Patent ID: 7757235
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A trigger support system, comprising: a processor configured to execute processes of a manager job scheduler, the manager job scheduler being operable to register one or more action requests with a client job scheduler, the one or more action requests associated with one or more existing jobs scheduled on the client job scheduler, each of the one or more existing jobs scheduled independently of the manager job scheduler and comprising a respective job definition comprising job run conditions, and wherein the one or more action requests include one or more requests for statuses of one or more jobs running on the client job scheduler; a broker enabled to receive the one or more action requests registered by the manager job scheduler; the broker further enabled to send the one or more action requests to the client job scheduler; and the client job scheduler operable to receive the one or more action requests from the broker, the client job scheduler further operable, after one of the one or more existing jobs begins to run according to its respective job definition, to take an action based on the one or more action requests and report a result of the action to the manager job scheduler.