311 results about "Composite services" patented technology

An integration services network is described which is operable to facilitate access to a composite service by a plurality of users having associated client machines. Each of the users is associated with one of a plurality of independent enterprises. At least one data store has a directory stored therein which maps an identity for each of the users to a policy framework which defines access information relating to a plurality of services. At least one computing device is operable to set up the composite service by integrating operation of the plurality of services. The plurality of services are associated with and controlled by a plurality of independent service providers. The at least one computing device is further operable to connect with the client machines and each of the services, and to selectively facilitate interaction among the client machines and the services with reference to the directory and the policy framework, thereby enabling each of the users to access the plurality of services as an integrated solution.

A system and method for exchanging components between platforms is described. As a user terminal changes location or preferences, the user terminal may be provided with a new platform that supports desired services. A method and system that relates to migrating one or more components that provide composite services from one communication platform to another is described. A user terminal may receive one or more composite services provided by two or more components existing on platform. As the user terminal switches from one platform to another, the platforms attempt to provide the same services to the user with little to no interruption. Various aspects relate to shifting one or more components from the first platform to the second platform to provide local support for the services desired by the user terminal.

An integration services network is described which is operable to facilitate access to a composite service by a plurality of users having associated client machines. Each of the users is associated with one of a plurality of independent enterprises. At least one data store has a directory stored therein which maps an identity for each of the users to a policy framework which defines access information relating to a plurality of services. At least one computing device is operable to set up the composite service by integrating operation of the plurality of services. The plurality of services are associated with and controlled by a plurality of independent service providers. The at least one computing device is further operable to connect with the client machines and each of the services, and to selectively facilitate interaction among the client machines and the services with reference to the directory and the policy framework, thereby enabling each of the users to access the plurality of services as an integrated solution.

A system for adaptive composite service path management includes a service path control function module configured to search for and select component services according to a template of a composite service and generate a service chain and a service path on the basis of collected contexts from user, service and network. A service binding module is configured to call the component services according to the service path and execute the template of the composite service.

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for creating a composite service. Dependencies are identified utilizing a set of active objects used to manage services to form identified dependencies in response to receiving a request for the composite service. The identified dependencies specify requirements of the composite service. The composite service has multiple components. Components are identified for the composite service using the identified dependencies to form identified components. The composite service is created using the identified components.

A composite, multi-tier SLA. A composite, multi-tier SLA can include two or more service offerings having both internal use only service level objectives and external service level objectives. The composite, multi-tier SLA further can include two or more SLAs combined into a single, composite SLA. Each of the SLAs can correspond to a specific one of the service offerings. Moreover, the SLAs in the composite SLA can have a hierarchical organization based upon dependencies between the service offerings. Notably, each of the SLAs can correspond to one of an outsourced service offering, an internal service offering and an external service offering. Additionally, at least one of the SLAs can expose an external service level objective of a corresponding internal service offering which has been redefined as an internal use only service level objective in an SLA at a higher tier in the hierarchical organization.

Under the present invention, a request for a composite service is received from a customer. Based on the request, a delivery task list including one or more tasks required to fulfill the request is defined. The tasks are each then assigned to a service provider for performance, and a schedule for their performance is determined. As the tasks are being performed, a tracking a status thereof is tracked. Once the tasks have been completed, the customer is notified, surveyed and / or invoiced.

