Mobile application morphing system and method

• US 7,861,242 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2003
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aramira Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aramira Corporation
• Inventors: Rygaard, Christopher A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kang; Insun
• Application Number:
  US10/686,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20050188377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,631 Days
• Field of Search: 717120-176, 709201-203, 719/316, 719/317
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence

Abstract

The morphing system and method alters the behavior and/or state of a jumping application according to the needs and/or requirements of the target host. In more detail, the jumping application system gathers information about the computer hosts to which jumping applications can be sent, and uses that information to alter the code (the computer instructions) or the state (the data) of each jumping application as each jumping application is dispatched.

Claims

1. A jumping application morphing console, including one or more processors, that alters a jumping application that is jumping between two or more hosts connected to the morphing console, the morphing console comprising:

a morphing module that alters the jumping application as the jumping application jumps between hosts including receiving the jumping application jumping from a first host to a next host, altering the jumping application, and sending the jumping application to the next host;

a database that contains one or more behavior packages for the jumping application, where each behavior package alters the behavior of the jumping application for a particular host; and

where the morphing module includes instructions that determine the next host to which the jumping application is being dispatched and instructions that alter the behavior of the jumping application for the next host as the jumping application jumps from the first host to the next host using a first behavior package of the one or more behavior packages, the first behavior package associated with the next host.

2. The console of claim 1, wherein instructions that determine the next host further comprises instructions that identify the next host of the jumping application based on an itinerary of the jumping application.

3. The console of claim 1, wherein the instructions that alter the behavior of the jumping application further comprise instructions that gather information about each host of the two or more hosts in order to determine the capabilities of each host.

4. The console of claim 3, wherein the instructions that gather information further comprise instructions that store one or more particular behavior packages that are associated with each host of the jumping application system where each behavior package adjusts one of a state and a behavior of a jumping application using the capabilities of the particular host.

5. The console of claim 4, wherein the instructions that alter the behavior further comprise instructions that identify the first behavior package associated with the next host for the jumping application and instructions that modify one of the state and the behavior of the jumping application using the identified behavior package.

6. The console of claim 1 further comprising instructions that forward the jumping application with the altered behavior onto the next host.

7. The console of claim 1, wherein the database further comprises one or more groups and each group contains one or more behavior packages associated with a set of capabilities of a particular host computer.

8. The console of claim 7, wherein the particular host computer is assigned to a group based on the capabilities of the host computer.

9. The console of claim 1, wherein the database further comprises a plurality of behavior packages associated with each jumping application wherein each behavior package for the jumping application is associated with a particular set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.

10. A jumping application morphing console, including one or more processors, that alters a jumping application that is jumping between two or more hosts connected to the morphing console, the morphing console comprising:

means for storing one or more behavior packages for the jumping application, wherein each behavior package alters the behavior of the jumping application for a particular host;

means for determining a next host to which the jumping application is being dispatched; and

means for altering the behavior of the jumping application from a first host and destined for the next host using a first behavior package of the one or more behavior packages associated with the next host when the jumping application is received from the first host during a jump from the first host and to the next host,

where the console alters the behavior after the jumping application leaves the first host and before the jumping application arrives at the next host.

11. The console of claim 10, wherein the determining means further comprises means for identifying the next host of the jumping application based on an itinerary of the jumping application.

12. The console of claim 10, wherein altering means further comprises means for gathering information about each host of the jumping application system in order to determine the capabilities of each host.

13. The console of claim 12, wherein the gathering means further comprises means for storing one or more particular behavior packages that are associated with each host of the jumping application system wherein each behavior package adjusts one of a state and a behavior of a jumping application based on the capabilities of the particular host.

14. The console of claim 13, wherein the altering means further comprises means for identifying the first behavior package as associated with the next host for the jumping application and means for modifying one of the state and the behavior of the jumping application using the identified behavior package.

15. The console of claim 10 further comprising means for forwarding the jumping application with the altered behavior onto the next host.

16. The console of claim 10, wherein the database further comprises one or more groups and each group contains one or more behavior packages associated with a set of capabilities of a particular host computer.

17. The console of claim 16, wherein the particular host computer is assigned to a group based on the capabilities of the host computer.

18. The console of claim 10, wherein the database further comprises a plurality of behavior packages associated with each jumping application wherein each behavior package for the jumping application is associated with a particular set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.

