Signaling partial service configuration changes in appnets

• US 8,224,930 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Mangione-Smith, William Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Backer, Firmin
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
• Application Number:
  US11/524,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20080071891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,128 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core, and for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, or signaling via a third core a partial service configuration change at least in the first core in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core;

circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application; and

circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining, in response to one or more requests, at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining from memory at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one complete topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one activity relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one functional relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one linkage relationship associated with at least one application and at least one first core and at least one second core.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one suite of applications with at least one first core and at least one second core.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core, at least one of which being at least one processing environment.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core, at least one of which being at least one node.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core, at least one of which being at least one communication environment.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining registry data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining process data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining event data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining report data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining resource data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining data associated with the at least one application during operation of the at least one application.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application based at least partly on one or more selection policies.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least one agent to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least one upgrade to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least some software to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least one instruction to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least some data to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for communicating at least one file to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for enabling access to at least one resource by at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for allocating at least one portion of at least one resource to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource from at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured for migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application comprises:

circuitry configured for establishing at least one linkage with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

30. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured for transmitting at least some of the data in accordance with one or more dissemination policies.

31. A system comprising:

at least one article of manufacture bearing one or more instructions for facilitating operations including;

determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core;

obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application; and

migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.

32. A method at least partially implemented by one or more processing components comprising:

determining at least one topographical relationship of at least one application with at least one first core and at least one second core;

obtaining data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core during operation of the at least one application; and

migrating at least one portion of at least one resource with respect to at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core based at least partly on the data of at least one of the at least one first core and the at least one second core obtained during operation of the at least one application.