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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas E. Chefalas, Somers, NY (US);

David M. Egle, Rochester, MN (US);

Daniel L. Hiebert, Pine Island, MN (US);

Dennis D. Jurgensen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Arthur J. Meyer, III, Rochester, MN (US);

David M. Schultz, Williston, VT (US);

Peter A. Singh, Miami, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/30 (2013.01); G06F 9/5072 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Software that generates a message containing operations for multiple layers in a multi-layer environment, by performing the following operations: (i) receiving an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; (ii) generating a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions that include sub-operation(s) of the operation, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment; and (iii) orchestrating performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment according to a sequence for performing sub-operation(s) indicated in the message, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs a respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the respectively corresponding layer portion for the layer in the message.


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