Service manager for adaptive load shedding

• US 8,260,917 B1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Manikowski, Eric J., Venkatasamy, Premkumar, Thompson, Kenneth M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Kenny
• Application Number:
  US11/264,080
• Time in Patent Office: 2,499 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/223, 709/225
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/128 involving web programs, i.e. using technology especially used in internet, generally interacting with a web browser, e.g. hypertext markup language [HTML], applets, java
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45504 Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/505 considering the load
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB

Abstract

A service manager that facilitates managing requests that are obtained at a middleware tier of a communications network includes a monitor component that evaluates data associated with effectuating a request that is received at a middleware tier. The monitor component identifies resources associated with effectuating the request. Additionally, the service manager includes a request component that accepts and/or rejects the request based at least in part upon the identified resources.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor, communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least;

determine a first number of requests for a service associated with an object of a computing device communicatively coupled as an intermediary between a first computing system and a second computing system, wherein the requests are waiting for respective responses; and

in response to detection of an increase in volume of the requests for the service and in response to detection of a response time of the first computing system meeting a criterion based on a predetermined period of time, modify a parameter defining a second number of the requests for the service that are acceptable by the service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to reject at least one of the requests in response to a likelihood of failure of the request meeting a condition.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to reject at least one of the requests based on a condition.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to determine a responsiveness of a billing system associated with the middleware tier.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to assess a quantity of resources of the computing device consumed by an other service that is associated with a billing system to facilitate a determination of acceptance of at least one of the requests.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to determine the quantity of the resources based on a threshold for a third number of requests, for the service that is associated with the billing system, that are acceptable for execution.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to determine available resources associated with the object of the application.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the object is a run-time object.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the requests associates an application programming interface with the run-time object.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to determine that the second number of requests associated with the object of the application that are acceptable for execution.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to determine the available resources based on a threshold for a third number of requests that are acceptable for execution.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to differentiate between a billing system associated with a degraded response time and the increase in volume of the requests.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to reject at least one of the requests in response to detection of a response time of the billing system satisfying another criterion based on another predetermined period of time.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to vary acceptance of a third number of requests associated with a billing system coupled to the computing device that are concurrently executing.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to allocate resources between services including the service.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to provide notification of a rejection of at least one of the requests, wherein the rejection is directed to a client device associated with the request.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to reject at least one of the requests in response to a service of a billing system coupled to the computing device operating without satisfying predetermined performance metrics.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the predetermined performance metrics are associated with failure of resources associated with the computing device.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to broker data transmissions between a client device and a billing system that is coupled to the computing device.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is associated with respective functions.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the object is a run-time object.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to accept at least one of the requests based on the parameter.

39. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to perform administration of wireless communication between devices.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to utilize different services for different predefined markets associated with different client devices.

23. A system, comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor, communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least;

determine a quantity of requests for a service that are waiting for respective responses associated with an object of an application of a computing device communicatively coupled as an intermediary between a first computing system and a second computing system; and

increase a value that indicates a number of the requests for the service that are acceptable by the service in response to detection of a response time of the first computing system not being greater than a predetermined period of time and in response to an increase in the quantity of the requests for the service.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the computing device is configured to provide an extensible markup language interface to a resource associated with a billing system.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the requests include a synchronous request.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to identify a billing system associated with at least one of the requests.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to reject at least one of the requests and direct a response to a device associated with the at least one of the requests.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to identify resources that are being employed to process different requests.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to identify resources associated with at least one of the requests.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one processor further facilitates the execution of the computer-executable instructions to facilitate access to a status of a service manager component, and control an operation of the service manager component.

31. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor based device, a request from a first device;

identifying, by the processor based device based on the request, a quantity of requests for a service associated with an object of an application of a computing device communicatively coupled as an intermediary between a first system and a second system, wherein the requests are waiting for respective responses; and

in response to detecting an increase in the quantity of the requests for the service and detecting a response time of the first system meeting a condition with respect to a predetermined period of time, increasing, by the processor based device, an amount of the requests being accepted.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising providing, by the processor based device, notification of a rejection of the request directed to the first device.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the providing further comprises providing, by the processor based device, the notification based on a condition.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

accepting, by the processor based device, the request in response to determining the request is to be accepted; and

processing, by the processor based device, the request.

35. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

rejecting, by the processor based device, the request in response to a number of requests for a resource associated with the request being greater than a predetermined number of requests related to the resource.

36. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

rejecting, by the processor based device, the request in response to a number of requests associated with the object being greater than a predetermined number of requests for the object.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

determining, by the processor based device, a number of requests currently being processed;

increasing, by the processor based device, the number of requests in response to accepting, by the processor based device, the request; and

decreasing, by the processor based device, the number of requests in response to receiving a response to the request.

38. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system including at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving requests for a service associated with an object of an application of a computing device communicatively coupled as an intermediary between an other computing device and respective clients;

evaluating a quantity of the requests that are waiting for respective responses; and

in response to detecting an increase in the quantity of the requests and detecting a response time of the other computing device satisfying a function of a predetermined period of time, increasing a maximum number of the requests for the service being accepted.