KR101886580B1 - Method and system for cloud service based on mediation of processing power - Google Patents

Abstract

A cloud service method and system based on mediation of processing power is disclosed. A cloud service method of a cloud server includes the steps of registering the electronic devices as operation processors in accordance with communication via a network with electronic devices, separating a requested operation into a plurality of operations according to an operation request from the operation consumer Distributing the processing of the separated plurality of operations to the operation processors of at least some of the registered operation processors, receiving the processing result of the distributed requested operation from the at least some of the operation processors, And providing the collected processing result to the operational consumer.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOUD SERVICE BASED ON MEDIATION OF PROCESSING POWER [0002]

The following description relates to a cloud service method and system based on mediation of processing power.

A cloud service is a technology that allows software or data to be stored on an external cloud server connected to the Internet so that users can use the software or data if they are connected to the Internet without any time and place restrictions. For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0036889 discloses a cloud service method and terminal.

These cloud services are classified into Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) depending on the service type. IaaS is a form of server, storage, and network virtualization that provides infrastructure services as needed. SaaS is also called on-demand software. Software and related data is hosted centrally. And the user is a software delivery model in which the client is accessed through a client such as a web browser. In addition, PaaS extends SaaS concept to development platform. It is a model that makes it possible to easily borrow necessary development elements on the web without having to build platform for development.

In other words, the cloud service of the related art is a technology that enables users to utilize the infrastructure such as servers, storage, and networks built on the provider side of the cloud service, services such as software and related data, Lt; / RTI >

On the other hand, in the past, the processing power corresponding to a supercomputer has recently become widespread among households and individuals, and even mobile devices have gigahertz (GHz) computing power. In other words, the processing power held by a large number of electronic devices distributed to homes and individuals remains.

Provided is a cloud service method and system that can provide powerful computing power to computing consumers using processing power that is used and remained in electronic devices that are supplied to homes and individuals.

A cloud service method capable of providing a new business model in a way that provides compensation to the operation consumers requesting the operation and provides compensation to the operation processors providing the processing power for processing the operation; System.

A cloud service method for a cloud server, the method comprising: registering the electronic devices with operation processors in accordance with communication via a network with the electronic devices; Separating the requested operation into a plurality of operations according to an operation request from the operation consumer; Distributing the processing of the separated plurality of operations to at least some operation processors of the registered operation processors; Receiving and collecting the processing result of the distributed requested operation from the at least some operation processors; And providing the collected processing result to the computing consumer.

CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A cloud service system for a cloud server, the cloud service system comprising: at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions, the at least one processor comprising: And a processor for dividing the requested operation into a plurality of operations according to an operation request from the operation consumer and distributing the processing of the separated plurality of operations to at least some operation processors of the registered operation processors And receives and collects the processing result of the distributed requested operation from the at least some operation processors, and provides the collected processing result to the operational consumer.

A cloud service method of a cloud server, comprising the steps of: distributing a processing of a requested operation from an operation consumer to a plurality of operation processors; collecting processing results received from the plurality of operation processors and providing the result to the operation consumer; And managing the compensation provided to each of the plurality of operation processors according to the plurality of operation processors providing the processing result.

CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A cloud service system for a cloud server, the cloud service system comprising: at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions, the at least one processor being operative to distribute processing of a requested operation to a plurality of operation processors And collects processing results received from the plurality of operation processors and provides the result to the operation consumer, and manages the compensation provided to each of the plurality of operation processors as the plurality of operation processors provide processing results The present invention provides a cloud service system.

It is possible to provide robust processing power to the arithmetic consumers by using the processing power that is used and remained in the electronic apparatuses that are supplied to households and individuals.

