Allocating or announcing availability of a software container
US10528379B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/104
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
It is provided a method for allocating a software container executing on a server of a set of servers. The method is performed in a container allocator and comprising the steps of: receiving a request to invoke a software container for a client; calculating a lookup key associated with the software container; performing a lookup in a distributed peer-to-peer repository using the lookup key, giving a result set of active software containers; selecting one software container from the set of software containers; and connecting to the selected software container to allocate the selected software container to the client.
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