Granted Patent B2

US 9,092,497 · App. 13/371,828 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Inventors: Li Li (Bridgewater, NJ); Wu Chou (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Assignee: Avaya Inc.

G06F17/30575

Abstract

Claims (300)

1. A system to provide event-driven synchronization of a database distributed among a plurality of servers connected in a tree topology, comprising:

a root server further comprising a transceiver coupled to a processor, where the transceiver is configured to transmit, from the root server of the tree topology, a composition request to child servers at a first predetermined level;

the child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein each of the child servers at the first predetermined level further comprises a transceiver coupled to a processor, the transceiver configured to recursively transmit a composition request to child servers at a second predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the second predetermined level is lower than the first predetermined level;

the child servers at the second predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein each of the child servers at the second predetermined level further comprises a transceiver coupled to a processor, the transceiver configured to recursively transmit a notification message to child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the notification message comprises an identification of database fragments accessible to the child server;

at child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, the transceiver transmits respective notification messages to the root server in the response to receiving the notification messages, wherein each of the child servers at the first predetermined level combines results received in the notification messages from their respective child servers at the second predetermined level with results associated with database fragments accessible to the child server itself;

wherein the root server merges the respective notification messages and synchronizes an availability of database fragments from the respective notification messages transmitted to the root server to form a virtual knowledge database,

wherein the step of recursively transmitting, from each child server of a first predetermined level of the tree topology, a composition request to child servers at a second predetermined level of the tree topology, comprises evaluating the following relationship:

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wherein:

P comprises a parent node;

C comprises a child node;

S i comprises a knowledge service on node i;

i comprises an index variable;

V( ) comprises a view of virtual knowledge base for service S i at node P;

K( ) comprises a knowledge base for service S i at node P; and

c(P) comprises a set of child nodes of node P.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the root server and child servers provide RESTful web services.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tree topology comprises an overlay network of REST servers connected by a composition links and a notification links.

4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising the steps of:

pausing a processing of update events;

retrieving a reference count from a root node of a subtree to add to the tree topology;

updating a database mapping in the root server; and

resuming the processing of update events.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the reference count is determined in accordance with the following relationship:

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wherein:

rc( ) comprises a reference count function;

ƒ( ) comprises a set of fragments of knowledge base Kj;

P comprises a parent node;

C comprises a child node;

c(P) comprises a set of child nodes of node P;

Si comprises a service;

Kj comprises a fragment of a knowledge base; and

i, j comprise index variables.

6. The system of claim 4 , further comprising: exchanging corrective messages between a node of the overlay tree and the root node of the subtree in order to add to the tree topology.

7. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:

providing a delete command to child servers; and

updating a database mapping in a parent server.

8. A method of event-driven synchronization of a database distributed among a plurality of servers connected in a tree topology, comprising:

transmitting, from a root server of the tree topology, a composition request to a first level of child servers of the root server;

recursively transmitting, from each child server of a first predetermined level of the tree topology, a composition request to child servers at a second predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the second predetermined level is lower than the first predetermined level;

recursively transmitting, from each child server of the second predetermined level of the tree topology, a notification message to child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the notification message comprises an identification of database fragments accessible to the child server;

transmitting, from child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, respective notification messages to the root server,

wherein the root server synchronizes an availability of database fragments from the respective notification messages transmitted to the root server,

wherein the step of recursively transmitting, from each child server of a first predetermined level of the tree topology, a composition request to child servers at a second predetermined level of the tree topology, comprises evaluating the following relationship:

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wherein:

P comprises a parent node;

C comprises a child node;

S i comprises a knowledge service on node i;

i comprises an index variable;

V( ) comprises a view of virtual knowledge base for service S i at node P;

K( ) comprises a knowledge base for service S i at node P; and

c(P) comprises a set of child nodes of node P.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the root server and child servers provide RESTful web services.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the tree topology comprises an overlay network of REST servers connected by a composition links and a notification links.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the steps of:

pausing a processing of update events;

retrieving a reference count from a root node of a subtree to add to the tree topology;

updating a database mapping in the root server; and

resuming the processing of update events.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reference count is determined in accordance with the following relationship:

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wherein:

rc( ) comprises a reference count function;

ƒ( ) comprises a set of fragments of knowledge base Kj;

P comprises a parent node;

C comprises a child node;

c(P) comprises a set of child nodes of node P;

Si comprises a service;

Kj comprises a fragment of a knowledge base; and

i, j comprise index variables.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: exchanging corrective messages between a node of the overlay tree and the root node of the subtree in order to add to the tree topology.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

providing a delete command to child servers; and

updating a database mapping in a parent server.

15. A method of event-driven synchronization of a database distributed among a plurality of servers connected in a tree topology, comprising:

transmitting, from a root server of the tree topology, a composition request to a first level of child servers of the root server, wherein the tree topology comprises an overlay network of REST servers connected by a composition links and a notification links;

recursively transmitting, from each child server of a first predetermined level of the tree topology, a composition request to child servers at a second predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the second predetermined level is lower than the first predetermined level;

recursively transmitting, from each child server of the second predetermined level of the tree topology, a notification message to child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, wherein the notification message comprises an identification of database fragments accessible to the child server;

transmitting, from child servers at the first predetermined level of the tree topology, respective notification messages to the root server,

wherein the root server synchronizes an availability of database fragments from the respective notification messages transmitted to the root server,

pausing a processing of update events;

retrieving a reference count from a root node of a subtree to add to the tree topology;

updating a database mapping in the root server; and

resuming the processing of update events,

wherein the reference count is determined in accordance with the following relationship:

rc

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=

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wherein:

rc( ) comprises a reference count function;

ƒ( ) comprises a set of fragments of knowledge base Kj;

P comprises a parent node;

C comprises a child node;

c(P) comprises a set of child nodes of node P;

Si comprises a service;

Kj comprises a fragment of a knowledge base; and

i, j comprise index variables.

Assignments (18)

Continuity (2)