Patent ID: 7559059
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of automatically deploying an application across a distributed computing domain including a plurality of processing devices, the method implemented using programmed instructions executed on a computer to do the steps of: (a) automatically scanning for an undeployed application stored in an application directory accessible to at least one of the plurality of processing devices, the application directory including at least one currently deployed application; (b) recognizing an undeployed application in the application directory; and (c) deploying the undeployed application to a selected portion of the plurality of processing devices, such that the application is capable of being executed by the portion of the plurality of processing devices; wherein when the undeployed application is placed in the application directory it is automatically deployed without requiring any other user step; wherein the method includes: wherein the selected portion of the plurality of processing devices is determined from an analysis of a plurality of attributes associated with the undeployed application and a plurality of attributes associated with the distributed computing domain.