KR20110066519A - Software execution method in saas(software as a service) environment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A software execution method in SaaS environment is provided to reduce the number of servers required for offering a software service by proceeding various kinds of software in one SaaS server. CONSTITUTION: A software service request is received from a user(S201). A software corresponding to the software service request is loaded(S203). Software component information for offering the software service is loaded. The software is executed according to the software component information(S206). Information processed with the software is loaded from the user information database(S207). The execution result executes the software based on the information and is transmitted to a user(S208).

Description

Software Execution Method in SaaS Environment {Software Execution Method in SaaS (software as a service) Environment}

The present invention relates to an execution technique for executing various software in one server in a system for providing a software service online. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for improving efficiency and providing customized services for each company by executing a plurality of software in one server when providing a service to a service subscriber in a software as a service (SaaS) environment.

The present invention is derived from a study conducted as part of the IT growth engine technology development project of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy [Task management number: 2009-S-033-01, Task name: SssS platform development for SME SW services].

The purchase, maintenance, and repair of software as well as the purchase, maintenance, and repair of hardware are very important issues for all users and businesses using computers. In particular, the cost of purchasing, maintaining, and upgrading various applications such as various OSs, office programs, and graphic programs in a company is as much as the cost of purchasing, maintaining, and repairing hardware.

In addition, the programs for managing various financial, human resources, management programs and data inside the company are not only expensive to purchase, but also require the construction of expensive hardware separately.

However, with the development of network technology, services that allow users to rent and use applications to use various informatization solutions without introducing expensive hardware and software using network infrastructure are beginning to emerge. These services may not purchase and deploy separate servers and applications, relieve the burden of cost, time, and management staff, and enable small and medium businesses to acquire advanced management and business processes while enabling business innovation on par with large corporations. It has recently been in the spotlight.

These services have evolved into the concept of Software as a Service (SaaS), which is now used by most companies.

SaaS differs significantly from traditional software in the way it distributes software. General or enterprise application software goes through the process of describing, selling, installing, upgrading, and managing products to enterprise customers. For customers, the management burden of owning a product is considerable.

SaaS, on the other hand, is a provider that provides services over the web through its servers. Fees can also be replaced by advertising revenue or paid on a monthly or pay-as-you-go basis. The cost and management advantages of the customer are not small. It benefits both software and customer companies.

However, existing software services provide services by allocating servers for each company when providing services to one company. In this way, when a server is allocated to each company to provide a service, a company that provides a software service must purchase and operate a large number of servers, operating systems, and software. This increases operating costs and increases the cost of providing a service.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to lower operating costs by providing a software service to a plurality of companies in one server.

The object of the present invention is not limited to those mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

Software service providing method in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, receiving a software service use request from a software service user, bringing the software corresponding to the software service use request Step of retrieving software component information to be performed when providing the software service, executing the software according to the component information, by the software from a user information database storing information to be processed by the software; Reading the information to be processed, and executing the software using the information to be processed by the software, and transmitting the execution result to the service user.

Here, in the step of obtaining the software, upon receiving the software service use request, at least one SaaS runtime thread is created in a SaaS container server, and the SaaS runtime thread is the software and the component. You can run a command to get information.

On the other hand, the step of bringing the software from the software code database, upon receiving the software service use request, checking whether the code of the software is in the cache of the SaaS container server, and the code of the software is stored in the cache. Fetching and using the software code in the cache, if present, and fetching and using the software code from the software code database.

In addition, the step of obtaining the component information, the step of confirming whether there is customized information for the software component defined for each service user, and if there is the customized information so that the custom component is performed instead of the existing software component Retrieving custom information, and retrieving existing component information such that the existing software component is performed if there is no custom information.

In the step of checking whether there is the personalized information, it is determined whether the personalized information is in the cache of the SaaS container server, and if the personalized information is in the cache, the personalized information is retrieved from the cache and used. Can be taken from the database and used.

Device for providing a software service in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment according to another embodiment of the present invention, a web server for receiving a software service use request from the software service user via the web, by the web server Receives a software service use request, executes the requested software according to software component information, and stores a SaaS container server and a software code for delivering the software execution result to the service user, and stores the software to the SaaS container server. A software code database for delivering code, a customized information database for storing customized information on software components to be provided for each service user when the software is executed, and user information about the service user, and the SaaS content. You may be a server configured to include a user database provided in the server SaaS container information to be processed by the software when running the software.

Here, when the SaaS container server receives the software service use request, the SaaS container server generates at least one SaaS run-time thread, and the SaaS runtime thread executes a command to obtain the software and the component information. Can be done.

The SaaS container server also includes a cache memory, and upon receiving the software service use request, confirms whether the code of the requested software is in the cache memory of the SaaS container server, and the code of the software is in the cache. If it is in memory, the software code in the cache memory can be taken and used; if not, it can be taken and used in the software code database.

