Ptc Inc.

Bob DeRemer

Rick Bullotta

Mike Mahoney

John Thomas Canosa

John Canosa

A system and method of operating resources within a distributed computing environment. The resources include a platform server and intermediate servers where each of the intermediate servers connects and maintains a persistent connection to the platform server a number of edge servers. The method includes injecting state identifier information into service requests from a given edge server to the intermediate server and transmitting the service request to the platform server. The method includes receiving to response message from the platform server where the message includes the state identifier. The method includes using the state identifier to route the message to the given edge server.

System and method of injecting states into message routing in a distributed computing environment

A system and method of a communication device including a port configured to receive a plurality of binary data streams having a binary header and a binary body. The device includes a memory storing a first message structure description of the binary header and the binary body, and a second message structure description of a metadata construct of the message. The device includes a processor configured to parse a received binary data stream using the first message structure description to determine the binary header and the binary body. The processor parses the binary body using the second message structure description to determine the one or more groups of description values forming the metadata construct. The processor uses a portion of the determined description values of the metadata construct to determine the one or more groups of data values of the message construct.

Systems and methods using binary dynamic rest messages

A system and method of message routing messages via connections in a distributed computing environment. The method includes providing a platform server, a set of intermediary servers, and a set of edge servers. The method includes receiving, by a port at the platform server, a first data message from a first end-point device over a first persistent connection. The message has been routed through a an intermediate server over a second persistent connection. The method includes receiving a second data message from a second end-point device over a third persistent connection where the second data message has been routed through another intermediate server over a fourth persistent connection. The method includes servicing, by a processor at the platform server, the first data message and the second data message where the intermediate servers manage connectivity between the end-point devices and the platform servers.

System and method of message routing via connection servers in a distributed computing environment

A system and method thereof of a communication device. The device includes a port configured to receive a plurality of binary data streams having a binary header and a binary body. The device includes a memory storing a first structural description of the binary header and the binary body and a second structural description of a metadata construct of the message. The device includes a processor configured to parse a received binary data stream using the first structural description to determine the binary header and the binary body. The processor parses the binary body using the second structural description to determine the one or more groups of description values forming the metadata construct where the processor uses a portion of the determined description values of the metadata construct to determine the one or more groups of data values of the message construct.

System and method of using binary dynamic rest messages

A system and method for abstracting communication protocol using self-describing messages. The method includes providing a first communication protocol having control codes and binary messages having a self-describing schema of a data object model. The method includes providing a second communication protocol where instances of the second communication protocol are associatively mapped to the instances of the first communication protocol. The method includes receiving a message in the second communication protocol. The method includes classifying the message as being either a control message or a data message and translating it to a second message where upon the message has been classified as a control message, the processor maps the control message to one or more control codes and where upon the message has been classified as a data message, the processor maps the data message to a corresponding binary message having the self-describing schema.

System and method of abstracting communication protocol using self-describing messages

A system and method of operating resources within a distributed computing environment. The resources include a platform server and intermediate servers where each of the intermediate servers connects and maintains a persistent connection to the platform server a number of edge servers. The method includes injecting state identifier information into service requests from a given edge server to the intermediate server and transmitting the service request to the platform server. The method includes receiving a response message from the platform server where the message includes the state identifier. The method includes using the state identifier to route the message to the given edge server.

A system and method of routing messages in a distributed computing environment is provided. The method includes providing a platform server, a set of intermediary servers, and a set of edge servers, collectively defining a network. The method includes binding, at the platform server, at a first instance, the end-point device to the platform server wherein the platform server binds, at the first instance, the end-point device using a non-addressable name value associated to the end-point device. The binding associates a first path across the network. The method includes communicating a first message to the end-point device along the first path. Method includes rebinding, at the platform server, at a second instance, the end-point device to the platform server, where the rebinding uses the non-addressable name value and associates a second path across the network. The method includes communicating a second message to the end-point device along the second path.

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