A system and method whereby a client can transfer data to a service on the same or another protection domain and obtain a handle to it, the handle being defined as any mutually agreed-upon token that refers to the data, and which is usually much shorter than the data. The handle may then be passed to a service in lieu of again transferring the data. For example, in the case of a client sending the same data to multiple destinations, the invention allows the data to be transferred from the client protection domain to the service protection domain once using the data transfer operation. The client can then call the communication service any number of times by passing a handle to the instance of the data in the service protection domain, thus obviating the need to repeatedly transfer the data between the client and the service. An alternative embodiment allows the client to aggregate service invocations which are to operate on common data and to transfer a composite service invocation to a service domain using the data handle. The invention can be applied among local entities within one protection domain, between two protection domains at one location, between remote protection domains, across networks, between clients and routers, etc.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive composite service optimization method based on multi-agent reinforced learning. The method combines conceptions of the reinforced learning and agents, and defines the state set of reinforced learning to be the precondition and postcondition of the service, and the action set to be the Web service; parameters for Q learning including the learning rate, discount factors and Q value in reinforced learning are initialized; each agent is used for performing one composite optimizing task, and can perceive the current state, and select the optimal action under the current state as per the action selection strategy; the Q value is calculated and updated as per the Q learning algorithm; before the Q value is converged, the next round learning is performed after one learning round is finished, and finally the optimal strategy is obtained. According to the method, the corresponding self-adaptive action strategy is worked out on line as per the environment change at the time, so that higher flexibility, self-adaptability and practical value are realized.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the auto-completion of values in a model in a composite services enablement data processing system. The method can include establishing for a common session, multiple channels of access to a model for a composite service. The method further can include synchronizing views for each of the channels of access based upon detected value changes to data members of the model. Finally, the method can include auto-completing associated values for other data members of the model responsive to receiving a value change for one data member in the model.

An interface to a parking application, such as a web portal, is provided over a secure network connection to tenants for managing parking validation services as well as related parking services and other integrated building services. An authenticated user may provide information for authorizing full, partial, or subsidized payment for a use of a parking facility, such as a use by a guest. The information may be provided by way of a personal computer, a mobile device, a special-purpose terminal, or the like. If the guest then presents a ticket at a separate attended or unattended exit terminal or point-of-sale device to complete the parking transaction, the transaction is processed in accordance with the provided information. According to other aspects of the invention, techniques for enabling configurable event notifications for events associated with validation services, and techniques for associating parking events with video and / or photographic image data are provided.

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for creating a composite service. Dependencies are identified utilizing a set of active objects used to manage services to form identified dependencies in response to receiving a request for the composite service. The identified dependencies specify requirements of the composite service. The composite service has multiple components. Components are identified for the composite service using the identified dependencies to form identified components. The composite service is created using the identified components.

The invention discloses an intelligence education E-card system platform based on internet of things and cloud computation. The platform comprises an IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) unit, a PaaS (Platform as a Service) unit, an SaaS (Software as a Service) unit, a data collector and a sensing terminal, wherein the IaaS unit is responsible for transferring and processing information obtained by a sensing layer by using infrastructure as service; the PaaS unit makes up a comprehensive service platform with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and the data communication technology by using cloud computation as a fundamental platform; the SaaS unit supports a plurality of front-end browsers and is connected to the infrastructure through connectivity access points by adopting industry-advanced technical standards and technical specifications and adopting an SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) system structure; the data collector supports a plurality of communication protocols, applies to a plurality of communication modes, adopts an I / O (Input / Output) model-IOCP (I / O Completion Port) mode, and uses threads for pool-processing asynchronous I / O requests; and the sensing terminal comprises a POS (Point-of-Sale) machine, a building machine, a recognizing machine, multimedia, a channel machine, a vehicle-mounted machine, a water controller and other specific-purpose terminal equipment.

Apparatus, methods and computer programs provided for metering and accounting in a commercial e-services infrastructure address the requirement for handling composite services in which higher-level services are built using simpler underlying services, each of which may be autonomously owned and operated. Metering records for each service underlying a composite service are correlated by a process associated with the composite service, and then sent to an accounting service where they can be aggregated. The correlation is performed in a distributed manner with correlated usage data provided on a per-request basis. Accounting services can take account of the usage and charges associated with the underlying services to provide accounting and billing on a per-request basis or per customer-provider pair for a billing period.

