Canonical Envelope for Message Context Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computing systems face challenges in managing and aggregating context information for messages across different protocols and mechanisms, leading to complexity and dependency on specific context formats, which hinders interoperability and flexibility in message processing.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for aggregating context information using a canonical enveloped message format that includes a context store with name, value, and metadata elements, allowing multiple protocol components to add, remove, or modify context entries, thereby standardizing context representation and enabling protocol-independent message processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple protocol components are used to process messages with different context mechanisms, then message processing capability is enhanced, but system complexity increases due to dependencies on specific context formats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an envelope as an intermediary structure that standardizes context representation. The envelope includes a context store with name, value, and metadata elements that acts as a mediator between diverse protocol components and the application, allowing messages from different protocols (HTTP, SMTP, TCP/IP) to be processed uniformly without creating complexity dependencies
Solution Approach 2:
The envelope structure serves multiple functions: it carries the message payload, stores context information in a standardized format, and provides metadata for protocol component processing. This universal structure replaces the need for protocol-specific context handling mechanisms, enabling a single system to handle multiple protocols without increasing complexity
2Ease of operation
If protocol-specific context mechanisms are used, then message processing is simplified for each protocol, but interoperability between different protocols is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The envelope provides a universal context store that works across all protocols. Each protocol component can add, remove, or modify context entries in the standardized envelope format without needing to understand other protocols, maintaining simplicity while enabling interoperability through the common envelope interface
3Adaptability or versatility
If context information is aggregated in a standardized format, then interoperability is enhanced, but processing overhead increases due to context aggregation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The envelope with its standardized context store is prepared in advance during message creation. Context information from multiple protocols is aggregated into the envelope's context store before message processing begins, eliminating the need for runtime context aggregation and reducing processing overhead
Data Source
AI summary
A system for aggregating context information for messages includes a context container that associates names with context values and metadata for context entries. The system further includes a network protocol component configured to read messages from a network transport, an encoder component configured translate messages from a raw format into a canonical message format. The canonical message format is an enveloped message containing an application payload and message metadata. The context container is associated with a message in the canonical format. The system further includes an extraction component configured to retrieve context from a native network transport protocol and insert the context values and metadata into the context container, a plurality of additional protocol components configured to add, remove, or modify entries in the context container, and one or more higher level application components configured to operate on the canonical message using the context entries.