Dynamic Payload Schema Translation for Evolving Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing networking systems are inefficient, inflexible, and lack cybersecurity protections, requiring frequent reprogramming for updates and indiscriminately passing sensitive data, leading to resource waste and security risks.
Innovation Solution
A schema modification system that generates and updates payload schemas to translate digital payloads between components, using a payload conversion code generator and schema annotations to maintain compatibility and protect sensitive data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional systems use hardcoded reprogramming for each subsystem to maintain compatibility after updates, then compatibility between subsystems is maintained, but computing resources (processing power and memory) are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a schema registry and payload schema as an intermediary layer between subsystems. Instead of directly modifying each subsystem's code for compatibility, the schema registry stores and manages payload schemas that define data formats. The system uses these schemas to validate and transform payloads, eliminating the need for hardcoded reprogramming in each subsystem while maintaining compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the compatibility management logic from individual subsystems and centralizes it in the schema registry. By separating the payload schema definition and validation logic from the subsystems themselves, the system avoids the need to reprogram each subsystem for every compatibility update, thus preserving computing resources.
2Reliability
If conventional systems require frequent reprogramming for subsystem updates, then compatibility is maintained, but system efficiency decreases due to constant reprogramming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the schema registry automatically manages payload schemas. When a subsystem updates its data format, the changes are registered in the schema registry, which then automatically provides the updated schema to relevant subsystems. This eliminates the need for manual reprogramming and constant system interventions, thereby improving efficiency while maintaining compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining and registering payload schemas in the schema registry before subsystem updates occur. This allows the system to proactively prepare compatibility transformations rather than reacting to each update with reactive reprogramming, thus improving overall system efficiency.
3Stability of the object's composition
If conventional systems use hardcoded payload formats in components, then data format consistency is maintained, but system flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, hardcoded payload formats into dynamic, configurable schemas stored in the schema registry. Subsystems can adapt their data formats by referencing and updating schemas in the registry without changing their core code. This dynamic approach maintains data format consistency through schema validation while providing flexibility to adapt to new requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows payload format parameters to be changed by updating schemas in the registry rather than modifying hardcoded formats in each component. This enables flexible parameter changes (such as data types, field names, or structures) while maintaining consistency through the centralized schema management mechanism.
4Ease of operation
If conventional systems pass data agnostically between components, then data transmission simplicity is maintained, but cybersecurity protections for sensitive data are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by embedding security attributes directly in the payload schema definitions. Schema annotations can specify which fields contain sensitive data and what security measures should be applied (such as encryption, masking, or access controls). This allows simple data transmission to continue while automatically applying appropriate security protections based on the local characteristics of each data field.
Solution Approach 2:
The schema registry acts as an intermediary that enforces security policies on data transmission. By storing security requirements in the schemas, the system can automatically apply security measures during payload validation and transformation without complicating the data transmission process. The schema registry mediates between simple transmission and security enforcement.
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AI summary
This disclosure describes a schema modification system that, as part of an inter-network facilitation system, can intelligently generate and update payload schemas for maintaining compatibility across changing network components. For example, the disclosed systems utilize custom tooling to detect changes in component versions and to update payload schemas to translate digital payloads between components that require different payload formats (e.g., due to an update to one component or another). In some cases, the disclosed systems can utilize a code generator to generate a payload conversion code from a payload schema and can implement the payload conversion code to convert a digital payload from a source format to a target format (e.g., to pass from a source component to a target component). The disclosed systems can also utilize schema annotations that accompany a payload schema to perform various functions, including removing sensitive information and identifying third-party systems.