19. A computer-implemented method for altering the behavior of a jumping application in a jumping application system to optimize its execution for a particular host in the jumping application system, the method comprising:

receiving at a morphing console a jumping application in the jumping application system dispatched from a first host to a next host during a jump between the first host to the next host;

determining at the morphing console during the jump the next host to which the jumping application is being dispatched;

altering at the morphing console, using one or more processors, the behavior of the jumping application for the next host using a behavior package associated with the next host, the behavior package stored in the morphing console; and

dispatching at the morphing console the jumping application to the next host.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining the next host further comprises identifying the next host of the jumping application based on an itinerary of the jumping application.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein altering the behavior of the jumping application further comprises gathering information about each host of the jumping application system in order to determine the capabilities of each host.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein gathering information further comprises storing a behavior package associated with each host of the jumping application system wherein each behavior package adjusts one of a state and a behavior of a jumping application based on the capabilities of the particular host.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein altering the behavior further comprises identifying a first behavior package associated with the next host for the jumping application and modifying one of the state and the behavior of the jumping application based on the identified behavior package.

24. The method of claim 19 further comprising forwarding the jumping application with the altered behavior onto the next host.

25. A jumping application morphing system, comprising:

a management and security console;

two or more host computers connected to the console by a computer network, wherein each host computer executes a jumping application; and

wherein the console includes a morphing module that alters the jumping application as the jumping application jumps between the hosts computers, where the morphing module receives the jumping application from a first host computer and alters the jumping application before sending the jumping application to a next host computer, a database that contains one or more behavior packages for the jumping application, wherein each behavior package alters the behavior of the jumping application for a particular host computer, and wherein the morphing module includes instructions that determine the next host computer to which the jumping application is being dispatched and instructions that alter the behavior of the jumping application for the next host computer using a first behavior package of the one or more behavior packages associated with the next host computer.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the console instructions that determine the next host computer further comprise instructions that identify the next host computer of the jumping application based on an itinerary of the jumping application.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the console instructions that alter the behavior of the jumping application further comprise instructions that gather information about each host of the jumping application system in order to determine the capabilities of each host computer.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the console instructions that gather information further comprise instructions that store one or more particular behavior packages associated with each host computer of the jumping application system where each behavior package adjusts one of a state and a behavior of a jumping application using the capabilities of the particular host computer.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the console instructions that alter the behavior further comprise instructions that identify the first behavior package as associated with the next host computer for the jumping application and instructions that modify one of the state and the behavior of the jumping application using the identified behavior package.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein the console instructions further comprise instructions that forward the jumping application with the altered behavior onto the next host computer.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the database further comprises one or more groups and each group contains one or more behavior packages associated with a set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein a particular host computer is assigned to a group based on the capabilities of the host computer.

33. The system of claim 25, wherein the database further comprises a plurality of behavior packages associated with each jumping application wherein each behavior package for the jumping application is associated with a particular set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.

34. A server computer for a jumping application morphing system, the server computer comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor;

a database connected to the processor that contains one or more behavior packages for a jumping application, where each behavior package alters the behavior of the jumping application for a particular host; and

where the memory includes instructions that determine a next host to which the jumping application, received from a first host as the jumping application jumps from the first host to the next host, is being dispatched and instructions that alter the behavior of the received jumping application for the next host using a first behavior package of the one or more behavior packages associated with the next host as the jumping application jumps from the first host to the next host.

35. The server computer of claim 34, wherein the instructions that determine the next host further comprise instructions that identify the next host of the jumping application based on an itinerary of the jumping application.

36. The server computer of claim 34, wherein the instructions that alter the behavior of the jumping application further comprise instructions that gather information about each host of the jumping application system in order to determine the capabilities of each host.

37. The server computer of claim 36, wherein the instructions that gather information further comprise instructions that store one or more particular behavior packages associated with each host of the jumping application system wherein each behavior package adjusts one of a state and a behavior of a jumping application using the capabilities of the particular host.

38. The server computer of claim 37, wherein the instructions that alter the behavior further comprise instructions that identify a first behavior package associated with the next host for the jumping application and instructions that modify one of the state and the behavior of the jumping application using the identified behavior package.

39. The server computer of claim 34 further comprising instructions that forward the jumping application with the altered behavior onto the next host.

40. The server computer of claim 34, wherein the database further comprises one or more groups and each group contains one or more behavior packages associated with a set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.

41. The server computer of claim 40, wherein the particular host computer is assigned to a group based on the capabilities of the host computer.

42. The server computer of claim 34, wherein the database further comprises a plurality of behavior packages associated with each jumping application wherein each behavior package for the jumping application is associated with a particular set of capabilities of a corresponding host computer.