Patent ID: 9106676
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communication between computing nodes in a distributed computing system, the method comprising: receiving, from the computing nodes, respective indications of functionalities provided thereby; providing the respective indications of the functionalities to a shared data repository that is accessible to the computing nodes; registering the computing nodes according to respective functionalities provided thereby responsive to receiving the respective indications therefrom; selectively communicating a request associated with one of the functionalities to one of the computing nodes responsive to registration thereof by providing the request to ones of the computing nodes that provide the one of the functionalities; and receiving respective responses to the request from respective service agents installed in the ones of the computing nodes, wherein each of the service agents is associated with the one of the functionalities, and wherein the shared data repository is accessible to the respective service agents.