It is possible to provide a new business model in a manner that provides compensation to the operation consumers requesting the operation and provides compensation to the operation processors providing the processing power for processing the operation.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an illustration of an example of an overall environment for providing processing power through a cloud service in one embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that a processor of a server may include in one embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that a server according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform.
6 is a block diagram illustrating another example of components that a processor of a server may include in one embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a method that a server according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an application package provided to an electronic device for client implementation in an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of exchanging processing power and service in an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 shows an example in which a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, a plurality of servers 150, 160, and a network 170 are included. 1, the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited to those shown in FIG.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be a fixed terminal implemented as a computer device or a mobile terminal. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130 and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a notebook, a digital broadcast terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) ), And tablet PCs. For example, although FIG. 1 illustrates the shape of a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, in embodiments of the present invention, other electronic devices 120 (for example, , 130, 140) and / or servers 150, 160. In addition,

The communication method is not limited, and may include a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, a broadcasting network) that the network 170 may include, as well as a short-range wireless communication between the devices. For example, the network 170 may be a personal area network (LAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN) , A network such as the Internet, and the like. The network 170 may also include any one or more of a network topology including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, It is not limited.

Each of the plurality of servers 150 and 160 may be a computer device that communicates with the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130 and 140 through the network 170 to provide commands, codes, files, And may be implemented with a plurality of computer devices.

For example, the server 160 may be a file distribution system that distributes an application for a messenger function or an application installation file for playing digital contents to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. In this case, the server 150 may be a cloud service system for providing a cloud service to the clients installed with the application. For example, a user of the electronic device 1 (110) can access the server (150) through the network (170) using an application installed in the electronic device (110), and receives a cloud service from the server . In this case, the server 150 may transmit the requested cloud service to the electronic device 1 (110).

As another example, the server 150 may be a cloud service server providing a cloud service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, and the server 160 may communicate with the cloud service server, And may be a service server that provides services such as games to the electronic devices 110, 120, 130,

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 illustrates an internal configuration of the electronic device 1 (110) and the server 150 as an example of the electronic device. Other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 or server 160 may have the same or similar internal configurations.

The electronic device 1 110 and the server 150 may include memories 211 and 221, processors 212 and 222, communication modules 213 and 223 and input / output interfaces 214 and 224. The memories 211 and 221 may be a computer-readable recording medium and may include a permanent mass storage device such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a disk drive. Here, the ROM and the non-decaying large capacity recording device may be included as separate permanent storage devices separately from the memories 211 and 221. [ The memory 211 and the memory 221 are provided with an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a program installed in the electronic device 1 (110) and used for a browser or an application installed in the electronic device 1 Code) can be stored. These software components may be loaded from a computer readable recording medium separate from the memories 211 and 221. [ Such a computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into memory 211, 221 via communication modules 213, 223 rather than a computer readable recording medium. For example, at least one program may be a program installed by a file distribution system (for example, the server 160 described above) that distributes installation files of developers or applications, May be loaded into the memory 211, 221 based on the application described above.

Processors 212 and 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. The instructions may be provided to the processors 212 and 222 by the memories 211 and 221 or the communication modules 213 and 223. For example, the processor 212, 222 may be configured to execute a command received in accordance with a program code stored in a recording device, such as the memory 211, 221.

The communication modules 213 and 223 may provide functions for the electronic device 1 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other through the network 170 and may provide functions for communicating with other electronic devices (for example, the electronic device 2 120) Or to communicate with another server (e.g., server 160). For example, when the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 110 receives a request (for example, a request for a video call service) generated according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211, To the server 150 via the network 170 in accordance with the < / RTI > Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, and the like provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are transmitted to the communication module 223 of the electronic device 110 via the communication module 223 and the network 170 213 to the electronic device 1 (110). For example, the control signal or command of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 or the memory 211, May be stored as a storage medium that may further include a < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The input / output interfaces 214 and 224 may be means for interfacing with the input / output device 215. For example, the input device may include a device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display for displaying a communication session of the application. As another example, the input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device having integrated functions for input and output, such as a touch screen. More specifically, the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) uses the data provided by the server 150 or the electronic device 2 (120) in processing commands of the computer program loaded in the memory 211 A service screen or contents can be displayed on the display through the input / output interface 214. [

Also, in other embodiments, electronic device 1 110 and server 150 may include more components than the components of FIG. However, there is no need to clearly illustrate most prior art components. For example, electronic device 1 110 may be implemented to include at least a portion of input / output devices 215 described above, or may be implemented with other components such as a transceiver, Global Positioning System (GPS) module, camera, Elements. More specifically, when the electronic device 1 (110) is a smart phone, it may be an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a camera, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, input / output ports, It is to be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

3 is a diagram showing an example of the overall environment for providing a cloud service in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a cloud service server 300, a plurality of operation processors 310, and a plurality of operation consumers 320.

