Authoring Environment Testing in Content Delivery Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques for testing digital content configuration in content delivery networks lack accuracy, leading to inadequate insight into operational conditions and potential adverse effects on deployment, resulting in diminished user experience and inefficient operation.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an authoring environment that supports edit operations with an option to initiate testing of edited digital content in a test environment within the content delivery network, which is not publicly accessible, allowing for performance, accessibility, and compliance metrics to be tested, with results communicated back to the editing system for non-modal viewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional testing techniques are used to test digital content configuration, then the testing process is simple and quick, but the accuracy and reliability of the testing results are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by creating a test environment that replicates the publish environment before actual deployment. The test environment is configured in advance with the same software versions, hardware configurations, and network conditions that will be present in the publish environment, allowing accurate testing to be performed beforehand without requiring complex post-deployment testing systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements copying by creating a duplicate test environment that mirrors the publish environment. The test environment copies the same software stack, server configurations, and operational parameters from the publish environment, enabling accurate simulation of real-world conditions without needing to test directly in the live system.
2Reliability
If digital content is deployed directly to the publish environment without testing, then deployment is fast and simple, but adverse effects on client devices may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing comprehensive testing in the test environment before deploying digital content to the publish environment. All operational conditions, client device compatibilities, and potential adverse effects are evaluated in advance, ensuring reliable deployment without requiring time-consuming post-deployment fixes or rollbacks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary anti-action by identifying and resolving potential adverse effects in the test environment before deployment. Testing detects compatibility issues, operational errors, and client device problems in advance, preventing these harmful effects from occurring in the live publish environment and eliminating the need for corrective actions after deployment.
3Measurement precision
If a test environment is created that replicates the publish environment, then testing accuracy improves, but the complexity of the content delivery network increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements copying by creating a test environment that is a simplified duplicate of the publish environment. Rather than building a completely separate complex system, the test environment copies essential configurations, software versions, and operational parameters from the publish environment, achieving accurate testing while minimizing additional network complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Digital content operation testing techniques are described. An authoring environment supports edit operations to digital content. The authoring environment includes an option to initiate testing of operation of edited digital content at a publish environment of a content delivery network, at which, the digital content is to be deployed. Data describing results of the testing is then communicated over the network based to the digital content editing system. The data is output within the user interface of the authoring environment in this example such that an effect of edits made to the digital content are viewable non-modally within the authoring environment.