Extension Migration Template for Software Platform Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for migrating software extensions from a legacy platform to a new platform are laborious and require significant effort, often involving deep engineering and exposing private data, which complicates data privacy and compatibility.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an extension migration template record that maps source attributes to target attributes, allowing for the creation of an extension migration template data structure, which facilitates the analysis and simulation of source extensions in the target environment, enabling efficient and automated migration without compromising data privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional manual methods are used to migrate extensions from legacy platform to new platform, then functionality can be replicated, but the migration process becomes laborious and requires considerable engineering effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a template record that captures the structure and attributes of source extensions, then uses this template to automatically generate target extensions. This copying approach replicates extension functionality from the source platform to the target platform without requiring manual recreation, thereby improving migration efficiency while reducing engineering effort
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms extension attributes between different platforms by mapping source attributes to target attributes through the template record. This parameter transformation enables automatic adaptation of extensions to the target platform's specific requirements, resolving the contradiction between maintaining functionality and reducing migration complexity
2Manufacturing precision
If deep engineering analysis is performed on each extension's custom functionality, then accurate replication is achieved, but data privacy is compromised and the process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary structural attributes and configuration data from source extensions that are needed for replication, while leaving sensitive custom functionality and private data in the source environment. This selective extraction achieves accurate replication of essential functionality without exposing proprietary or sensitive information
Solution Approach 2:
The template record serves as an intermediary that captures extension attributes in a standardized format during the migration process. This intermediary structure enables accurate transformation and replication of extensions to the target platform without requiring deep analysis or exposure of the source system's private data
3Extent of automation
If automated migration is implemented using template records, then migration effort is reduced, but compatibility between source and target platforms must be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The template record is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate attributes from different source platforms and map them to corresponding target platform attributes. This universal template enables automated migration across multiple platform combinations while maintaining compatibility through standardized attribute mapping
Data Source
AI summary
Extensions to a source software application are migrated to a target. Template records are constructed containing corresponding sets of attributes for source and target applications. Analysis of a source extension yields source extension attributes. A matching template record is used to map the source extension attributes to corresponding target extension attributes. A proposal for a migrated target extension is formulated, simulated in a sandbox, and committed to the target application. Client interaction supports selection or approval of application versions, proposals, or simulation output. Template records, constructed without knowledge of specific extensions implemented on a particular application instance, are provided to the source application environment, enabling remaining migration operations to be performed locally in source and target environments, maintaining data privacy. Examples are provided for a front-end software application in a database environment. Methods and apparatus are disclosed, with variations, extensions, and applicability to diverse software applications.