The cloud service server 300 may be implemented as the server 150 described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2, and the plurality of operation processors 310 may be implemented by a computer or a smart phone, And may correspond to electronic appliances registered in the cloud service server 300 among them. For example, the first calculation processor 311 may be implemented as the electronic device 110 described with reference to FIG. Each of the plurality of computing consumers 320 may be implemented in the same manner as the server 150 or may be implemented in the same manner as the first electronic device 110. Further, each of the plurality of operation consumers 320 may be an operation consumer and an operation processor at the same time. For example, the first computing consumer 321 and the third computing processor 313 may be implemented in one electronic device (for example, the electronic device 1 110).

The cloud service server 300 may receive an operation request of a specific operation consumer (for example, the first operation consumer 321) desiring to process any operation among the plurality of operation consumers 320. [ In addition, the cloud service server 300 may be provided with operation processors (for example, a first operation processor 311, a second operation processor 312 and a third operation processor 312) for processing a requested operation among the plurality of operation processors 310 The processor 313), and mediate the specific operation consumers and the selected operation processors so that the selected operation processors distribute the requested operation.

In other words, the cloud service server 300 distributes the operation request of the specific operation consumer by utilizing the processing power of at least some of the operation processors of the plurality of registered operation processors 310, Can add value to processing power and build and utilize powerful real-time processing power.

In order to establish such processing power, the cloud service server 300 may provide compensation for the processing power provided by the plurality of operation processors 310. For example, the cloud service server 300 may provide a processing power to the operation processor providing the processing power for free use of a specific service such as a game, or a method of discounting the usage fee to process surplus processing power and operation The power consumed for the service can be exchanged with the service. As another example, the compensation may be provided to the operator in the form of cash, cyber money, or the like. As another example, the compensation provided to the operation processor may be accumulated in association with the operation processor in the cloud service server 300, and the processing of the operation desired by the operation processor, And may request the server 300. In this case, as described above, one client of the cloud service may be both an operation processor and an operation consumer.

Thus, providing compensation according to the provision of the processing power, or exchanging the processing power and service, can provide powerful real-time processing power using surplus processing power from the client.

Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that a server processor may include in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a block diagram of a method that a server can perform in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

As shown in FIG. 4, the processor 222 included in the server 150 includes components such as an operation processor registration unit 410, A processing power managing unit 420, an operation separating unit 430, a distribution request unit 440, a processing result collecting unit 450, a processing result providing unit 460 and a compensation managing unit 470. The components of the processor 222 and the processor 222 may perform the steps 510 through 570 included in the cloud service method of FIG. At this time, the components of the processor 222 and the processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to the code of the operating system or the code of at least one program that the memory 221 contains. The components of processor 222 may be representations of different functions of processor 222 performed by processor 222 in accordance with control instructions provided by the program code stored in server 150 have. At this time, the processor 222 can read the necessary control command from the loaded memory 221 with the command related to the control of the server 150, and execute the steps 510 to 550 to be described later according to the read control command The server 150 can be controlled.

In step 510, the operation processor registration unit 410 may register the electronic devices as operation processors according to the communication with the electronic devices via the network. For example, an application associated with the cloud service may be installed and operated in each of the electronic devices of the registered operation processors so that clients for the cloud service can be implemented. At this time, the electronic devices corresponding to the clients can be registered in the server 150 as operation processors. As a more specific example, the operation processor registration unit 410 registers the identifier of the electronic device, the identifier of the user of the electronic device, the identifier of the client implemented in the electronic device, and related information (e.g., information about the electronic device, ) From the corresponding electronic device, and controls the server 150 to store the received information in a database for managing the operation processor in association with an identifier as an operation processor of the electronic device.

