Cloud Database Web App Creation Without Hosting Knowledge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current business application tools are inflexible and require programming expertise, making it difficult for non-technical business experts to create web applications powered by databases, as they lack support for 'real' relational databases and transactional integrity.
Innovation Solution
A system combining database management and web-based collaboration platforms, allowing users to create web applications using cloud-based friction-free databases without requiring web hosting knowledge, by providing a designing surface and a middle tier to manage web applications, with a Hosted Database Server controlling the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional programming tools and templates are used to build web applications, then application functionality can be achieved, but the tools require database and programming expertise that business experts lack
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary service layer between the user and the complex database/programming infrastructure. This service automatically handles database creation, web application hosting, and URL generation, shielding business experts from technical complexity while enabling them to create functional web applications through simplified interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically provisioning databases, configuring web servers, and generating accessible URLs when users submit their requirements. The infrastructure self-configures and self-manages without requiring user expertise in database administration or web hosting, allowing business experts to independently create and deploy web applications.
2Ease of operation
If SharePoint is used to provide web pages and infrastructure, then web application hosting is enabled, but fully relational or transacted database storage is not provided, limiting data integrity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously separate functions into a unified service: database management, web application hosting, and URL provisioning are combined into a single integrated system. This allows users to simultaneously obtain both web hosting capabilities and full relational database support with transactional integrity, eliminating the limitations of using separate tools like SharePoint alone.
3Reliability
If SQL Server Express is used to create relational databases, then data storage and relational integrity are achieved, but web page publishing and URL sharing capabilities are not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal platform that performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides relational database storage and integrity, web application hosting, dynamic URL generation, and public sharing capabilities. This multi-functional service eliminates the need to combine separate tools like SQL Server Express with additional hosting infrastructure, enabling business experts to create shareable web applications with a single service.
4Ease of operation
If desktop databases like Microsoft Access are used, then business experts can create databases without programming expertise, but data security, reliability, and shareability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The service acts as an intermediary that accepts simple database creation requests from business experts and automatically provisions enterprise-grade hosted databases with proper security, reliability, and sharing capabilities. This mediator layer translates user-friendly requirements into robust technical implementations, delivering both ease of use and high reliability simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
Creating web application using cloud-based friction-free databases without web hosting knowledge. User credentials are received at a web application service for initiating a web application task via client software. The user credentials are analyzed to determine whether to grant the user permission to initiate the requested web application task. The web application task is initiated when the permission is granted. Data associated with the initiated web application task is received at the web application service for analysis of the data to host and render a web application based solely on received data provided without basis of web hosting knowledge.