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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Software that generates a message containing program instructions 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, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and (iii) orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.