On the other hand, the SaaS container server checks whether the custom information is in the cache memory or the custom information database, and if there is the custom information, imports the custom information so that the custom component is performed instead of the existing software component. If there is no customized information, the existing component information may be imported to perform the existing software component.

The SaaS container server checks whether the personalized information is in the cache memory of the SaaS container server, and, if the personalized information is in the cache memory, obtains and uses the personalized information in the cache memory. It can be taken from the base and used.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

According to the software service providing method in the SaaS (Software as a Service) environment according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is necessary to provide a software service because several types of software can be performed in one SaaS server You can reduce the number of servers. This reduces server acquisition costs, operating system and software acquisition costs, and reduces electricity consumption and management costs. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a software service at a low price.

In addition, because the software is configured using information customized for each company and customer, it is possible to provide customized and differentiated services for each company and customer.

The objects and effects of the present invention and the technical configurations for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intentions or customs of the user, the operator, and the like.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The present embodiments are merely provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to fully inform the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined by the scope of the claims. It will be. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Modules, functional blocks or means of the present embodiment may be implemented in a variety of known elements, such as electronic circuits, integrated circuits, ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), each may be implemented separately, or two or more may be integrated into one Can be.

Combinations of each block of the accompanying block diagram and each step of the flowchart may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be mounted on a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment such that instructions executed through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment may not be included in each block or flowchart of the block diagram. It will create means for performing the functions described in each step. These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular manner, and thus the computer usable or computer readable memory. It is also possible for the instructions stored in to produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the functions described in each block or flow chart step of the block diagram. Computer program instructions It can also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so a series of operating steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-implemented process to perform the computer or other programmable data processing equipment. It is also possible for the instructions to provide steps for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram and in each step of the flowchart.

In addition, each block or step may represent a portion of a module, segment or code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing a specified logical function (s). It should also be noted that in some alternative embodiments, the functions noted in the blocks or steps may occur out of order. For example, the two blocks or steps shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks or steps may sometimes be performed in the reverse order, depending on the functionality involved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

1 is a block diagram briefly illustrating a concept of an apparatus and a service for providing a software service in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an apparatus for providing a software service in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment according to an embodiment of the present invention may include requesting a software service use request transmitted by a software service user using the web browser 100. Receiving a web server 200 and a software service use request received by the web server 200 received through the web, and executes the requested software according to the software component information, and delivers the software execution results to the service user SaaS container server 300, the software code database to store the software code, delivers the software code to the SaaS container server 300, and stores the customized information about the software components to be provided for each service user when the software is executed Customized information database 500, and the software It is configured to include a user database 600 for storing information to be processed.

When the software service user sends a software use request through the web browser 100 through the web, the web server 200 receives the request and delivers the request to the SaaS container server 300. In this case, the web browser 100 may be a broadband Internet web browser, or may be a web browser dedicated to a portable terminal by wireless mobile communication. In addition, not only the web but also various wired and wireless communication networks may be used.

When the SaaS container server 300 receives the service use request, the SaaS container server 300 generates at least one SaaS run-time thread 310 to process the service use request. The SaaS runtime thread 310 executes instructions to get software and software component information, and processes instructions to execute software.

Here, a number of SaaS runtime threads 310 may operate in one SaaS container server 300. Each SaaS runtime thread 310 may simultaneously process different user requests. That is, as described above, since a plurality of commands and requests can be executed while using one server, the number of servers required to provide a software service can be reduced. This reduces server acquisition costs, operating system and software acquisition costs, and reduces electricity consumption and management costs.

Meanwhile, the SaaS container server 300 may include a cache memory 320. When the SaaS container server 300 receives the software service use request, the SaaS container server 300 checks whether the code of the requested software exists in the cache memory 320 of the SaaS container server 300. If the code of the software is in the cache memory 320, the software code in the cache memory 320 is preferentially taken. This ensures that there is software code in the cache first and uses the software code in the cache first, thus reducing the time to load and process the software.

However, when the code of the requested software is not on the cache memory 320, the SaaS container server 300 obtains and uses the requested software code from the software code database 400.

When providing a software service, a function or configuration that is preferred or mainly used by service users may be different. Therefore, the service user also has the advantage that the software service can be used more economically and efficiently, if only the user's preferred or necessary functions or configurations are registered as customized information. Therefore, the software service providing apparatus in the SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user-specific service by building a user-specific information database.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the SaaS container server 300 checks whether the cache information 320 has customized information for each service user. If the customization information is in the cache memory 320, the customization information in the cache memory 320 may be obtained and used first. This reduces the time it takes to load software and build custom configurations. However, when the personalized information is not on the cache memory 320, the SaaS container server 300 obtains and uses the personalized information from the personalized information database 500.

 If the cache memory 320 and the customized information database 500 do not have the customized information, the SaaS container server 300 sets the existing software component to be executed.

Meanwhile, the user database 600 stores information to be processed by software for each user. When the SaaS container server 300 executes the software, necessary information is read from the user information user database 600 to execute the software using the same.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a software service in a SaaS environment performed by a software service providing apparatus in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a software service in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the web server 200 first receives a software service use request sent by a software service user 100 using a web browser (S201).