In step 520, the processing power management unit 420 may manage the processing power that each of the registered operation processors can provide for each registered operation processor. For example, the processing power management unit 420 may control the server 150 to receive the information transmitted by the electronic device according to the control of the application driven in the electronic device, The processing power can be determined. As a more specific example, the processing power managing unit 420 may control the server 150 to receive device information and setting information of a corresponding electronic device from a client implemented in the electronic device. Here, the device information may include hardware information of the electronic device. For example, the server 150 may receive hardware information such as a type of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a clock speed, and the like as device information. The setting information may include at least one of time information set by a user of the electronic device and time information set by an application installed and driven in the electronic device. This time information may be information on the time when the processing power can be provided. For example, it may be difficult to provide processing power while a user is using an electronic device. Accordingly, the user can set the time when he / she does not use the electronic device and inform the server 150 of the time. In addition, an application driven by the electronic device may analyze the operation pattern of the electronic device to automatically set the remaining time of the processing power, and inform the server 150 of the time. The processing power management unit 420 can determine the processing power that can be provided for each operation processor by using the device information and the setting information.

Since the determination of such processing power may vary with time for the same client, the determination of the processing power may be performed according to a certain period or whenever there is an operation request from the operation consumer. That is, step 520 may be performed after step 530. [

In operation 530, the operation separation unit 430 may separate the requested operation into a plurality of operations according to an operation request from the operation consumer. Operations The operations that consumers request can vary widely. For example, all kinds of operations requiring processing power, such as a request for processing of data for meteorological analysis of a weather station, a request for data processing of a laboratory, or a game simulation in a game server providing game service May be requested. To this end, the server 150 can provide a window to the computing consumers that the computing consumers can access and request the computation. The above-mentioned window can be provided to the arithmetic consumers through a form of a web page or a separate application installed in the apparatus of the arithmetic consumers. The computing consumers can request the server 150 to process the desired operation using the interface of the window provided by the server 150. [

In this case, the operation separating unit 430 may analyze the requested operation and separate the operation into a plurality of operations. For example, when an operation requiring 100,000 simulations is repeated, the operation separating unit 430 may divide the operation into 100,000 operations that each process one simulation. Alternatively, if the requested operation includes a plurality of operations of various types, the operation unit 430 may separate the plurality of operations included in the requested operation separately.

In step 540, the distribution requestor 440 may distribute the processing of the plurality of separate operations to the operation processors of at least some of the registered operation processors. For example, the distribution request unit 440 may select at least some operation processors for requesting processing of a plurality of operations according to the processing power required by each of the plurality of operations and the processing power that can be provided by the registered operation processors , And control the server 150 to request processing of the corresponding operation with at least some selected operation processors.

As a more specific example, it is assumed that the operation for repeating the above-described 100,000 simulations is divided into 100,000 operations each for processing one simulation, and that 50,000 operation processors are registered. In this case, the distribution request unit 440 selects 100,000 operation processors capable of providing the processing power required to process 100,000 operations, and distributes the processing of the separated operations to the selected 100,000 operation processors as a distributed request So that 100,000 operations can be processed in parallel.

In step 550, the processing result collecting unit 450 may receive and collect the processing result of the distributed requested operation from at least some of the operation processors. For example, the processing result collecting unit 450 can control the server 150 to receive the processing results transmitted by the processing processors, and can collect the received processing results to generate final processing results.

At this time, there may be a case where the result of the first operation included in the requested operation is used as an input of the second operation included in the requested operation according to the requested operation. For example, the result of the primary operation may be required as a parameter of the secondary operation. In this case, the first order operation is requested to the first order operation processors for the first order operation, the result is collected, and then the second order operation results are collected to the second order operation operators for the second order operation. And may request the processing of the second arithmetic operation. In other words, step 540 and step 550 may be repeatedly performed according to the order of the requested operation to obtain the final operation result.

In step 560, the processing result providing unit 460 may provide the collected processing result to the operation consumer. For example, the processing result providing unit 460 may control the server 150 to transmit the data including the collected processing results to the computing consumer's device via the network 170. [ For example, an operation consumer who requests an operation for 100,000 simulations can receive processing results for 100,000 simulations that include results obtained by processing 100,000 operation processors once.

