Connection Management Service for Cloud Network Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of varying hardware and software environments in cloud computing environments complicates the task of moving applications, services, or functions to the cloud, making it expensive and time-consuming due to the need for customized interfaces between applications and hardware.
Innovation Solution
A connection management service that standardizes connections by providing a connector object to requestors, which can be used to connect to a distributed network, simplifying the process by authenticating requestors and configuring connectors based on requested parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If customized interfaces are crafted for each hardware instance to enable communication between applications and hardware, then connection functionality is achieved, but device complexity and implementation difficulty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal connector interface that can connect to multiple different hardware instances and distributed network environments. Instead of crafting customized interfaces for each hardware type, a single standardized connector design serves multiple purposes across different cloud environments, hardware configurations, and communication protocols, thereby reducing interface complexity while maintaining adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The connector acts as an intermediary component between applications and the distributed network environment. This mediator handles the complexity of communication protocols, authentication, and hardware-specific details, allowing applications to interact with diverse hardware instances through a standardized interface without directly dealing with the underlying complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If customized interfaces are developed for each cloud environment, then application connectivity is enabled, but development time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed as a universal component that can operate across multiple cloud environments and distributed network configurations. By implementing a single standardized interface that supports multiple protocols and environments, the patent eliminates the need to develop separate customized interfaces for each cloud platform, thereby significantly reducing development time and cost while maintaining broad compatibility
3Ease of operation
If standardized connectors are provided through connection management service, then ease of operation improves, but service infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of connection management from the application layer and places it in a dedicated connection management service. The connector itself is simplified to focus solely on establishing connections, while the service infrastructure handles authentication, configuration, and management tasks. This separation allows the connector to remain easy to use while the service infrastructure absorbs the necessary complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing and using a connection management service. A connection management service can receive a connection request that requests a connection between a requestor and a distributed network. The connection management service can identify a connector to provide the connection between the requestor and the distributed network. The connection management service can provide, to the requestor, an object corresponding to the connector. The requestor can invoke the object to connect to the distributed network.