Cloud Interface Framework for Multi-Provider Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud computing systems require tailored consumer applications for each provider, making it difficult for users to switch providers and necessitating updates due to format and protocol changes, leading to vendor lock-in and increased maintenance costs.
Innovation Solution
A neutral interface system that translates requests and responses between client systems and disparate cloud systems, using a cloud interface framework with drivers to abstract vendor-specific requirements, allowing communication in a standardized format and enabling seamless switching between providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If consumer applications are tailored to each specific cloud system provider's requirements, then the application can interact with that specific cloud system, but the consumer cannot easily switch providers and must update applications when protocols change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud interface framework that acts as an intermediary layer between consumer applications and multiple cloud system providers. This framework translates standardized interface calls into provider-specific protocols, allowing applications to interact with different cloud systems without modification. The framework includes drivers for each cloud provider that handle protocol-specific details while presenting a unified interface to applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If consumer applications are tailored to each cloud system provider, then the application can communicate with that provider, but the device complexity and maintenance burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into three distinct layers: consumer applications with standardized interfaces, a cloud interface framework with provider-specific drivers, and cloud system providers. This segmentation isolates provider-specific complexity into separate driver modules, keeping the main application simple and maintainable. Each driver is an independent component that can be added or removed without affecting other parts of the system.
3Reliability
If applications are updated in response to cloud computing system updates such as format or communications protocol changes, then compatibility is maintained, but maintenance costs and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud interface framework serves as a buffer that absorbs protocol changes from cloud providers. When a provider updates their format or communication protocol, only the corresponding driver needs to be updated, not the consumer applications. The framework's translation layer insulates applications from these changes, maintaining compatibility without requiring application updates.
4Ease of operation
If a neutral interface framework is implemented to abstract vendor-specific requirements, then switching between providers becomes easy, but the system complexity increases due to the translation layer
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud interface framework implements a universal standardized interface that can work with multiple cloud system providers through different drivers. This single framework structure handles various cloud providers by loading appropriate drivers, providing multi-functionality without requiring separate application versions. The standardized interface methods remain consistent across all providers, simplifying the user experience.
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AI summary
Discussion of content between users of social networks is described. A cloud computing system of a plurality of cloud computing systems is determined for processing a request in a first syntax from a client computer system. The request is translated from the first syntax to a second syntax of the cloud computing system and transmitted to the cloud computing system in the second syntax. The server computer system includes drivers to enable bi-directional translation of communications between the client computer system and the plurality of cloud computing systems, wherein the drivers provide bi-directional translation for at least one of the plurality of cloud computing systems.