Cloud Resource Instance Usage State Determination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing cloud resource management systems lack effective methods to determine the usage state of cloud resources, affecting data security and utilization rates, as users cannot query or modify correlations between resources, leading to reduced security and efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that acquire cloud resource use information, compare it with a use rate threshold value, and generate cloud resource state information based on the usage state, improving security and utilization by determining the usage state of cloud resources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If cloud resource management systems do not implement usage state determination methods, then system complexity remains low, but data security and utilization rates deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata securityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments cloud resources into multiple resource instances and determines usage states for each instance separately. By dividing the monitoring scope into discrete units (resource instances with individual usage states), the system can manage complexity through modularization while comprehensively monitoring all resources for security and optimization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces threshold values as intermediaries between raw usage data and security/optimization decisions. Usage information is compared against predefined thresholds to determine usage states, which then trigger appropriate actions. This intermediary layer simplifies complex decision-making while maintaining reliable security monitoring

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If cloud resource management systems do not implement usage state determination methods, then operational simplicity is maintained, but resource utilization rates deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource utilization rateVSAvoidoperational simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines usage states and generates optimization recommendations without requiring manual intervention. The cloud resource management system self-monitors usage information, compares it against thresholds, and autonomously identifies resources needing optimization, thereby improving utilization rates while maintaining operational simplicity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where usage state determination results are returned to users as recommendations. This feedback loop enables the system to continuously improve resource utilization by learning from usage patterns while keeping the user interface simple through automated analysis and recommendation generation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11704157B2Method and apparatus for comparing acquired cloud resource use information to thresholds to recommend a target cloud resource instance

Publication Date: 2023.07.18 BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCI & TECH CO LTD

AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for acquiring information. The method may include: acquiring cloud resource use information; comparing the cloud resource use information with a use rate threshold value, to obtain a comparison result; obtaining use state information of a cloud resource corresponding to the cloud resource use information according to the comparison result; and generating cloud resource state information based on the use state information.