Serverless composition of functions into applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10896181-B2
Application number	US-201715725756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2017
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

A processor may receive a query from a user. The query may include one or more portions. The processor may identify a primary function. The processor may determine to segment the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions. The processor may process a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function. The processor may display a processed outcome of the query to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a user, a query, wherein the query includes one or more portions;
identifying, by a processor, a primary function, wherein the primary function is identified with a metadata tag indicating an association between the query and the primary function;
segmenting the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions, wherein the two or more subsidiary functions use at least two different programming languages, selected by the processor, based on the processor determining the selected language allows for the query to be more efficiently processed;
processing a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function; and
displaying a processed outcome of the query to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying that the first portion of the query has been processed by the first subsidiary function generating a first output;
determining that a second portion of the query remains unprocessed; and
processing the second portion of the query with a second subsidiary function.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining that the second portion of the query remains unprocessed comprises:
identifying that the first output is a first input for the second subsidiary function.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
identifying that the second portion of the query has been processed by the second subsidiary function generating a second output;
determining that a third portion of the query remains unprocessed;
processing the third portion of the query with a third subsidiary function; and
generating the processed outcome of the query.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the primary function comprises:
accessing a database, wherein the database includes source code for one or more primary functions; and
identifying the primary function as being able to process the query.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein identifying the primary function as being able to process the query comprises:
identifying that the primary function has an identifier associated with a primary article of the query.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining to segment the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions comprises:
determining that the primary function will not process the query within a time threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining to segment the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions compromises:
receiving a callback after completion of the primary function.

9. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user, a query, wherein the query includes one or more portions;
identifying, by a processor, a primary function, wherein the primary function is identified with a metadata tag indicating an association between the query and the primary function;
segmenting the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions, wherein the two or more subsidiary functions use at least two different programming languages, selected by the processor, based on the processor determining the selected language allows for the query to be more efficiently processed;
processing a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function; and
displaying a processed outcome of the query to the user.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
identifying that the first portion of the query has been processed by the first subsidiary function generating a first output;
determining that a second portion of the query remains unprocessed; and
processing the second portion of the query with a second subsidiary function.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the second portion of the query remains unprocessed comprises:
identifying that the first output is a first input for the second subsidiary function.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying that the second portion of the query has been processed by the second subsidiary function generating a second output;
determining that a third portion of the query remains unprocessed;
processing the third portion of the query with a third subsidiary function; and
generating the processed outcome of the query.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein identifying the primary function comprises:
accessing a database, wherein the database includes source code for one or more primary functions; and
identifying the primary function as being able to process the query.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein identifying the primary function as being able to process the query comprises:
identifying that the primary function has an identifier associated with a primary article of the query.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user, a query, wherein the query includes one or more portions;
identifying, by a processor, a primary function, wherein the primary function is identified with a metadata tag indicating an association between the query and the primary function;
segmenting the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions, wherein the two or more subsidiary functions use at least two different programming languages, selected by the processor, based on the processor determining the selected language allows for the query to be more efficiently processed;
processing a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function; and
displaying a processed outcome of the query to the user.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising:
identifying that the first portion of the query has been processed by the first subsidiary function generating a first output;
determining that a second portion of the query remains unprocessed; and
processing the second portion of the query with a second subsidiary function.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein determining that the second portion of the query remains unprocessed comprises:
identifying that the first output is a first input for the second subsidiary function.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising:
identifying that the second portion of the query has been processed by the second subsidiary function generating a second output;
determining that a third portion of the query remains unprocessed;
processing the third portion of the query with a third subsidiary function; and
generating the processed outcome of the query.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein identifying the primary function comprises:
accessing a database, wherein the database includes source code for one or more primary functions; and
identifying the primary function as being able to process the query.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein identifying the primary function as being able to process the query comprises:
identifying that the primary function has an identifier associated with a primary article of the query.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Rabbah Rodric
• Mitchell Nicholas M
• Fink Stephen
• Tardieu Olivier L J

Classifications

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06F16/953 Primary

  Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines · CPC title

• G06F16/2455 Primary

  Query execution · CPC title

• G06F16/242

  Query formulation · CPC title