Curated UI Marker for Converged Infrastructure Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user interface techniques for managing converged infrastructure management applications are inefficient and cumbersome, as they often rely on outdated methods for storing and retrieving content, leading to slow navigation and lack of user control over updates.
Innovation Solution
The generation and use of curated user interface markers, which include hyperlinks to locally stored information, allowing for quick and efficient access to previously accessed content without requiring requests to remote content providers, and monitoring changes to notify users of updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If conventional user interface techniques are used for managing converged infrastructure management applications, then content can be stored and retrieved, but navigation is slow and user control over updates is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads content into local storage before the user needs it. When a user visits a managed application, the content is automatically cached locally, enabling instant access without waiting for remote retrieval. This preliminary action resolves the contradiction by making navigation fast (improving Speed) while the system automatically manages the caching without requiring user intervention (maintaining Ease of operation).
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a notification mechanism that monitors for content updates and automatically notifies users when changes occur. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain local cached content for fast navigation while automatically detecting and communicating updates, thus improving navigation speed without sacrificing user control over updates.
2Reliability
If remote content provider requests are used for every access, then content updates can be detected, but multiple clicks and slow navigation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary content retrieval and stores it locally before the user needs to access it. This cached content is immediately available for fast navigation, eliminating the time loss associated with repeated remote requests. The system later performs preliminary checks for updates and notifies users, maintaining reliability of update detection without the time penalty of immediate remote requests for every access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates local copies of content from the remote provider and stores them in local storage. These copies enable instant access and fast navigation without requiring repeated remote requests. The system periodically checks for updates and notifies users of changes, maintaining the reliability of update detection while eliminating the time loss of continuous remote communication for every access.
3Speed
If local storage is implemented for content, then navigation speed improves, but user notification of updates must be added
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism that automatically monitors for content updates and notifies users when changes occur. This notification system, while adding some complexity, is automated and context-triggered (only notifying when actual updates occur), thus maintaining relatively simple operation. The benefit of fast local access speed far outweighs the moderate increase in system complexity from the notification feature.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system operates autonomously, automatically detecting updates and notifying users without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complexity of monitoring and notification, providing fast local access while handling update communication automatically. This self-service approach minimizes the perceived complexity for users while maintaining the benefits of local storage.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for generating a curated user interface (UI) marker are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving information for generating a curated UI marker associated with a converged infrastructure management application, wherein the curated UI marker includes a hyperlink to locally stored information associated with the converged infrastructure management application. The method also includes generating, using the information, the curated UI marker associated with the converged infrastructure management application.