Application Architecture Management via Component Registry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Diverse application architectures and configurations within organizations complicate the development and management of applications in cloud-based environments, leading to difficulties in ensuring security compliance and efficient troubleshooting, resulting in increased costs and time consumption.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for identifying and configuring architecture components in a component registry aligned with an organization's security policy, integrating these components to generate applications for execution in a cloud-based environment, and providing them to users while monitoring and managing application metrics for improved security and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If diverse application architectures are allowed to meet varied application needs, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments application architecture into standardized, reusable components that can be independently configured and assembled. This allows diverse applications to be built from modular building blocks, maintaining adaptability while reducing overall system complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal architecture components that can serve multiple functions across different applications. These standardized components can be configured for various purposes, providing adaptability without requiring custom development for each application, thus reducing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom application configurations are developed to meet specific needs, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes security policies and configuration standards in advance, before application development begins. These pre-defined guidelines ensure that all applications are configured consistently from the start, maintaining manufacturing precision while still allowing for necessary adaptability through standardized options.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows configuration parameters to be adjusted within predefined ranges and options. This enables customization for specific application needs while maintaining consistency through constrained parameter spaces, ensuring that all configurations meet organizational standards.
3Reliability
If security policies are strictly enforced across all applications, then reliability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated security compliance checking and enforcement mechanisms that work autonomously during application configuration and deployment. This eliminates the need for manual security reviews, maintaining strict security policies while simplifying the development process through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent provides real-time feedback to developers during application configuration about security policy compliance. This guides developers to create secure applications without requiring deep security expertise, maintaining reliability while improving ease of manufacture through constructive feedback.
4Reliability
If manual application configuration is performed to ensure security compliance, then reliability is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures security policies, compliance rules, and validation mechanisms before application development begins. This allows automated enforcement during the development process, maintaining security compliance without requiring time-consuming manual reviews at each stage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements automated security compliance verification that operates autonomously during application configuration and deployment. This eliminates time-consuming manual security reviews while maintaining strict compliance through automated checking and enforcement.
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AI summary
An organization may maintain a platform that may support the generation and management of application architectures. The platform may provide a selection of architecture components for an application to a user, and the user may select one or more of the architecture components to generate a template or outline of an application. The platform may configure the selected architecture components, for example to integrate the selected architecture components together, and may provide the generated application to the user. The platform may configure the selection of architecture components to support security policies or other application management techniques for an application. For example, the platform may include or associate one or more tags with the architecture components that may allow management software to track one or more metrics of the application.