Data Interchange Hub for Cloud Application Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Developers face challenges in connecting cloud computing applications to external services due to differing protocols and data formats, leading to increased development time, costs, and potential coding errors.
Innovation Solution
A data interchange hub (DIH) server acts as an intermediary, registering external services and handling communication, authentication, and data format transformation, providing a single point of access for applications to exchange data with external services and between services themselves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If developers separately code connections to each external service with custom protocols and data formats, then each service can be connected, but development time and development cost substantially increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data interchange hub as an intermediary component between cloud computing applications and external services. The hub abstracts away the complexity of different protocols and data formats by providing a unified interface. Applications communicate with the hub using standard protocols, and the hub handles the translation and adaptation to various external service requirements, thereby reducing development time while maintaining adaptability to multiple services.
Solution Approach 2:
The data interchange hub is designed as a universal component that can handle multiple external services through a single interface. It implements multiple functions including protocol translation, data format conversion, authentication, and routing within a single system. This multi-functionality allows the same hub to serve diverse external services without requiring separate custom-coded connections for each service.
2Adaptability or versatility
If developers separately code connections to each external service with custom protocols and data formats, then each service can be connected, but development cost substantially increases
Solution Approach 1:
The data interchange hub serves as a centralized intermediary that consolidates the complexity of integrating with multiple external services. By implementing protocol translation, data format conversion, and authentication mechanisms within the hub, the system eliminates the need for developers to invest significant resources in custom-coding each service connection. This approach reduces development costs while preserving the ability to connect to diverse external services.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple service integration functions into a single data interchange hub component. Instead of having separate integration code for each external service, the hub combines protocol handling, data transformation, security management, and service routing into one unified system. This consolidation reduces overall development cost by eliminating redundant code and simplifying maintenance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If developers separately code connections to each external service, then service-specific functionality is achieved, but potential to introduce coding errors and regressions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The data interchange hub acts as a centralized intermediary that manages all external service connections through standardized interfaces. By implementing protocol translation, data format conversion, and authentication logic within the hub rather than in individual application code, the system reduces the potential for coding errors. The hub's standardized handling of service-specific protocols ensures consistent and reliable integration while preserving service-specific functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub implements standardized templates and patterns for connecting to external services, rather than requiring custom-coded solutions for each service. These standardized copying mechanisms include pre-configured protocol handlers, data transformation templates, and authentication frameworks that can be reused across different services, thereby reducing coding errors and regressions while maintaining adaptability to service-specific requirements.
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AI summary
This disclosure is directed to a data interchange hub (DIH) server that serves as an intermediary to exchange data between applications hosted by a client instance and external services. The DIH server receives and stores registration data that enables it to connect to each of these external services and informs the server of the data formats that each of the external services are expected to receive and provide. Once the external services have been registered, the DIH server enables applications hosted by the client instance to send data to, and to receive data from, these external services, while seamlessly handling communication, authentication, and data conversion. Additionally, the DIH server can additionally or alternatively act as an intermediary to exchange data between the registered services. As such, the disclosed DIH server can provide a single point of access for applications hosted by the client instance and registered services to exchange data.