Cloud Application Provisioning via Thumbnail Pre-generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloud computing systems face challenges in promoting user interactions and matching between numerous users for applications developed for dedicated hardware, as they require significant computational resources and complex user management.
Innovation Solution
A cloud computing system with a table display section, movie selection acceptance section, and application provision part that showcases thumbnail movies of application execution screens to users, allowing them to select and access applications on arbitrary dates and times, along with a game application provision server that compares achievement levels between users post-game, enhancing user interaction and engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cloud computing systems provide numerous applications developed for dedicated hardware, then user interaction and matching are promoted, but computational resource requirements and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses thumbnail movies as simplified copies of full application execution screens. These thumbnails represent complete applications but consume minimal computational resources, allowing the system to showcase numerous applications without proportionally increasing processing requirements. The thumbnail acts as a lightweight representation that enables user interaction promotion while avoiding the full computational overhead of running actual applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments application presentation into two distinct layers: thumbnail display (low-resource) and full application execution (high-resource). This segmentation allows the system to maintain a large catalog of available applications through thumbnails while only allocating full computational resources when users actually select and execute specific applications, thereby resolving the contradiction between promoting user interaction and managing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If thumbnail movies of application execution screens are displayed to users, then application selection is enhanced, but data transmission and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates simplified visual copies (thumbnails) of application execution screens that capture essential application characteristics without transmitting or storing complete high-definition video data. These thumbnails are compressed representations that provide sufficient information for user decision-making while occupying minimal storage space and requiring minimal network bandwidth for transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different quality levels to different parts of the visual information hierarchy: full-quality execution screens are only generated when applications are actually run, while thumbnail-quality representations are used for browsing and selection. This local quality differentiation ensures high visual fidelity is provided only where necessary (during actual use) while maintaining ease of operation through adequate visual information in the selection phase without excessive data overhead.
3Ease of operation
If users can access applications on arbitrary dates and times, then user convenience is improved, but system resource management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating and storing thumbnail movies for all available applications in advance. These thumbnails are prepared beforehand and made readily available for user selection at any time without requiring real-time application execution or complex on-demand processing. This preliminary preparation enables arbitrary access times while simplifying resource management during actual user interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service resource management where thumbnail generation and application provisioning are automated based on user selection patterns. When users select applications, the system automatically allocates computational resources for full execution only when needed, without requiring manual intervention or complex scheduling. This self-service approach enables flexible arbitrary-time access while keeping resource management complexity manageable through automation.
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AI summary
In a cloud computing system having a plurality of computational resources that are connected via a network, a table display section displays, on a terminal used by a user using the cloud computing system, a table showing a list of thumbnail movies of execution screens of applications that can be provided on arbitrary dates and times to the user, the table assigning the thumbnail movies to specified dates and times. A movie selection acceptance section acquires the user's selection from the thumbnail movies shown in the table. An application provision part provides an application, associated with the thumbnail movie selected by the user, to the user.