Unified Cloud Account Management System for Multi-Service Usage Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of multiple cloud services face increased workload due to the need to access and manage each cloud server separately for account management, usage tracking, and fee monitoring, leading to reduced convenience.
Innovation Solution
An information system that manages account information for multiple cloud servers, provides access to usage information, and displays a unified list of cloud server usage, allowing seamless integration and recommendation of cost-effective cloud server usage without requiring separate account access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access each cloud server separately to manage accounts and monitor usage, then they can obtain detailed usage information from each service, but their workload increases and convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple cloud server access points into a single unified access interface. The information system consolidates account management and usage monitoring for multiple cloud servers into one centralized system, allowing users to access all cloud services through a single entry point rather than navigating each server separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The information system performs multiple functions through a single interface: it manages accounts across different cloud servers, retrieves usage information from multiple sources, displays unified usage lists, and provides recommendation information. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate access to each cloud service.
2Reliability
If users manage multiple cloud service accounts separately, then they can maintain account security and service independence, but the complexity of account management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information system acts as an intermediary between users and multiple cloud servers. It handles account management operations centrally, communicating with individual cloud servers on behalf of users. This mediator approach maintains the security and independence of each cloud service while simplifying user interactions through a single management interface.
3Measurement precision
If users check usage fees on each cloud server individually, then they can obtain accurate fee information from each service, but the time required to gather all usage information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information system performs preliminary actions by pre-fetching and consolidating usage information from multiple cloud servers. It automatically retrieves usage data from all connected cloud services and prepares it for display, so users receive comprehensive fee information immediately without needing to query each server sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring usage information from multiple cloud servers and providing real-time updates to users. The display unit shows current usage fees and recommendation information based on consolidated data, allowing users to make informed decisions without manual checking of each service.
Data Source
AI summary
An information system performing communication with a plurality of cloud servers is provided. The information system includes an information management portion configured to manage account information indicating accounts of a user of the information system, the accounts being set up for the cloud servers; an obtaining portion configured to, in response to operation of logging into the information system by the user, gain access to the cloud servers with the account information to obtain, from each of the cloud servers, usage information indicating use by the user; and a user interface portion configured to cause a display provided in a device operated by the user in order to log into the information system to display a list of the use of each of the cloud servers by the user.