Asynchronous Ping Messages for Protocol Capability Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data privacy integration protocols in multi-system landscapes face inefficiencies due to applications being offline or misconfigured, leading to unnecessary resource consumption and failed protocol runs.
Innovation Solution
Implementing asynchronous ping messages to determine application availability and configuration before initiating data privacy integration protocols, using 'ping' work packages with empty tasks to assess readiness of applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data privacy integration protocols are executed without prior capability verification, then protocol execution can proceed without preliminary checks, but resource wastage occurs due to failed protocol runs from application unavailability or misconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary capability verification by sending a work package with an empty task list to check if applications are available and correctly configured before initiating actual data privacy integration protocol executions. This preliminary action prevents wasted resources on failed protocol runs while maintaining high productivity for successful executions.
2Loss of energy
If capability verification is performed before each protocol run, then resource wastage is reduced, but additional time is consumed for verification steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a partial verification by sending a work package with an empty task list rather than a full protocol execution. This partial action suffices to verify application capability without consuming excessive time, reducing both resource wastage and verification time compared to complete protocol runs.
3Loss of energy
If work packages with empty task lists are sent to verify application capability, then resource wastage is reduced, but device complexity increases due to additional verification mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a universal work package structure that can serve multiple functions: both as a capability verification mechanism (with empty task list) and as a basis for actual protocol execution. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate verification and execution mechanisms, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving resource wastage reduction.
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AI summary
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for using asynchronous ping messages for determining capability of systems for executing asynchronous protocols. One example method includes sending a work package to at least one application in a multiple-application landscape to determine capabilities of each application for participating in a data privacy integration protocol. Application responses to the sending of the work package are evaluated to determine capabilities of each application for participating in the protocol. A determination is made regarding whether each application is capable of participating in the protocol. In response to determining that at least one application is not capable of participating in the protocol, at least one corrective action regarding the protocol is performed. In response to determining that each application is capable of participating in the protocol, at least one protocol action is performed for the protocol.