Method and system for comparing different versions of a cloud based application in a production environment using segregated backend systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9245117-B2
Application number	US-201414231141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

An application is implemented in the production environment in which the application will be used. Two or more backend systems are used to implement different versions of the application using the production environment in which the application will actually be used and accessed. Actual user data is received. A first portion of the actual user data is routed and processed in the production environment using a first version of the application and a first backend system of the two or more backend systems. A second portion of the actual user data is also routed and processed in the production environment but using a second version of the application and a second backend system of the two or more backend systems. The results data is then analyzed to evaluate the various versions of the application in the production environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for comparing two versions of a cloud based application in a production environment using segregated backend systems comprising:
one or more processors;
a production environment, wherein the production environment includes one or more production environment components used to implement an application in the production environment selected from the group of production environment components consisting of
one or more computing environments used to implement the application in the production environment, wherein at least one of the one or more computing environments used to implement the application in the production environment is a cloud-based computing environment;
one or more computing systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more virtual assets used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more hypervisors used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more communications channels used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more firewalls used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more routers used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more communications endpoint proxy systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more access control systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more load balancers used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more databases used to implement the application in the production environment; and
one or more services used to implement the application in the production environment; and

at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for comparing two versions of a cloud based application in the production environment using segregated backend systems, the process for comparing the two versions of the cloud based application in the production environment using the segregated backend systems including:
implementing a first version of an application in the production environment;
implementing a second version of an application in the production environment;
providing two or more backend systems associated with the implementation of the first and second versions of the application in the production environment, wherein at least one of the two or more backend systems used to implement the application in the production environment are backend servers implemented in a computing environment that is distinct from the cloud-based computing environment;
receiving actual user data;
routing a first portion of the actual user data representing user data from a first group of users to be processed by the first version of the application using a first backend system of the two or more backend systems;
routing a second portion of the actual user data representing user data from a second group of users to be processed by the second version of the application using a second backend system of the two or more backend systems;
processing the first portion of the actual user data using the first version of the application in the production environment and the first backend system of the two or more backend systems to transform the first portion of the actual user data into first portion of actual users' results data;
processing the second portion of the actual user data using the second version of the application in the production environment and the second backend system of the two or more backend systems to transform the second portion of the actual user data into second portion of actual users' results data; and
analyzing the second portion of actual users' results data to evaluate the production environment and/or operation of the second version of the application in the production environment.

2. The system for comparing the two versions of the cloud based application in the production environment using the segregated backend systems of claim 1 wherein at least one of the two or more backend systems are implemented in a data center associated with the application.

3. A system for comparing two versions of a cloud based application in a production environment using segregated backend systems comprising:
a first version of an application implemented in a production environment;
a second version of the application implemented in the production environment;
two or more backend systems associated with the implementation of the first and second versions of the application in the production environment, wherein the production environment includes one or more production environment components used to implement an application in the production environment selected from the group of production environment components consisting of:
one or more computing environments used to implement the application in the production environment, wherein at least one of the one or more computing environments used to implement the application in the production environment is a cloud-based computing environment and at least one of the two or more segregated backend systems used to implement the application in the production environment are backend servers implemented in a computing environment that is distinct from the cloud-based computing environment;
one or more computing systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more virtual assets used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more hypervisors used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more communications channels used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more firewalls used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more routers used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more communications endpoint proxy systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more access control systems used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more load balancers used to implement the application in the production environment;
one or more databases used to implement the application in the production environment; and
one or more services used to implement the application in the production environment;

actual user data associated with the application implemented in the production environment;
an A/B routing system;
one or more processors; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one of the one or more processors, the at least one memory having stored therein instructions which when executed by any set of the one or more processors, perform a process for comparing two versions of a cloud based application in a production environment using segregated backend systems, the process for comparing the two versions of the cloud based application in the production environment using the segregated backend systems including:
receiving the actual user data;
routing a first portion of the actual user data representing user data from a first group of users to be processed by the first version of the application using a first backend system of the two or more backend systems;
routing a second portion of the actual user data representing user data from a second group of users to be processed by the second version of the application using a second backend system of the two or more backend systems;
processing the first portion of the actual user data using the first version of the application in the production environment and the first backend system of the two or more backend systems to transform the first portion of

Assignees

• Intuit Inc

Inventors

• Weaver Brett
• Godinez Javier
• Brinkley Capen
• Bishop Thomas
• Lietz M Shannon
• Cabrera Luis Felipe

Classifications

• G06F21/55 Primary

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  using formal methods, e.g. model checking, abstract interpretation (theorem proving G06N5/013) · CPC title

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  by runtime analysis (performance monitoring G06F11/3466) · CPC title

• G06F11/3692

  for test results analysis · CPC title

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  Prevention of errors by analysis, debugging or testing of software · CPC title