| United States Patent | 7,543,020 |
| Walker , et al. | June 2, 2009 |
Distributed client services based on execution of service attributes and data attributes by multiple nodes in resource groups
Abstract
A network provides distributed client services based on participation in respective resource groups by computing nodes, each resource group including a corresponding resource requirement for any computing node that joins the corresponding resource group for execution of the corresponding distributed client service. Each computing node, in response to determining its corresponding available node capacity, is configured for selectively creating and joining at least one new resource group for execution of a corresponding distributed client service having a corresponding resource requirement, and/or selectively joining at least one of the available resource groups, based on the corresponding available node capacity satisfying the corresponding resource requirement. Each distributed client service also includes service attributes that define parameters for execution of the distributed client service, and data attributes that define the attributes required for data to be used in the distributed client service.
| Inventors: | Walker; Douglas Jay (Raleigh, NC), Turner; Bryan C. (Apex, NC), Toebes; John (Cary, NC) |
| Assignee: | Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
| Appl. No.: | 11/060,387 |
| Filed: | February 17, 2005 |