Deployment and hosting of platform independent applications

• US 9,197,720 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fernandez-Ruiz, Bruno, Low, Daryl Mun-Kid, Cooper, Martin F. N., Koehler, Dirk
• Primary Examiner(s): DAO, THUY CHAN
• Application Number:
  US13/719,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• 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 67/303 Terminal profiles

Abstract

Method, system, and programs for determining a point of execution for applications that are interoperable across different device platforms is disclosed. An application capable of being executed in a plurality of different device formats is deployed to a client device. The application is hosted for execution at a server. A dynamic determination is made regarding whether a request to the application should be executed by the client device or the server.

Claims

1. A method implemented on at least one computing device, each computing device having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for determining a point of execution for applications that are interoperable across different device platforms, the method comprising:

deploying a platform agnostic application for execution on a client device;

deploying an instance of the platform agnostic application for execution on at least one server;

receiving at the client device, a request associated with the instance of the platform agnostic application;

dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on one or more criteria related to current network conditions, capabilities of the client device, and capabilities of the at least one server;

selecting, if it is determined that the at least one server is to execute the request, one of the at least one server currently having the greatest capacity to execute the request; and

instructing the selected server to execute the request using the deployed instance of the platform agnostic application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request further comprises:

determining a computational load requirement of the request;

comparing capabilities of the client device and the at least one server for meeting the computational load requirement; and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on comparing the capabilities of the client device and the at least one server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request comprises:

monitoring network conditions associated with a network used for communication by the client device and the at least one server; and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on monitoring the network conditions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one server comprises a monitoring module to monitor network conditions and communicate with the client device.

5. A machine readable non-transitory and tangible medium having information recorded for determining a point of execution for applications that are interoperable across different device platforms, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the steps comprising:

deploying a platform agnostic application for execution on a client device;

deploying an instance of the platform agnostic application for execution on at least one server;

receiving at the client device, a request associated with the instance of the platform agnostic application;

dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on one or more criteria related to current network conditions, capabilities of the client device, and capabilities of the at least one server;

selecting, if it is determined that the at least one server is to execute the request, one of the at least one server currently having the greatest computational capacity to execute the request; and

instructing the selected server to execute the request using the deployed instance of the platform agnostic application.

6. The machine readable non-transitory and tangible medium of claim 5, wherein the step of dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request further comprises:

determining a computational load requirement of the request;

comparing capabilities of the client device and the at least one server for meeting the computational load requirement; and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on comparing the capabilities of the client device and the at least one server.

7. The machine readable non-transitory and tangible medium of claim 5, wherein the step of dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request further comprises:

monitoring network conditions associated with a network used for communication by the client device and the at least one server; and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on monitoring the network conditions.

8. The machine readable non-transitory and tangible medium of claim 5, wherein the at least one server comprises a monitoring module to monitor network conditions and communicate with the client device.

9. A system for determining a point of execution for applications, comprising:

a serving unit configured with executable instructions, stored in a memory, for deploying a platform agnostic application for execution on a client device;

a provisioning unit configured with executable instructions, stored in a memory, for deploying an instance of the platform agnostic application for execution on at least one server; and

a monitoring unit configured with executable instructions, stored in a memory, for;

receiving at the client device, a request associated with the platform agnostic application; and

dynamically determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on one or more criteria related to current network conditions, capabilities of the client device, and capabilities of the at least one server;

selecting, if it is determined that the at least one server is to execute the request, one of the at least one server currently having the greatest computational capacity to execute the request; and

instructing the selected server to execute the request using the deployed instance of the platform agnostic application.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the monitoring unit is further configured with executable instructions, stored in a memory, for

determining a computational load requirement of the request;

comparing capabilities of the client device and the at least one server for meeting the computational load requirement; and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on comparing the capabilities of the client device and the at least one server.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the monitoring unit is further configured with executable instructions, stored in a memory, for

monitoring network conditions associated with a network used for communication by the client device and the at least one server;

and

determining whether the client device or the at least one server is to execute the request based on monitoring the network conditions.