Patent · US Active

Cloud platform architecture

US8627426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2010
Grant dateJan 7, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/5055
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cloud computing environment provides the ability to deploy a web application that has been developed using one of a plurality of application frameworks and is configured to execute within one of a plurality of runtime environments. The cloud computing environment receives the web application in a package compatible with the runtime environment (e.g., a WAR file to be launched in an application server, for example) and dynamically binds available services by appropriately inserting service provisioning data (e.g., service network address, login credentials, etc.) into the package. The cloud computing environment then packages an instance of the runtime environment, a start script and the package into a web application deployment package, which is then transmitted to an application (e.g., container virtual machine, etc.). The application container unpacks the web application deployment package, installs the runtime environment, loads the web application package into the runtime environment and starts the start script, thereby deploying the web application in the application container.

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