Cloud Resource Consumption Hierarchy Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hierarchical mapping systems for organizations are inflexible and require manual, ad-hoc modifications based on human perception, making it difficult to efficiently manage and update organizational structures in response to changing cloud computing resource consumption patterns.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a metrics aggregator module and a hierarchy rules module that receives data on computing resource consumption to automatically generate and modify organizational hierarchies, allowing for scalable and flexible representation of cloud resource consumer nodes within a hierarchical structure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If manual ad-hoc modifications are used to update organizational hierarchies, then flexibility in human perception is maintained, but the system becomes inflexible and difficult to update efficiently

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehierarchy update flexibilityVSAvoidhierarchy update efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates organizational hierarchy modifications by analyzing cloud resource consumption data without requiring manual human intervention. The hierarchy rules module autonomously processes metrics and generates hierarchy changes, allowing the system to self-update based on actual resource usage patterns rather than relying on manual ad-hoc modifications

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop where cloud resource consumption metrics are continuously collected, analyzed, and used to generate hierarchy modifications. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures the organizational hierarchy dynamically adapts to actual resource consumption patterns, improving both flexibility and update efficiency simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Loss of information

If hierarchical mappings are based on human perception, then subjective organizational views are captured, but the mappings do not reflect actual resource consumption patterns

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource consumption visibilityVSAvoidresource usage accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual human perception-based hierarchy creation with an automated computational system that objectively analyzes cloud resource consumption metrics. This substitution eliminates subjective bias and ensures the organizational hierarchy reflects actual measured resource usage data rather than human perceptions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates an accurate digital copy of the organizational structure by mapping cloud resource consumption data to organizational hierarchies. This digital representation precisely mirrors actual resource usage patterns, providing a faithful copy of the true organizational resource landscape without human interpretation errors

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentEP4418176A1Extensible method for organizational mapping via cloud resource consumption
Publication Date: 2024.08.21 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Maintaining an organizational hierarchy by receiving data indicative of computing resource consumption by one or more leaf nodes, wherein the leaf nodes are part of a hierarchy including the leaf nodes and higher level nodes; and generating one or more modifications for the hierarchy based on the data indicative of computing resource consumption.