Federation of composite applications

US8332459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Blum · Aidlingen, DE
• Peter Fischer · Highlands Ranch, US
• Hendrik Haddorp · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Stefan A. Hepper · Eppelheim, DE
• Stefan Liesche · Hessenhöfe, DE
• Michael P. Marks · Kirchheim unter Teck, DE
• Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D10/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A predetermined business task of a composite application can be fulfilled. The composite application can include a set of components. The composite application is instantiated by a template means and a predefined collaborative context module controls the interaction of the set of components during the runtime of the composite application. A set of components fulfilling individual services on individual different server systems is leveraged by the composite application. During the instantiation of the composite application from a template, the referenced components (as types) are instantiated leading to runtime instances of these components. The interaction of the different components is controlled on individual different server systems utilizing a primary context module. The primary context module communicates with an appropriate collaborative module implemented locally on the respective set of servers, where the local context modules act as secondary context modules in relation to the primary context modules. For each of the secondary context modules, local components communicate to control the interaction of components.