Sensing and responding to service discoveries

• US 8,224,840 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bao, Zhendong, Shaouy, William P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US11/846,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,785 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/708, 707/722, 707/736, 707/759, 707769-771
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries on a consumer'"'"'s machine and, more particularly, to a system and method of sensing (discovering) service needs on a consumer'"'"'s machine using a resident Daemon, and responding to the service discoveries using an extension of UDDI. The method comprises receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a keyword from a daemon residing on a local machine, wherein the keyword is found by the daemon during a periodic searching of the local machine for keywords contained in a master keyword list;

locating a service associated with the keyword; and

notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword, wherein;

the receiving, the locating, and the notifying are performed by a Central Service Discovery Program (CSDP) running on a computing device that is external to the local machine;

the daemon is a Local Sense-And-Respond Daemon (LSARD) which searches for the keywords on the local machine and, in turn, responds by way of an extension to a Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI);

the LSARD resides on the local machine as part of a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA);

the LSARD notifies the CSDP of new or potential services required by the local machine;

the CSDP, as the extension of the UDDI, automatically matches needs of the local machine with a service machine using the keywords;

the CSDP works as a message hub in the SOA;

the CSDP maintains a list of keywords associated with one or more service groups; and

the CSDP keeps service information with multiple attributes about a nature of the service groups including at least provider ID.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of keywords is provided by the UDDI or the service machine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of keywords is maintained for each of the one or more service groups connected to the extension.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword is indexed prior to the locating.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of keywords is periodically polled to determine if there are any new matches with the keyword.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword is found from exposed data sources on the local machine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying includes automatically providing connection information to the service machine offering the service.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the keyword found on the local machine to the service machine.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the providing is performed after a predetermined number of a same keyword is received.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising polling the one or more service groups to determine whether any new services were created.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of claim 1 are provided by a service provider.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports a computer infrastructure that performs the steps of claim 1.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of claim 1 are provided on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium is provided, the computer program product includes at least one component to perform the steps of claim 1.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the Central Service Discovery Program further performs the steps:

providing the master keyword list to the daemon;

maintaining a database of found keywords obtained from the local machine;

updating the list of keywords as a result of additional or new services listed in the UDDI;

periodically searching the database for matches between the additional or new services and the found keywords stored in the database;

automatically providing service information to the local machine based on a match found during the periodic searching; and

providing keyword information to the service machine after a predetermined number of a same keyword is received from a plurality of local machines including the local machine.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the CSDP categorizes services into different groups by using criteria on top of the multiple attributes such that a service group dynamic, existing in run-time data processing, and all of the services are persistent as siblings in one list; and

the master keyword list is resident on and maintained by the CSDP.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the LSARD searches all exposed data sources including applications and files for keywords, or words that were not previously found in prior searches.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the exposed data sources include email and content files.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the content files include html, pdf, and .doc.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the periodic searching is performed at predetermined set intervals.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the CSDP indexes the keyword, and compares the keyword to the keywords maintained in a set of service lists of the CSDP, for each service group connected to the CSDP; and

the index is refreshed with the found keywords, as well as any new keywords provided by the service machine or UDDI.

once refreshed, the CSDP will determine if there are any matches between the keyword(s) found on the local machine and the keywords maintained in the set of service lists;

the keyword from either the local machine or service machine is provided via email to the CSDP.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein:

if a keyword match is found, the CSDP determines which service machine provides a service matching the keyword found on the local machine;

once the CSDP determines the matching service provider, the CSDP provides connection information of the service machine to the local machine; and

CSDP acts as a conduit between the CSDP and the local machine, by providing the service directly to the local machine via the service machine.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein:

the CSDP maintains a database of the keywords provided by the local machine and, if the keyword match is not initially found, the CSDP periodically searches its database for matches;

when additional or new services are listed in the UDDI, the CSDP updates its master keyword list with keywords associated with the services;

the CSDP periodically searches its database to determine if there are any matches with the new or additional services and the keywords found on the lcoal machine already stored within its database; and

if any matches are found with the saved keywords and the keywords associated with new services in the master keyword list maintained by the CSDP, the CSDP provides connection information of the service machine having the new or additional service to the local machine.

24. A method comprising:

receiving at a local machine a master keyword list from a third party, wherein the third party is external to the local machine;

periodically searching the local machine for keywords contained in the master keyword list;

providing the keywords to the third party; and

receiving notification from the third party that at least one keyword matches a service provided by a service machine,

wherein;

the periodically searching and the providing are performed by a daemon residing on the local machine

the daemon is a Local Sense-And-Respond Daemon (LSARD) which searches for the keywords on the local machine and, in turn, responds by way of an extension to a Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI);

the LSARD resides on the local machine as part of a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA);

the LSARD notifies a Central Service Discovery Program (CSDP) of new or potential services required by the local machine;

the CSDP, as the extension of the UDDI, automatically matches needs of the local machine with the service of the service machine using the keywords;

the CSDP works as a message hub in the SOA;

the CSDP maintains a list of the keywords associated with one or more service groups; and

the CSDP keeps service information with multiple attributes about a nature of the service groups including at least provider ID.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising searching a list of keywords maintained by the extension to the UDDI for a match with the keywords.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the list of keywords is maintained for each of the one or more service groups connected to the extension.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the notification includes automatically providing connection information of the service machine offering the service.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the keywords are found from exposed data sources on the local machine.

