Application Acceleration Service Using POP Locations and CPE Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content acceleration services are limited to public applications and unsecure data, requiring organizations to invest in expensive infrastructure for accelerating private applications and secure data across multiple locations, which is cost-prohibitive and complex to maintain.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for providing application acceleration as a service using a network of Point of Presence (POP) locations and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) devices that perform Advanced Redundancy Removal and protocol-dependent/pro-independent proxy functions to accelerate collaborative, computed, and static documents across a private network, eliminating the need for expensive hardware and MPLS subscriptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If expensive compression appliances and decompression equipment are deployed at each head office and branch office, then application acceleration capability is improved, but infrastructure cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines compression and decompression functions into a single integrated appliance deployed at the head office only. The head office appliance performs both compression of outgoing data and decompression of incoming data, eliminating the need for separate compression appliances and decompression equipment at each branch office. This merging approach maintains full application acceleration capability while significantly reducing infrastructure costs and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the decompression function from branch office equipment and relocates it to the head office appliance. By taking out the decompression capability from distributed branch devices and centralizing it at the head office, the system eliminates expensive hardware requirements at branch locations while preserving the ability to accelerate applications that require decompression.
2Speed
If proprietary hardware and software solutions are purchased for load balancing, compression, and packet routing, then application acceleration performance is improved, but device complexity and maintenance burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal head office appliance that performs multiple functions including compression, decompression, load balancing, and packet routing all in a single device. This multi-functional appliance replaces multiple proprietary hardware and software solutions, reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive application acceleration capabilities across different protocols and applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The head office appliance acts as an intermediary between the internal network and external networks, handling all complex processing functions centrally. This intermediary approach allows branch offices to use simple, standard equipment while the head office appliance manages the complexity of compression, decompression, and protocol handling, thereby reducing overall system complexity at distributed locations.
3Reliability
If MPLS services are subscribed from bandwidth providers, then secure data transmission is improved, but service cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of private network connections through virtualization technology, allowing multiple virtual private networks to share underlying physical infrastructure. This copying approach enables secure data transmission similar to MPLS services but over standard broadband connections, significantly reducing service costs while maintaining security and reliability through virtual network isolation.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems and methods to provide application acceleration as a service. In one embodiment, a system includes a head office to serve an enterprise application comprised of a collaborative document. The system also includes a branch office to request the collaborative document from the head office. The enterprise application may also include a computed document and/or a static document. In addition, the system also includes a set of Point of Presence (POP) locations between the head office and the branch office to communicate the collaborative document, the computed document and the static document on behalf of the head office from a closest POP location to the head office to a closest POP location to the branch office and then onward to the branch office.