Dynamic Microservice Exposure for Faster Hardware Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Software developers face significant effort and knowledge requirements to manually derive pathways between software applications and hardware microservices, leading to underutilization of hardware features.

Innovation Solution

A dynamic software engine dynamically exposes hardware microservices to software development tools by using an intelligent engine that orchestrates API execution recipes, resolving software dependencies and providing a universal interface for various IDEs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If software developers manually derive pathways between software applications and hardware microservices, then they can integrate hardware features into software, but the effort and knowledge requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of hardware feature integrationVSAvoidcomplexity of pathway derivation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a dynamic software engine as an intermediary component that automatically generates software pathways to hardware microservices. This engine acts as a mediator between software applications and hardware features, translating high-level software requests into low-level hardware access pathways without requiring manual derivation by developers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing the dynamic software engine to automatically discover, validate, and generate pathways to hardware microservices without human intervention. The engine autonomously queries hardware capabilities, resolves dependencies, and constructs execution recipes, eliminating the need for developers to manually derive complex pathways.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If software developers manually derive pathways to hardware microservices, then they can access hardware features, but the time required for integration increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of hardware feature integrationVSAvoidtime for pathway derivation

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-building a registry of hardware microservices and their capabilities before software development occurs. The dynamic software engine queries this registry in advance to gather hardware information, capabilities, and dependency requirements, so that when software needs hardware access, the pathway generation can proceed rapidly without time-consuming manual derivation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the manual mechanical process of pathway derivation with an automated computational system. Instead of developers manually tracing and configuring pathways through multiple software layers to reach hardware microservices, the dynamic software engine uses automated algorithms to generate these pathways programmatically, dramatically reducing integration time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If a universal interface is provided for various IDEs to access hardware microservices, then accessibility is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompatibility with various IDEsVSAvoidcomplexity of software engine

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements universality by designing a single dynamic software engine that serves multiple IDEs and software development tools through a common interface. The engine provides unified functionality for pathway generation, dependency resolution, and hardware access across different IDE ecosystems, allowing one system to support multiple users and tools without requiring IDE-specific custom implementations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250272166A1Methods and apparatus to expose a microservice to a software layer

Publication Date: 2025.08.28 ALTERA CORP

AI summary

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture disclosed herein expose a microservice to a software layer. A disclosed method includes composing an API execution recipe, initializing a software service to be called, and checking, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor. The connection is between a software layer and a microservice, is defined by the API execution recipe, and is to expose the microservice to the software layer.