System and method to control a cross domain workflow based on a hierachical engine framework

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021314276-A1
Application number	US-202117349651-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 16, 2021
Priority date	Jul 3, 2018
Publication date	Oct 7, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for controlling a workflow across domains on the basis of a hierarchical engine framework. Inventive workflow control makes it possible to configure a flexible hierarchical engine framework and provide a workflow service with low latency. Also, the system and method make it possible to control a workflow by building an engine and a data pipeline across domains.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An intelligent control system for controlling a workflow of an edge system based on a hierarchical engine framework, the intelligent control system comprising:
an engine database configured to store identity information of at least one engine for processing a workflow, location information of the engine, and specification information of the engine; an engine manager configured to manage the engine database; and a pipeline manager configured to manage a data pipeline of input and output data of the at least one engine according to the workflow.

2 . The intelligent control system of claim 1 , further comprising an identification node configured to manage identity information of the edge system,
wherein the identification node maps identity information of an engine that the edge system has to the identity information of the edge system.

3 . The intelligent control system of claim 1 , wherein the engine manager manages identity information of the edge system having the at least one engine or identity information of a cluster server group interworking with the edge system as engine location information of the at least one engine.

4 . The intelligent control system of claim 1 , wherein when a request for engine location information including identity information of an engine required to process the workflow is received from the edge system, the intelligent control system transfers identity information of a cluster server group having the required engine to the edge system based on the identity information of the engine.

5 . The intelligent control system of claim 1 , further comprising a global engine database configured to be shared with another intelligent control system,
wherein the intelligent control system controls a workflow in one domain comprising at least one edge system and at least one cluster server group, and cause edge systems of cross domain to interwork with each other by referencing the global engine database.

6 . The intelligent control system of claim 1 , wherein the intelligent control system controls a workflow in one domain comprising at least one edge system and at least one cluster server group and interworks with an intelligent control system of another domain through a cross-domain accessible cloud server.

7 . A method for an intelligent control system to control a workflow based on an engine framework comprising an edge system and a cluster server group interworking with the edge system, the method comprising:
receiving a request for engine location information including identity information of an engine required for processing a workflow from the edge system; transferring identity information of a cluster server group having the required engine to the edge system based on the identity information of the engine; and building a hierarchical data pipeline from the edge system to the cluster server group.

8 . A method of controlling a workflow using an intelligent control system which controls a workflow of a first edge system and a second edge system in one domain, the method comprising:
requesting, by the first edge system, the intelligent control system to acquire an engine required to process the workflow; transmitting, by the second edge system which receives the acquisition request for the required engine, the required engine or location information of the required engine to the first edge system in reply to the request; and receiving, by the first edge system, the required engine or the location information of the required engine.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• You Tae Wan
• Lee Yeon Hee
• Pyo Cheol Sig
• Hong Yong Geun
• Kim Min Suk
• You Woong Shik
• Cho Seong Ik
• Kang Hyun Joong
• Kim Kwi Hoon
• Kim Hyun Jae
• Lee Ho Sung
• Hong Jung Ha

Classifications

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L47/785 Primary

  among multiple network domains, e.g. multilateral agreements · CPC title

• H04L67/2895 Primary

  Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/69

  Identity-dependent · CPC title