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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Svante Alnås, Lund, SE;
Linh Trang, Åkarp, SE;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); H04L 43/0805 (2022.01); H04L 47/20 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/82 (2013.01); H04L 43/0805 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing services in an Edge Computing (EC) system that includes at least a first EC host and an EC management entity configured to control the first EC host to instantiate EC applications using one or more services. The method includes the EC management entity: obtaining service information associated with at least a first service for use by an EC platform or an EC application in an EC host; storing the service information in a central service registry of the EC system; and storing availability information associated with said first service in the central service registry.