20180034924A1
• Filed: 07/28/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polybit Inc.
• Original Assignee: Polybit Inc.
• Inventors: Horwood, Keith
• Granted Patent: US 10,701,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for a function-as-a-service platform that includes creating a set of distinct webservices within a webservice hosting platform, which involves receiving a webservice resource definition, processing the webservice resource definition, and instantiating a webservice of the webservice resource definition within the webservice hosting platform; and invoking a webservice instantiated in the webservice hosting platform for a client device, which involves: receiving a webservice function call request, executing the webservice function call request on a webservice instance, and responding to the webservice function call request with a result of the webservice.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating a set of distinct webservices within a webservice hosting platform, the set of webservices created by a set of distinct accounts, and the creation of a webservice comprising;

receiving a webservice resource definition,

processing the webservice resource definition, and

instantiating a webservice of the webservice resource definition within the webservice hosting platform; and

invoking of a webservice instantiated in the webservice hosting platform for a client device, wherein responsive to an invocation is a process comprising;

receiving a webservice function call request,

executing the webservice function call request on a webservice instance, and

responding to the webservice function call request with a result of the webservice.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a set of function call interfaces that comprise at least a command line interface and a library interface;

and wherein the webservice function call request is received through at least one of the set of function call interfaces.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a set of function call interfaces that comprises at least a command line interface;

and wherein the webservice function call request is received through at least one of the set of function call interfaces.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing manual documentation through the command line interface to the set of webservices of the webservice hosting platform.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a query interface to the set of webservices, which comprises generating a set of webserver query results in response to a webservice query.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the webservice function call is made in the form of a webservice query;

and further comprising automatically selecting one of the set of webservice query results as the invoked webservice used in executing the function call.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting one of the set of webservice query results selects the invoked webservice at least partially based on webservice popularity ranking.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking usage of the webservices.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising proactively scaling webservice instances of at least one webservice in response to usage of the webservice.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising architecting deployment of a set of webservices used in combination in response to tracked usage of the webservices.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the webservice resource definition comprises usage billing configuration;

wherein tracking usage of the webservice comprises tracking usage by a second account; and

further comprising generating a billing report according to usage of the second account and the usage billing configuration.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing combined usage of a first webservice and a second webservice;

and architecting deployment of the first and second webservices based on the combined usage of the first webservice and the second webservice.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein combined usage is determined by temporal proximity of invocation by an account instance.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein combined usage is determined through detecting usage of at least a second webservice by a first webservice;

and wherein architecting deployment can comprise automatically instantiating an instance of the second webservice in coordination with instantiation of an instance of the first webservice.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein instantiating an instance of the second webservice in coordination with instantiation of an instance of the first webservice comprises colocating instances of the first and second webservice

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising caching a response to a function call and returning the cached response to second corresponding function call.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a generic interface to a set of webservices;

and when the webservice function call request is to the generic interface, dynamically selecting one of a set of compatible webservices for use in executing the function call.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the webservice resource definition includes a function definition and configuration definition.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein configuration definition can include namespace configuration, permissions, usage limits, and documentation.

20. A system for a function-as-a-service platform comprising:

a webservice management system configured to;

receive a webservice resource definition,

process the webservice resource definition, and

instantiate a webservice of the webservice resource definition within the function-as-a-service platform;

a platform interface gateway configured to;

receive a webservice function call request,

execute the webservice function call request on a webservice instance, and

respond to the webservice function call request with a result of the webservice; and

an infrastructure management system configured to scale webservice instances based in part on usage of webservices through the platform interface gateway.