In step 570, the compensation management unit 470 provides the processing result to the operation consumer in accordance with the operation request of the operation consumer, and accordingly, the compensation to be provided to the operation processor according to the provision of the processing result of the operation processor, Can be managed. For example, a provider of a cloud service can receive revenue from the operation consumers by paying for the processing of the operations, and by providing some of the revenue to the processors for compensation, Can be provided.

Compensation can be provided in a wide variety of forms. For example, transaction processors can be provided with a form of exchange of processing power with a service, or in the form of cash, cyber money, or the like. For example, the compensation may be determined based on the operation processing amount of the operation processor. As a more specific example, relatively more compensation may be provided to an arithmetic processor that provided a relatively higher throughput. Also, the compensation provided may be cumulatively managed for the operation processor according to the type thereof. In this case, the operation processor can utilize the accumulated compensation as a compensation for receiving the processing power. For example, assume that a '1' compensation is provided to an operation processor that provides processing power for 1 minute through an electronic device having a CPU clock rate of 1 GHz. If the operation processor provides the processing power for 3 hours, a compensation of '180' may be accumulated in the operation processor and managed in the server 150. Thereafter, the operation processor can use the processing power provided by the server 150 as much as the '180' compensation as the operation consumer. In other words, the accumulated '180' compensation may be utilized as a compensation for the processing power used by the operation processor as an operation consumer.

The various types of compensation will be described in more detail hereinafter.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a component that a processor of a server may include in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method that a server can perform according to an embodiment of the present invention Fig.

The processor 222 included in the server 150 according to the present embodiment includes the processing power management unit 610, the processing result providing unit 620, the compensation management unit 630 and the compensation information providing unit 640 can do. The components of the processor 222 and the processor 222 may perform steps 710 through 740 included in the cloud service method of FIG. At this time, the components of the processor 222 and the processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to the code of the operating system or the code of at least one program that the memory 221 contains. The components of processor 222 may be representations of different functions of processor 222 performed by processor 222 in accordance with control instructions provided by the program code stored in server 150 have. At this time, the processor 222 can read the necessary control command from the loaded memory 221 with the command related to the control of the server 150, and can execute the steps 710 to 740 to be described later according to the read control command The server 150 can be controlled.

In step 710, the processing power management unit 610 may manage the processing power that each of the electronic apparatuses corresponding to the operation processors can provide, by the operation processors. Each of the operation processors may include corresponding electronic devices, and the server 150 may register the electronic devices with the operation processors according to the communication via the network with the electronic devices. For example, an application associated with the cloud service may be installed and operated in each of the electronic devices of the registered operation processors so that clients for the cloud service can be implemented. At this time, the electronic devices corresponding to the clients can be registered in the server 150 as operation processors.

In this case, the processing power management unit 620 may control the server 150 to receive the information transmitted by the electronic device according to the control of the application driven in the electronic device. Based on the received information, Power can be determined. As a more specific example, the processing power management unit 620 may control the server 150 to receive device information and setting information of a corresponding electronic device from a client implemented in the electronic device. Here, the device information may include hardware information of the electronic device. For example, the server 150 may receive hardware information such as a type of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a clock speed, and the like as device information. The setting information may include at least one of time information set by a user of the electronic device and time information set by an application installed and driven in the electronic device. This time information may be information on the time when the processing power can be provided. For example, it may be difficult to provide processing power while a user is using an electronic device. Accordingly, the user can set the time when he / she does not use the electronic device and inform the server 150 of the time. In addition, an application driven by the electronic device may analyze the operation pattern of the electronic device to automatically set the remaining time of the processing power, and inform the server 150 of the time. The processing power management unit 610 can determine the processing power that can be provided for each operation processor by using the device information and the setting information.

