Cloud Service Interface for Unified Multi-Provider Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the challenge of accessing and viewing information stored across multiple cloud providers in separate windows due to proprietary communication standards, requiring separate logins and lacking a unified interface for seamless access.
Innovation Solution
A computing device aggregates cloud services from multiple providers into a single user interface, facilitated by a cloud carrier that acts as a proxy for user authentication and provides coordinated access through a cloud carrier cloud provider interface and cloud service interface, utilizing IPv6 VPN and IPv4 VPN attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access cloud services through separate proprietary interfaces for each cloud provider, then each provider can maintain its own service standards and communication protocols, but users must perform separate logins and view information in separate windows, increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud service interface as an intermediary layer between users and multiple cloud providers. This interface aggregates services from different providers (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive) into a unified presentation layer, allowing users to access all cloud services through a single login and interface without needing to understand or interact with each provider's proprietary protocols directly.
2Reliability
If cloud providers use different proprietary communication standards, then each provider can optimize for its specific service requirements, but the services cannot communicate with one another and require separate access points
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the cloud service access architecture into distinct layers: the cloud provider layer (maintaining proprietary standards), the cloud service interface layer (providing统一 access), and the user interface layer. This segmentation allows each layer to maintain its own standards and protocols independently while providing seamless integration at the presentation level.
3Quantity of substance
If users create multiple cloud service accounts to exceed storage limits, then they can access more storage capacity, but they must manage multiple separate accounts and interfaces, increasing account management complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple cloud service accounts into a single unified interface. Users can connect to multiple cloud providers (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) simultaneously through the cloud service interface, and the interface aggregates their storage capacities into a single view, allowing users to access and manage all storage locations through one consolidated interface rather than managing separate accounts for each provider.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing a user access to cloud services made available by multiple different cloud providers. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a request from a user to access a variety of cloud services. The computing device may retrieve cloud services from each of the cloud providers and cause display of a user interface that includes each of the cloud services from the different cloud providers so that the user interface is a uniform point of contact with the cloud providers. Further, in some embodiments, various interfaces, cloud service connections, and cloud service connection termination points may be defined.