3D Virtual Representation of Cloud Infrastructure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cloud-based systems lack an adequate mechanism for visualizing interactions among components and identifying issues within the infrastructure, limiting user understanding and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system configured to generate interactive three-dimensional visualizations of user-specific cloud infrastructure, using a processing platform with modules for identification, generation, and display of virtual representations, enabling users to interact and manage cloud resources more effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional two-dimensional and tabular representations are used to visualize cloud-based systems, then the system complexity is low and ease of operation is maintained, but the visualization capability and user understanding of cloud infrastructure interactions are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from conventional two-dimensional and tabular representations to three-dimensional virtual representations of cloud infrastructure. This dimensional change enables comprehensive visualization of cloud resources, interactions, and issue locations while maintaining user-friendly access through standard computing devices. The 3D virtual environment provides spatial context and interactive exploration capabilities that flat representations cannot achieve.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If no visualization mechanism is provided for cloud infrastructure interactions, then the system remains simple and easy to operate, but users cannot effectively identify issues or understand component interactions within the cloud system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a 3D virtual representation as an intermediary between the complex cloud infrastructure and the user. This virtual environment serves as a mediator that translates complex cloud resource interactions, component relationships, and issue locations into visually intuitive spatial representations. Users can explore and identify issues through natural interaction with the 3D model without needing to understand underlying cloud system complexities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces conventional text-based or tabular monitoring interfaces with immersive 3D visual representation. This substitution transforms abstract cloud infrastructure data into spatially organized visual models that leverage human spatial reasoning capabilities, making issue detection and component interaction understanding significantly more intuitive and efficient.
3Measurement precision
If detailed visualization of cloud infrastructure is implemented, then user understanding and issue identification improve, but the complexity of the visualization system and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the cloud infrastructure in three-dimensional space. This 3D replica mirrors the actual cloud resources, their relationships, and operational states without requiring users to interact with the physical cloud system directly. The virtual model provides precise issue location mapping while isolating computational complexity within the visualization layer, allowing detailed representation without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a processing platform that includes a plurality of processing devices each comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform is configured to implement virtual resources of at least a first cloud-based system. The processing platform further comprises a user-specific cloud infrastructure identification module configured to determine user-specific cloud infrastructure within the first cloud-based system, a virtual representation generator module configured to generate an interactive three-dimensional visualization of the first cloud-based system based on the user-specific cloud infrastructure, and a virtual representation display module configured to output the interactive three-dimensional visualization of the first cloud-based system via at least one type of interface.