METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLUSTERING DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS TO USE THEM AS IF THEY WERE ONE OBJECT

• US 20170264678A1
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tmaxsoft. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tmaxsoft. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryoo, Kyoung Min, Yoon, Kyung Koo
• Granted Patent: US 10,158,704 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• 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 67/1017 based on a round robin mechanism

Abstract

A method for clustering objects distributed in multiple servers to allow one or more distributed objects to be used as if they were one object is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a specific server transmitting to a client a remote controller including a particular communication object capable of supporting communications between the client and the specific server; and (b) the specific server supporting the client to include at least one communication object, capable of supporting communications between the client and at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, in the remote controller, to thereby support the client to be communicable with all the servers in the cluster by acquiring, and providing to the client, the at least one communication object by referring to information on all the servers within the cluster.

Claims

1. A method for clustering objects distributed in multiple servers to allow one or more distributed objects to be used as if they were one object, comprising steps of:

(a) a specific server among the multiple servers determined to be included in a cluster transmitting to a client a remote controller including a particular communication object capable of supporting communications between the client and the specific server, if a request for using a distribution object is transmitted from the client; and

(b) the specific server supporting the client to include at least one communication object, capable of supporting communications between the client and at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, in the remote controller, to thereby support the client to be communicable with all the servers in the cluster by acquiring, and providing to the client, the at least one communication object by referring to information on all the servers within the cluster.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a clustering handler;

and wherein, if a specified distributed object that the client intends to use is unavailable or the specific server is determined to be under heavy load, the clustering handler supports the client to use another distributed object, capable of performing the same function as the specified distributed object, selected among the distributed objects in the multiple servers, except the specific server, within the cluster.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a clustering handler;

and wherein, if a request for using a specified distributed object is transmitted from the client, the clustering handler supports the client to communicate with one of the multiple servers to thereby allow the specified distributed object to be used.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the clustering handler supports the client to communicate with a server selected among the multiple servers in the cluster by a randomly selected method or a Round Robin method.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the client intends to use a specified distributed object in the specific server and the specified distributed object calls an additional distributed object, the specific server supports the specified distributed object to preferentially call the additional distributed object in the specific server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step of (b), if a request for using at least one communication object communicable with at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, is transmitted from the client, the specific server transmits the at least one communication object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific server transmits security information and transaction information when it transmits the remote controller to the client.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific server checks operating status of the multiple servers within the cluster regularly to identify whether the multiple servers are operated properly or not and if any change in the operating status of the multiple servers is detected, the specific server registers the change to a listener and provides the change to the client through the listener.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific server acquires, and registers to the listener, the at least one communication object communicable with the at least one server, respectively, except itself, within the cluster and then provides the at least one communication object to the client through the listener.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein, if failure occurs in the specific server, the specific server supports another server, except itself, within the cluster to register information on all the servers within the cluster to the listener and then to provide to the client the information on all the servers within the cluster through the listener.

11. A server system for clustering objects distributed in multiple servers to allow one or more distributed objects to be used as if they were one object, comprising:

a communication part of a specific server among the multiple servers, which are included in the server system and are determined to be included in a cluster, for (i) transmitting to a client a remote controller including a particular communication object capable of supporting communications between the client and the specific server, if a request for using a distribution object is transmitted from the client; and

(ii) supporting the client to include at least one communication object, capable of supporting communications between the client and at least one server, respectively, except the specific server within the cluster, in the remote controller, to thereby support the client to be communicable with all the servers in the cluster by acquiring, and providing to the client, the at least one communication object by referring to information on all the servers within the cluster; and

a processor of the specific server.

12. The server system of claim 11, wherein the remote controller includes a clustering handler;

and wherein, if a specified distributed object that the client intends to use is unavailable or the specific server is determined to be under heavy load, the clustering handler supports the client to use another distributed object, capable of performing the same function as the specified distributed object, selected among the distributed objects in the multiple servers, except the specific server, within the cluster.

13. The server system of claim 11, wherein the remote controller includes a clustering handler;

and wherein, if a request for using a specified distributed object is transmitted from the client, the clustering handler supports the client to communicate with one of the multiple servers to thereby allow the specified distributed object to be used.

14. The server system of claim 13, wherein the clustering handler supports the client to communicate with a server selected among the multiple servers in the cluster by a randomly selected method or a Round Robin method.

15. The server system of claim 11, wherein, if the client intends to use a specified distributed object in the specific server and the specified distributed object calls an additional distributed object, the specific server supports the specified distributed object to preferentially call the additional distributed object existing in the specific server.

16. The server system of claim 11, wherein, if a request for using at least one communication object communicable with at least one server, respectively, within the cluster except the specific server is transmitted from the client, the specific server transmits the at least one communication object.

17. The server system of claim 11, wherein the communication part of the specific server transmits security information and transaction information when it transmits the remote controller to the client.

18. The server system of claim 11, wherein the processor of the specific server checks operating status of the multiple servers within the cluster regularly to identify whether the multiple servers are operated properly or not and if any change in the operating status of the multiple servers is detected, the specific server registers the change to a listener and provides the change to the client through the listener.

19. The server system of claim 11, wherein the processor of the specific server acquires, and registers to the listener, the at least one communication object communicable with the at least one server, respectively, within the cluster except the specific server and then provides the at least one communication object to the client through the listener

20. The server system of claim 11, wherein, if failure occurs in the specific server, the communication part of the specific server supports another server belonging to the cluster other than the specific server to register information on all the servers within the cluster to the listener and then provide the information on all the servers within the cluster to the client through the listener.