In step 720, the processing result providing unit 620 distributes the processing of the requested operation from the operation consumer to the plurality of operation processors, collects the processing results received from the plurality of operation processors, . Since the requested operation is distributed to a plurality of operation processors and processed, and the individual processing results are collected and provided to the operation consumer, the repetitive description will be omitted since it has been described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

In step 730, the compensation management unit 630 can manage the compensation provided to each of the plurality of operation processors as the plurality of operation processors provide processing results. For example, the compensation management unit 630 determines the compensation for the first operation processor based on the operation processing amount of the first operation processor among the plurality of operation processors, and accumulates and manages the determined compensation for the first operation processor . The management of such compensation may be provided and accumulated for each of the operation processors providing the processing power.

In step 740, the compensation information providing unit 640 may provide information on the compensation provided to the first of the plurality of operation processors to the service server associated with the cloud server. For example, the reward information providing unit 640 may control the server 150 to transmit information about the reward provided to the first operation processor to the service server via the network 170. [

At this time, the compensation information providing unit 640 may provide the amount of accumulated compensation of the first calculation processor to the service server. The user of the electronic device corresponding to the first operation processor may be a user of the service provided by the service server and may receive a discount on the service charge provided by the service server based on the accumulated amount of compensation, Can be used. In other words, the service server may discount the usage fee of the service to the first operation processor based on the information on the compensation received from the server 150, or may provide the service free of charge. Therefore, the processing power of the first operation processor and the service provided by the service server can be exchanged with each other.

In the embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 5, an embodiment has been described in which the operation processor can request the operation of the operation to the cloud service system as the operation consumer using the compensation obtained by the operation processor. On the other hand, in the embodiments of FIGS. 6 and 7, the embodiment has been described in which the service is discounted or provided free of charge with the compensation obtained according to the provision of the processing power. In addition, compensation may be provided to the operator in the form of cash or cyber money.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an application package provided to an electronic device for client implementation in an embodiment of the present invention. 8 shows an example of an application package 800 installed in an electronic device (for example, the electronic device 1 (110)). The application package 800 includes a service module 810, a processing power management module 820, And a processing power support module 830 are included.

The service module 810 may include a function for receiving a service such as a game service from a service server associated with the cloud service server. As described above, when the operation processor corresponding to the electronic device provides the processing power and the accumulated compensation is present, the operation processor receives a discount on the service charge provided by the service server, or provides a fee-free service free of charge Can receive. The application package 800 may include a service module 810 for receiving a plurality of services from a plurality of service servers. At this time, the operation processor may select a service for using the accumulated compensation.

The processing power management module 820 manages the information about the processing power of the electronic device (for example, device information or setting information) by the client, and transmits information managed by the cloud service server according to the control of the application. As shown in FIG. Using the information provided through the processing power management module 820, the cloud service server is able to grasp when a certain operation processor can provide the processing power of what size.

The processing power support module 830 may include a function for the client to control the electronic device to process the requested operation from the cloud service server. For example, the client may analyze the messages provided by the cloud service server through the processing power support module 830 to recognize the operations to be processed and to control the electronic devices to process the recognized operations. In addition, the client can provide processing results to the cloud service server in an appropriate format through the processing power support module 830. [ At this time, the cloud service server can collect the processing result received from the operation processors, which are clients, and provide the collected result to the operation consumer.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of exchanging processing power and service in an embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the cloud service server 300 can divide the operation request of the operation consumer and distribute the processing of the separate operation to the plurality of operation processors.

(1) In the processing power providing process, the operation processor 910 requested to process the separated operation processes its requested operation, and transmits the processing result to the cloud service server 300 to provide its own processing power It can be an example of a process.

(2) The compensation providing process may be an example of a process in which the cloud service server 300 provides compensation to the operation processor 910 according to the magnitude of the processing power provided by the operation processor 910. The magnitude of the processing power may be determined based on the operation processing amount of the operation processor 910 and may be determined based on the clock speed of the CPU of the operation processor 910 and the period of providing the processing power.

(3) The process of using the service according to the compensation may be an example of a process of using the service provided by the service server 920 using the compensation provided by the operation processor 910. For example, a reward can be an item available in a service or cyber money, or can be used as a service charge discount or free use of a fee service.