A system for an accounting infrastructure, including monitoring and reporting, for individual services within a composite service. An accounting engine integrates with the composite service to monitor components and parameters of at least one service in the composite service, to provide reporting on the measurements and statistics associated therewith over time. The accounting engine aggregates data for components and services. One example provides the accounting infrastructure as an object-oriented program model, instantiating statistics as objects. The reporting distinguishes each statistic allowing analysis and optimization of processes and services.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for seamlessly updating a user interface element in a visible page for a visible channel of access to a common session in a composite services enablement environment can be provided. The method can include establishing a visible channel of access to a shared session shared commonly with other channels of access in the composite services enablement environment, rendering a visible page for the visible channel of access and a hidden page for the visible channel of access, reloading the hidden page at a determined interval to capture updates to a model for the shared session applied over the other channels of access, receiving in the hidden page a change in value for a user interface element reflecting an update for the model for the shared session, and causing the visible page to reflect the change in value for a corresponding user interface element in the visible page.

Apparatus, methods and computer programs provided for metering and accounting in a commercial e-services infrastructure address the requirement for handling composite services in which higher-level services are built using simpler underlying services, each of which may be autonomously owned and operated. Metering records for each service underlying a composite service are correlated by a process associated with the composite service, and then sent to an accounting service where they can be aggregated. The correlation is performed in a distributed manner with correlated usage data provided on a per-request basis. Accounting services can take account of the usage and charges associated with the underlying services to provide accounting and billing on a per-request basis or per customer-provider pair for a billing period.

The invention discloses an anomaly detection method based on data flow analysis, comprising the following steps: (1) describing a BPEL process abstractly by using an extended control flow graph XCFG;(2) analyzing the data flow of BPEL process based on XCFG; (3) detecting whether there is a -u exception in the BPEL process based on the data stream analysis result (variable use is undefined);; (4)detecting whether there is a d- exception in the BPEL process based on the data flow analysis result (variable definition is not used). The invention has the advantages that the data flow of the BPELprocess is analyzed based on the extended control flow graph XCFG, and the -u anomalies and d- anomalies existing in the process are detected to ensure the correctness of the BPEL combined service andsolve the problem of quality assurance;; Compared with the traditional data stream anomaly detection method, the invention aims at the novel BPEL software paradigm, and considers the language characteristics that the traditional software does not have. In addition, the results of data flow analysis in this process can also serve for the use case design of BPEL composite service data flow test.

A method for defining and managing a composite service group for a cluster based computer system is disclosed. The method includes instantiating a plurality of application units on a cluster based computer system, wherein the application units implement a business service. The method further includes receiving a composite service group definition, wherein a composite service group enumerates application units, out of the plurality of application units, that implement the business service, and generating a consolidated status of the composite service group. The business service is then started (online) / stopped (offline) / migrated / failed-over / failed-back in accordance with the consolidated status, as a single unit, by using the composite service group.

A method, an apparatus and a computer program product are related to service function chain management. Management functionality is directed to efficient controlling software configuration for service function chains and to adaptively invoke, reconfigure or stop virtual machines for load balancing purposes to cope with the dynamic life traffic.

The invention discloses a safety production monitoring system based on the Internet of Things. The system includes a hidden danger point monitoring layer, an information transmission layer and a comprehensive service layer, based on the Internet of Things technology, integrates physical quantity and electric quantity digital acquisition, monitoring and controlling, off-limit alarm and high-definition video linkage, centralized networking control and processing are performed on positions, facilities and key points of potential safety hazards of each enterprise in a park, thereby realizing unattended operation, real-time all-weather dynamic automatic monitoring and controlling, and automatic processing of early warning and alarm information, solving the problem that production safety of the industrial park is not easy to monitor due to scattering, and greatly improving centralized monitoring and centralized processing efficiency of production safety, and the safety production monitoring system can protect production activities of enterprises, and prevent occurrence of serious production accidents.

The invention discloses composite service optimizing method and device based on a protocol composition mechanism. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring access information of different users to composite service and interaction and dependency among services in the process of composite service execution; generating a service process model through a process mining algorithm based on the acquired access information of users to the composite service, the interaction and dependency among the services and a process optimizing strategy; and carrying out adjustment and optimization on the composite service according to the requirements on the users and the service process model to acquire the composite service meeting the requirements on the users. The technical scheme of the invention can carry out dynamic adjustment on the composite service through the interaction and the dependency among services so as to ensure that the adjusted and optimized composite service can better meet the actual requirements on the users and improve the user satisfaction index.

