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.

The present invention provides techniques for creation, operation, management, and access control of network-based storage services. Specific embodiments provide improved efficiency of the service management tasks used for designing, operating and accounting the robust and profitable network services, for example. In representative embodiments, techniques for constructing integrated network and storage services are provided. In a specific embodiment, the service comprises of three major service components: virtual private networks (VPN), application servers and storage area networks (SAN). Each of these service components has its own customer identification information, such as VPN identifier for VPN services, process identifier for application servers and logical unit number (LUN) for storage devices.

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 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.