Method and apparatus for downloading an application to an edge computing system
US11277488B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0601
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An edge computing system comprises an application store, an edge server and a cloud computing system comprising a backend server. The edge server is configured to receive an application from the application store with additional information defining capabilities of the edge server that are required for the application to run on the edge server and/or capabilities of devices connected to the edge server. The edge server determines whether the application can run, and indicates the result to the application store. The edge server keeps a record of applications that can start to run and/or continue to run, when the edge server is or becomes disconnected from the cloud computing system. The application store keeps records of successful application downloads, and of edge servers that indicated they could not run applications.
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