Routing handler for rule-based action triggering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016127253-A1
Application number	US-201414529096-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for implementing a routing handler for rule-based action triggering are disclosed. A request is received at a routing handler from a client. The request specifies a particular operation at a particular one of a plurality of sub-services. The sub-services comprise one or more operations for defining a plurality of rules; the rules are defined to bind triggers to actions. The sub-services also comprise one or more operations for performing the actions in a provider network comprising a plurality of resources. The particular operation in the request is determined at the routing handler. The particular one of the sub-services is determined at the routing handler based on the particular operation, using a routing map. The routing map is dynamically updated when operations provided by sub-services are modified. The request is routed to the particular one of the sub-services.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a plurality of computing devices configured to implement a plurality of sub-services and a routing handler, and wherein the routing handler is configured to:
receive, from a client, a request that specifies a particular operation at a particular one of the plurality of sub-services, wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise a rules sub-service and an actions sub-service, wherein the rules sub-service comprises one or more operations for defining a plurality of rules using a plurality of triggers and a plurality of actions, wherein individual ones of the rules are defined to bind a respective one or more of the triggers to a respective one or more of the actions, and wherein the actions sub-service comprises one or more operations for performing the actions in a provider network comprising a plurality of resources;
determine the particular operation in the request;
determine the particular one of the sub-services based at least in part on the particular operation, wherein the particular one of the sub-services is determined using a routing map, wherein the routing map is dynamically loaded from a data store to the routing handler;
route the request to the particular one of the sub-services;
receive a response to the request from the particular one of the sub-services; and
return the response to the client.

2 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise a scheduling sub-service, wherein the scheduling sub-service comprises one or more operations for scheduling individual ones of the actions at particular times.

3 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein, in response to modification of the one or more operations at the rules sub-service or modification of the one or more operations at the action sub-service, an updated routing map is generated based at least in part on the routing map, wherein the updated routing map comprises a mapping of one or more new or modified operations to a particular one of the sub-services, and wherein the updated routing map is stored in the data store.

4 . The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the particular sub-service comprises the rules sub-service, wherein the particular operation comprises an operation to fire a particular trigger, and wherein, in performing the operation to fire the particular trigger, the rules sub-service is configured to:
determine a particular one or more of the rules that comprise the particular trigger; and generate one or more messages describing a particular one or more of the actions in the particular one or more of the rules that comprise the particular trigger.

5 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a routing handler from a client, a request that specifies a particular operation at a particular one of a plurality of sub-services, wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise one or more operations for defining a plurality of rules, wherein individual ones of the rules are defined to bind a respective one or more of a plurality of triggers to a respective one or more of a plurality of actions, and wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise one or more operations for performing the plurality of actions in a provider network comprising a plurality of resources; determining, at the routing handler, the particular operation in the request; determining, at the routing handler, the particular one of the sub-services based at least in part on the particular operation, wherein the particular one of the sub-services is determined using a routing map shared by the routing handler and one or more additional routing handlers; and routing the request to the particular one of the sub-services.

6 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise a rules sub-service, wherein the rules sub-service comprises the one or more operations for defining the plurality of rules, and wherein the rules sub-service comprises one or more operations for firing one or more of the triggers.

7 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise an actions sub-service, wherein the actions sub-service comprises the one or more operations for performing the plurality of actions in the provider network comprising the plurality of resources.

8 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise a scheduling sub-service, wherein the scheduling sub-service comprises one or more operations for scheduling individual ones of the actions at particular times.

9 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the routing map is dynamically loaded from a data store to the routing handler, and wherein the method further comprises:
generating an updated routing map based at least in part on the routing map, wherein the updated routing map comprises a mapping of one or more new or modified operations to a particular one of the sub-services; and storing the updated routing map in the data store.

10 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the particular sub-service comprises a rules sub-service, wherein the particular operation comprises an operation to fire a particular trigger, and wherein, in performing the operation to fire the particular trigger, the method further comprises:
determining a particular one or more of the rules that comprise the particular trigger; and generating one or more messages describing a particular one or more of the actions in the particular one or more of the rules that comprise the particular trigger

11 . The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, at the routing handler, a response to the request from the particular one of the sub-services; and returning the response to the client.

12 . The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the request is routed to the particular one of the sub-services using a particular HTTP client, and wherein an additional request is routed to another one of the sub-services using an additional HTTP client.

13 . A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions computer-executable to perform:
receiving, at a routing handler from a client, a request that specifies a particular operation at a particular one of a plurality of sub-services, wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise one or more operations for defining a plurality of rules, wherein individual ones of the rules are defined to bind a respective one or more of a plurality of triggers to a respective one or more of a plurality of actions, and wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise one or more operations for performing the plurality of actions in a provider network comprising a plurality of resources; determining, at the routing handler, the particular operation in the request; determining, at the routing handler, the particular one of the sub-services based at least in part on the particular operation, wherein the particular one of the sub-services is determined using a routing map loaded from a data store and shared by the routing handler and one or more additional routing handlers; and routing the request to the particular one of the sub-services.

14 . The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 13 , wherein the plurality of sub-services comprise a rules sub-service, wherein the rules sub-service comprises the one or more operations for defining the plurality of rules, and wherein the rules sub-service comprises one or more operations for firing one or more of the triggers.

15 . The computer-readable storage medium as recited in claim 13 , wherein the plurality

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Patel Mihir Rajendrabhai
• Torun Mustafa Ugur

Classifications

• H04L45/302

  Route determination based on requested QoS · CPC title

• H04L45/14

  Routing performance; Theoretical aspects · CPC title

• H04L47/70 Primary

  Admission control; Resource allocation · CPC title