Method of managing a scalable interface communication system

• US 6,775,833 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2000
• Issued: 08/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gits, Peter Michael, Seavey, Dale J.
• Primary Examiner(s): An, Meng-Al T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CAO, DIEM K
• Application Number:
  US09/697,821
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 709/310-320, 719/310-320
• US Class Current: 719/310
• 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 67/34 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 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A method for managing a scalable infrastructure communication system. The method includes initializing the communication system with at least one space having at least one lookup service, activating a Community Service application, and using the Community Service application to manage the communication system. Managing the system includes the tasks of registering, adding and deleting entities within the communication system. The entities are services, agents, Spaces and Communities. As the system operates the Community Service application updates the Community Service application responsive to registrations, additions and deletions in the communication system, and continues to manage and update the system.

Claims

1. A method for managing a scalable infrastructure communication system having at least one space with at least one lookup service, the method comprising:

activating a self-healing Community Service application;

using the self-healing Community Service application to manage the communication system, wherein managing includes the tasks of registering, adding cloning, restarting, creating and deleting entities, including agents, members, and spaces, within the communication system, as necessary, wherein a space is comprised of a distributed, persistent store;

updating the self-healing Community Service application responsive to registrations, additions and deletions in the communication system; and

repeatedly using and updating the self-healing Community Service application so long as the communication system is operable.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein activating the self-healing Community Service application further comprises executing a set of software instructions.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein updating the self-healing Community Service application further comprises inserting an object into the space.

4. A computer-readable medium, having included on it software code that, when executed by a computer, results in:

activation of a self-healing Community Service application in a scalable infrastructure communication system having at least one space comprising a distributed, persistent store with at least one lookup service;

management of the communication system wherein management includes the tasks of registering, creating cloning, restarting, adding and deleting entities, including members, agents and spaces, within the communication system, as necessary;

updates to the self-healing Community Service application responsive to registrations, additions and deletions in the communication system; and

repeatedly managing the communication system and updating the self-healing Community Service application so long as the communication system is operable.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the software code that activates the self-healing Community Service application is Jini code.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the software code that activates the self-healing Community Service application is Java code.

7. A network device comprising a memory, a network interface and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:

activating a self-healing Community Service application;

using the Community Service application to manage a communication system, wherein managing includes the tasks of registering, creating cloning, restarting, adding and deleting entities, including members, agents and spaces, within the communication system, as necessary;

updating the self-healing Community Service application responsive to registrations, additions and deletions in the communication system; and

repeatedly using and updating the self-healing Community Service application so long as the communication system is operable.

8. A network device comprising:

means for activating a self-healing Community Service application;

means for using the self-healing Community Service application to manage a communication system, wherein managing includes the tasks of registering, creating, cloning, re-starting adding and deleting entities, including members, agents, and spaces, wherein a space is comprised of a distributed, persistent store, within the communication system, as necessary,

means for updating the self-healing Community Service application responsive to registrations, additions and deletions in the communication system; and

means for repeatedly using and updating the self-healing Community Service application so long as the communication system is operable.