System and method for providing services on a distributed network

• US 7,937,713 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Issued: 05/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Topia Technology
• Original Assignee: Topia Technology
• Inventors: Haager, John C., Manzano, Mike R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Van H
• Application Number:
  US11/739,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20070277180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 719/310, 719/316, 719/317, 709/200, 709/201, 709/202
• US Class Current: 719/317
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4862 the task being a mobile agent, i.e. specifically designed to migrate

Abstract

A method implementable in an electronic system for enabling a runtime environment to provide a service to a mobile agent object includes providing a service interface characterizing a method for providing the service to the mobile agent object. A service-description interface operable to provide a description of the service is provided to the mobile agent object. In response to receiving a selection of the description from the mobile agent object, a service object operable to provide the service is instantiated.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions to provide a runtime environment including a mobile-object-service interface, the runtime environment being configured to:

receive from a first mobile agent object a first selection of a first service description, the first selection provided by the first mobile agent object;

in response to receiving the first selection, provide a first service object that provides a first service associated with the first service description;

receive from one of the first mobile agent object and a second mobile agent object a second selection of the first service description, the second selection provided by the one of the first mobile agent object and the second mobile object; and

in response to receiving the second selection, provide a second service object that provides a second service associated with the first service description,

wherein the mobile-object-service interface identifies the first service object and second service object as service-type objects,

wherein the first selection is received from an original version of the first mobile agent object; and

wherein the second selection is received from a modified version of the first mobile agent object.

2. The medium of claim 1 wherein the second service object comprises a modified version of the first service object.

3. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions to provide a runtime environment including a mobile-object-service interface, the mobile-object-service interface is configured to:

receive from a mobile agent object a first selection of a first service description, the first selection provided by the mobile agent object;

in response to receiving the first selection, provide a first service object, wherein the first service object provides a first service implementation to the mobile agent object;

receive from the mobile agent object a second selection of the first service description, the second selection provided by the mobile agent object; and

in response to receiving the second selection, provide a second service object wherein the second service object provides a second service implementation to the mobile agent object,

wherein the mobile-object-service interface identifies the first service object and second service object as service-type objects,

wherein the first selection is received from an original version of the mobile agent object, and

wherein the second selection is received from a modified version of the mobile agent object.

4. A method implemented in an electronic system for enabling a runtime environment including a mobile-object-service interface to provide at least one service to mobile agent objects, the method comprising:

receiving from a first mobile agent object a first selection of a first service description, the first selection provided by the first mobile agent object;

in response to receiving the first selection, providing a first service object that provides a first service associated with the first service description;

receiving from one of the first mobile agent object and a second mobile agent object a second selection of the first service description, the second selection provided by the one of the first mobile agent object and the second mobile object; and

in response to receiving the second selection, providing a second service object that provides a second service associated with the first service description,

wherein the mobile-object-service interface identifies the first service object and second service object as service-type objects,

wherein the first selection is received from an original version of the first mobile agent object; and

wherein the second selection is received from a modified version of the first mobile agent object.

5. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions to provide a runtime environment including a mobile-object-service interface, the runtime environment being configured to:

receive from a first mobile agent object a first selection of a first service description, the first selection provided by the first mobile agent object;

in response to receiving the first selection, provide a first service object that provides a first service associated with the first service description;

receive from one of the first mobile agent object and a second mobile agent object a second selection of the first service description, the second selection provided by the one of the first mobile agent object and the second mobile object; and

in response to receiving the second selection, provide a second service object that provides a second service associated with the first service description,

wherein the mobile-object-service interface identifies the first service object and second service object as service-type objects, and

wherein the first and second selections are received from the same mobile agent object.