Life cycle management of run time services in edge computing environment
US12417134B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/547
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microservice management method responds to receiving a function request, comprising a request for a particular function, by collecting function metadata for the particular function and sending the function request and the function metadata to a cloud side orchestrator. The function metadata include one or more prerequisite for an execution environment. Suitable microservices for the particular function are identified, in accordance with the function metadata. The identified microservices are sent to an edge side orchestrator that installs, initializes, and monitors these microservices and, responsive to detecting complete execution of the particular function, terminates one or more of the suitable microservices. The identification of suitable microservices may be based, at least in part, on one or more preference factors including a dependency factor, indicative of a historical dependency between the particular function and one or more microservices and a relevance factor indicative of whether a microservice edge-type microservice.
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