Patent · US Active

Semaphores for serverless computing

US11327814B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

5References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Jørgen Egbert Floes · Stenløse, DK
Clea A. Zolotow · Pont d'Écluse de Morey, US
Claus Schrøder-Hansen · Copenhagen, DK
Julian Kopp · Tönisvorst, DE
Petra Kopp · Tönisvorst, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2018
Grant date	May 10, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45575
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The illustrative embodiments provide concepts for processing a function call using a solid or ephemeral code, selected using a semaphore relating to an identifying feature of the function call. The concept may include: receiving a function call, wherein the function call comprises an identifying feature; queueing the function call in a queue; selecting, using a semaphore relating to the identifying feature of the function call, a code instance of a plurality of code instances for processing a queued function call, the plurality of code instances comprising: an ephemeral code instance, wherein the ephemeral code instance is adapted to process a single function call before being discarded; and a solid code instance, wherein the solid code instance is adapted to process a function call without being discarded; and processing the queued function call with the selected code instance.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.