29. The method of claim 24, further comprising polling the one or more service groups to determine whether any new services were created which are associated with at least one of the keywords.

30. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

scanning the local machine for executable files;

decompiling the executable files and assembling a list of non-trivial words for adding to the master keyword list; and

scanning content files for new words and adding the new words to the master keyword list,

wherein the scanning the local machine, the decompiling, and the scanning the local content files are performed by the daemon prior to the searching for keywords contained in the master keyword list on the local machine, and

the searching is performed on a periodic basis according to a predetermined schedule.

31. A method comprising:

receiving at a local machine a master keyword list from a third party, wherein the third party is external to the local machine;

periodically searching the local machine for keywords contained in the master keyword list;

providing the keywords to the third party;

receiving notification from the third party that at least one keyword matches a service provided by a service machine;

searching a list of keywords maintained by an extension to a Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) for a match with the keywords,

wherein the list of keywords is periodically polled to determine if there are any new matches with the at least one keyword and the periodically searching the local machine for keywords is performed by a daemon residing on the local machine, and

wherein;

the daemon is a Local Sense-And-Respond Daemon (LSARD) which searches for the keywords on the local machine and, in turn, responds by way of the extension to the UDDI;

the LSARD resides on the local machine as part of a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA);

the LSARD notifies a Central Service Discovery Program (CSDP) of new or potential services required by the local machine;

the CSDP, as the extension of the UDDI, automatically matches needs of the local machine with the service of the service machine using the keywords;

the CSDP works as a message hub in SOA;

the CSDP maintains a list of the keywords associated with one or more service groups; and

the CSDP keeps service information with multiple attributes about a nature of the service groups including at least provider ID.

32. A method for deploying an application for discovering and providing consumer services in a computing environment, comprising providing a computer infrastructure being configured to:

provide a master keyword list to a daemon residing on a local machine, wherein the daemon is configured to periodically search the local machine for keywords contained in the master keyword list;

match a keyword received from the daemon of the local machine to a keyword list maintained by an extension to a Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI), the keyword list having keywords which are associated with services offered by one or more service groups; and

provide service information which matches the keyword to the local machine,

wherein;

the daemon is a Local Sense-And-Respond Daemon (LSARD) which searches for the keywords on the local machine and, in turn, responds by way of the extension to the UDDI;

the LSARD resides on the local machine as part of a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA);

the LSARD notifies a Central Service Discovery Program (CSDP) of new or potential services required by the local machine;

the CSDP, as the extension of the UDDI, automatically matches needs of the local machine with a service of a service machine using the keywords;

the CSDP works as a message hub in SOA; and

the CSDP keeps service information with multiple attributes about a nature of the one or more service groups including at least provider ID.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the keyword list is provided by the UDDI or the service machine.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is configured to maintain the keyword list for each of the one or more service groups connected to the extension.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is configured to index the keyword prior to the matching.

36. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is configured to periodically poll the keyword list to determine if there are any new matches with the keyword found on the local machine.

37. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is configured to automatically provide connection information to the service machine offering the service.

38. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is configured to provide the keyword to the service machine after a predetermined number of a same keyword is received.

39. The method of claim 38, further comprising polling the one or more service groups to determine whether any new services were created.

40. The method of claim 32, wherein the computer infrastructure is provided by a service provider.

41. The method of claim 32, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computer infrastructure that performs the steps of claim 32.

42. A system comprising a server having a database containing a list of keywords associated with one or more services offered by one or more service groups, and at least one of a hardware and software component for:

providing a master keyword list to a daemon residing on a local machine,

receiving a found keyword from the daemon as a result of a periodic search of the local machine,

matching the list of keywords with the found keyword obtained by the daemon residing on the local machine, and

providing service information to the local machine associated with the found keyword, when a match is found with the found keyword,

wherein;

the daemon is a Local Sense-And-Respond Daemon (LSARD) which searches for the keywords on the local machine and, in turn, responds by way of an extension to a Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI);

the LSARD resides on the local machine as part of a Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA);

the LSARD notifies a Central Service Discovery Program (CSDP) of new or potential services required by the local machine;

the CSDP, as the extension of the UDDI, automatically matches needs of the local machine with services of service machines using the keywords;

the CSDP works as a message hub in SOA;

the CSDP maintains a list of the keywords associated with one or more service groups; and

the CSDP keeps service information with multiple attributes about a nature of the service groups including at least provider ID.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the system is platform independent and configured to be implemented within any database, on a single workstation or provided over a distributed network.