Then, the SaaS container server 300 receives the software service use request from the web server 200, and performs a task of bringing the software corresponding to the software service use request. At this time, the SaaS container server 300 first checks whether the requested software is in the cache 320 (S202).

If the software does not exist in the cache 320, the software requested from the software code database 400 is found and brought (S203).

If the software is in the cache 320, use the software code that exists in the cache.

In addition, the SaaS container server 300 performs a step of obtaining software component information that is performed when providing a software service. That is, first, it is checked whether personalized information about software components defined for each service user is in the cache (S204). If it is not in the cache 320, the customized information is read from the customized information database 500 (S205). The software execution procedure according to the component information will be described in more detail below.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a software execution procedure according to component information in a software service providing method in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a software execution request comes (S301), it is checked whether there is component information customized for a service user who replaces an existing software component as in the above-described steps S204 and S205 (S302).

If there is customized information in the cache 320 or the customized information database 500, the software is executed according to the customized information so that the customized component is performed instead of the existing software component (S303 and S305).

However, if there is no customized information in the cache 320 or the customized information database 500, the software execution proceeds according to the existing software configuration (S304, S305).

On the other hand, when the procedure of obtaining the component information described in FIG. 3 is performed, the software service is performed according to the component information (S206).

In addition, the service user data is obtained from the user database 600 (S207), the software is executed using the same, and the software execution result is transmitted to the service user (S208).

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. For example, those skilled in the art can change the material, size, etc. of each component according to the application field, or combine or replace the disclosed embodiments in a form that is not clearly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, but this also It does not depart from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and such modified embodiments should be included in the technical spirit described in the claims of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram briefly illustrating a concept of an apparatus and a service for providing a software service in a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a software service in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a software execution procedure according to customized information in a method for providing a software service in a SaaS environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In the software service providing method in a software as a service (SaaS) environment, Receiving a request to use a software service from a software service user, Obtaining software corresponding to the software service use request, Retrieving software component information performed when the software service is provided; Executing the software according to the component information; Reading information to be processed by the software from a user information database storing information to be processed by the software, and Executing the software using information to be processed by the software, and transmitting the execution result to the service user; How to provide software service in SaaS environment. The method of claim 1, Importing the software is Upon receiving the software service use request, at least one SaaS run-time thread is created in the SaaS container server. The SaaS runtime thread executes an instruction to fetch the software and the component information. How to provide software service in SaaS environment. The method of claim 1, Importing the software from the software code database, Upon receipt of the software service use request, checking whether the code of the software is in a cache of a SaaS container server, and If the code of the software is in the cache, fetching and using the software code in the cache; if not, fetching and using the software code from the software code database. How to provide software service in SaaS environment. The method of claim 1, Obtaining the component information, Checking whether there is customized information about the software component defined for each service user; and Fetching the customized information such that the custom component is performed instead of the existing software component if the customized information is present, and importing the existing component information such that the existing software component is performed if the customized information is absent. How to provide software service in SaaS environment. 5. The method of claim 4, Checking whether the personalized information is present, Verify that the personalized information is in the cache of the SaaS container server, Retrieve and use custom information in the cache if the custom information is in the cache; How to provide software service in SaaS environment. An apparatus for providing a software service in a software as a service (SaaS) environment, A web server for receiving a software service use request from a software service user through the web; A SaaS container server receiving the software service use request received by the web server, executing the requested software according to software component information, and delivering the software execution result to the service user; A software code database that stores software code and delivers the software code to the SaaS container server; A custom information database that stores custom information about software components to be provided for each service user when the software is run, and A user database that stores information to be processed by the software and provides the SaaS container server with information to be processed by the software when the SaaS container server executes the software. Apparatus for providing software services in SaaS environment. The method of claim 6, The SaaS container server, When the software service use request is received, at least one SaaS run-time thread is created. The SaaS runtime thread executes an instruction to fetch the software and the component information. Apparatus for providing software services in SaaS environment. The method of claim 6, The SaaS container server, Cache memory, Upon receiving the software service use request, confirms that the code of the requested software is in the cache memory of the SaaS container server, If the code of the software is in the cache memory, the software code in the cache memory is taken and used; otherwise, the software code is taken from the software code database. Apparatus for providing software services in SaaS environment. The method of claim 6, The SaaS container server, Verify that the fit information is in the cache memory or the fit information database, Bringing the customization information to perform a custom component instead of an existing software component, if the customization information is present; and importing the existing component information to perform the existing software component if the customization information is not present. Apparatus for providing software services in SaaS environment. 10. The method of claim 9, The SaaS container server, Verify that the personalized information is in cache memory of the SaaS container server, If the custom information is in the cache memory, retrieves and uses the custom information in the cache memory; otherwise, retrieves and uses the custom information database. Apparatus for providing software services in SaaS environment.

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