Dynamic Workspace Snapshots for Faster Configuration Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to efficiently and seamlessly apply the correct workspace configuration when users switch between different hardware setups, leading to time-consuming searches and obsolete configuration snapshots.
Innovation Solution
An information handling system with a management controller and cloud service that uses a dynamic experiential snapshot computation technique, employing a unique user identifier (xID) and a snapshot tree search to quickly identify and apply the appropriate configuration settings based on device capabilities, location, and user behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If experience snapshots are captured and stored when the user starts a workspace session, then configuration information is available for application, but the snapshots become obsolete if the user doesn't return to the same workspace, resulting in slowness in identifying the matching experience snapshot
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing experience snapshots at the start of workspace sessions and storing them with device capability profiles. This allows pre-computed configuration data to be readily available when users return to the same workspace, eliminating the need to recapture snapshots and reducing identification time while maintaining configuration accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copies of workspace configuration states (experience snapshots) that can be stored and reused. Instead of recapturing the entire workspace state each time, the system copies and reuses previously captured snapshots when device capabilities match, significantly reducing the time required to identify and apply appropriate configurations.
2Measurement precision
If the system searches for the right experience snapshot based on device capabilities and context, then the correct configuration can be identified, but the search process is time-consuming without optimization
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the workspace configuration problem into distinct components: device capability identification, context determination, and experience snapshot matching. By dividing the search process into these manageable segments with specific matching criteria for each, the system achieves both high matching accuracy and improved search efficiency through targeted rather than exhaustive searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by storing experience snapshots with associated device capability profiles and context metadata. When a user connects to a workspace, the system queries using these parameters (device capabilities, location, time) to rapidly filter and identify matching snapshots, transforming an unoptimized linear search into a parameter-driven efficient lookup process.
3Quantity of substance
If experience snapshots are captured only at workspace session start, then storage resources are conserved, but configurations become obsolete and require recapture, increasing setup time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary capture of experience snapshots at workspace session start and stores them with device capability identifiers. This preliminary action ensures configuration data is readily available for future sessions without requiring continuous recapture, balancing storage conservation with reduced setup time through efficient reuse of captured snapshots.
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AI summary
An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system is configured to: communicatively couple to a client system, wherein the client system is associated with a current one of a plurality of potential workspaces, wherein each workspace includes a defined set of information handling resources; receive, from the client system, a manifest indicative of the set of information handling resources associated with the current workspace; determine an experience snapshot for the current workspace, wherein the experience snapshot includes a plurality of configuration settings for the set of information handling resources; and transmit the experience snapshot to the client system, wherein the client system is configured to apply the experience snapshot by applying the plurality of configuration settings to the set of information handling resources.