(4) The settlement process may be an example of a process in which the cloud service server 300 and the service server 920 settle the costs for using the compensation of the operation processor 910.

The cloud service server 300 can provide compensation for a variety of services to the operation processors in association with a plurality of service servers, thereby inducing the operation processors to participate more actively in providing the processing power.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide powerful computing power to the computing consumers by using the processing power that is used and remained in the electronic devices distributed to households and individuals, And provide a new business model in a manner that provides compensation to the arithmetic processors that provide the processing power for processing the arithmetic.

The system or apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device As shown in FIG. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (13)

A cloud service method of a cloud server,
Registering the electronic devices with operation processors in accordance with communication via the network with the electronic devices;
Separating the requested operation into a plurality of operations according to an operation request from the operation consumer;
Distributing the processing of the separated plurality of operations to at least some operation processors of the registered operation processors;
Receiving and collecting the processing result of the distributed requested operation from the at least some operation processors; And
And providing the collected processing result to the operational consumer
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Wherein the requested operation comprises a first operation and a second operation including as a parameter the processing result of the first operation,
Wherein said collecting comprises:
And distributes the second operation processing including the processing result of the first operation received from the first-order operation processors subjected to the dispersion processing of the first operation to the second-order operation processors, And collects processing results of the second operation received from the second-order operation processors. The method according to claim 1,
Managing the processing power that can be provided by each of the registered operation processors by the registered operation processors
The method of claim 1, further comprising: The method according to claim 1,
The processing power that each of the registered operation processors can provide is determined by using the device information and the setting information provided by each of the electronic devices,
Wherein the device information includes hardware information of the electronic device,
Wherein the setting information further includes time information set by a user of the electronic device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the distributing request comprises:
Selecting at least some of the operation processors for requesting processing of the plurality of operations in accordance with a processing power required by each of the plurality of operations and a processing power that can be provided by the registered operation processors, And requests the operation processors to process the corresponding operation. The method according to claim 1,
Managing the compensation to be provided to the operation processor in accordance with the price to be provided from the operation consumer and the processing result of the operation processor as the processing result is provided to the operation consumer;
The method of claim 1, further comprising: 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the compensation is determined based on the operation processing amount of the operation processor and accumulated for the operation processor,
Wherein the price is subtracted from the accumulated compensation received by the computing consumer as an operation processor. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. In a cloud service system of a cloud server,
At least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions,
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Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
Registering the electronic devices with operation processors according to communication via the network with the electronic devices,
The requested operation is divided into a plurality of operations in accordance with an operation request from the operation consumer,
Distributing the processing of the separated plurality of operations to at least a part of the operation processors of the registered operation processors,
Receiving and collecting the processing result of the distributed requested operation from the at least some operation processors,
Providing the collected result of the processing to the operation consumer,
Wherein the requested operation comprises a first operation and a second operation including as a parameter the processing result of the first operation,
Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
A second calculation unit that receives as a parameter the processing result of the first operation received from the first-order operation processors that have been subjected to the dispersion processing of the first operation, Distributing the processing to the second-order operation processors, and collecting the processing result of the second operation received from the second-order operation processors
And a cloud service system. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the at least one processor comprises:
Managing the processing power that each of the registered operation processors can provide by the registered operation processors
And a cloud service system. 9. The method of claim 8,
The processing power that each of the registered operation processors can provide is determined by using the device information and the setting information provided by each of the electronic devices,
Wherein the device information includes hardware information of the electronic device,
Wherein the setting information further includes time information set by a user of the electronic device. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
Selecting at least some of the operation processors for requesting processing of the plurality of operations in accordance with a processing power required by each of the plurality of operations and a processing power that can be provided by the registered operation processors, And requests the operation processors to process the corresponding operation. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the at least one processor manages compensation to be provided to the operation processor in accordance with a price to be provided from the operation consumer and a processing result of the operation processor as the processing result is provided to the operation consumer
And a cloud service system. 13. The method of claim 12,
The compensation is determined and accumulated based on the operation processing amount of the operation processor,
Wherein the price is subtracted from the cumulative compensation received by the computing consumer as an operation processor.

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