SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FOR MULTIPLE COMPONENT APPLICATION BY ASSERTING REPEATEDLY PREDETERMINED STATE FROM INITIATOR WITHOUT ANY CONTROL, AND CONFIGURATION ENGINE CAUSES COMPONENT TO MOVE TO PREDETERMINED STATE
US6535975B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A configuration system for an application having a plurality of application components is described. The configuration system includes a configuration oracle/initiator that repeatedly asserts a desired state to the application components to operate in that desired state. The desired state is a predetermined state. The configuration oracle only asserts the desired state to the application components and does not control the manner in which each of the application components moves to the desired state. The configuration system also includes a configuration engine in each of the application components that causes the corresponding application components to move to the desired state upon receiving the state assertion of the desired state unless the configuration engine determines that the corresponding application component is already in the desired state. A method of configuring an application having a large number of application components is also described.
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