A method for placing branch locations having the steps of: (a) identifying at least one service provider branch location, (b) identifying at least one service receiver, (c) identifying a measure of service receiver value, (d) calculating the value of each of the service receivers based on the measure of service receiver value, and (e) graphically representing composite service provider branch location value.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. In one embodiment of the invention, an update notification method for peer views in a composite services enablement environment can include establishing multiple channels of access for a common session to a composite service and synchronizing updates to a model for the common session in each view for the channels of access. Importantly, the method can include detecting an impending update to the model in a view for one of the channels of access and providing a notification of the impending update to the model to others of the channels of access. For instance, detecting an impending update to the model in a view for one of the channels of access can include detecting a selection of a user interface element or editing of a field in the view for the one of the channels.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. A collision detection and resolution method for updating a model in a composite services enablement environment can include establishing for a single session having a corresponding model, multiple channels of communication for different corresponding channels of access to a service. The method further can include synchronizing updates to the model by individual ones of the channels of access to the services for each of the channels of access to the services. The method yet further can include detecting collisions in synchronizing the updates to the model. Finally, the method can include rejecting the updates to the model when collisions are detected.

A framework is provided to offer composite voice applications and services. A composite application and service begins from the user dialing in via phone and ends by the user hanging up the phone. The composite interactive voice services architecture includes a session initiation protocol session service unit is in the loop of session signaling all the time starting from the time the user first dials in, during the user roaming across various voice servers, and until the end of the composite service when user hangs up the phone. This unit accepts a command and login instruction of the next interactive voice service from the previous interactive voice service. The unit has knowledge of DTMF sequences required for the user to login to next interactive voice service. The session service unit automatically accomplishes a roaming process such that composite applications and services can be achieved across various voice servers.

The invention discloses a web service relation network system based on semantic meanings. Web service relation networks are used for the service discovery based on semantic meanings and the combination of semi-automatic or automatic service combination. The services to be processed by the web service relation networks come from submitted services and acquired services of the web service relation networks, wherein the submitted services passively receive service registration requests, extract information and send the information to the web service relation networks, the acquired services comprise descriptive files which actively acquire services through web crawler technology, the descriptive files are added to the web service relation networks through service registration interfaces, composite services which are automatically acquired are described according to functions of a user, and the composite services are sent to the web service relation networks through service registration. The web service relation network system based on semantic meanings is more convenient for the release of web services, the service discovery based on semantic meanings and the semi-automatic or automatic service combination, can expand descriptive languages of different services and can be compatible with the descriptive languages, organizes available web services into an ecological service system and improves the operation of services by means of relation among services, such as automatic combination, searching, maintenance, and the like.

The invention discloses an integrated service platform of an intelligent community. The platform is suitable for an intelligent community network and comprises a secure community system, a harmonious community system and a management convenience community system, wherein the secure community system comprises a visible intercom module, an intelligent access control module and a security alarm module; the harmonious community system comprises an information bulletin module and a property management module; and the management convenience community system comprises an intelligent home module, an online shopping module and an online media module. By applying the integrated service platform provided by the invention, a community LAN (Local Area Network), an Internet, an Internet of things and a 3G network can be integrated; under the support of a computer, an iPad, a mobile phone and an intelligent terminal, technical obstacles such as information intercommunication, physical distribution and express and online payment are removed; on the basis that access integration is realized, the information integration is realized, a service platform based on artificial intelligence is established, and a secure, harmonious and management-convenience community is realized.

A method for service invocation, including: receiving a first request for a service to be invoked, wherein the first request includes a semantic description of the service; creating a processing graph for the first request from planning domain descriptions of a plurality of services; deploying the processing graph in an execution environment as a composite service; invoking the composite service; and returning a response provided by the invoked composite service.