Flexible Credential Service Provisioning via Redirectable Pointers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional software services ecosystems do not provide a streamlined, private, and flexible way for developers to find, purchase, and manage software services, particularly restricting them to single cloud solutions and burdening them with time-consuming credential management procedures.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an intelligent provisioning environment that uses redirectable pointers for user-independent credentials, enabling seamless access and management of software services across multiple providers, allowing flexible credential sharing and management through a service exchange platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional software services ecosystems are used, then developers can access software services, but they are restricted to single cloud solutions and burdened with time-consuming credential management procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service exchange platform as an intermediary between developers and multiple cloud service providers. This platform manages credentials centrally and provides unified access to services across different cloud providers, eliminating the need for developers to manually manage separate credentials for each cloud platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The service exchange platform provides universal access to multiple cloud service providers through a single interface. Developers can access infrastructure tools, communications tools, database resources, container tools, data logging tools, and email tools from various cloud providers through one unified platform, making the system multi-functional and cloud-agnostic.
2Ease of operation
If conventional credential management procedures are used, then individual user credentials can be managed, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex for team collaboration
Solution Approach 1:
The service exchange platform enables self-service credential management where developers can automatically obtain and share credentials through the platform without manual intervention. The system automatically handles credential provisioning, renewal, and distribution to team members, reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges individual user credentials into a unified service access model. Instead of managing separate credentials for each user, the platform consolidates credential management at the service level, allowing team members to access services through shared credentials managed centrally by the platform.
3Adaptability or versatility
If developers use multiple cloud service providers, then service selection flexibility increases, but credential management across providers becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The service exchange platform acts as an intermediary layer between developers and multiple cloud service providers. It abstracts the complexity of multi-provider credential management by providing a unified interface that handles authentication and authorization across different cloud platforms, allowing developers to select from multiple providers without increasing management complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Provisioning of resources to service consumers using flexible credentials scoped to enable the permissible uses of the resources. The credentials are not tied to a specific user, and can be shared among users, e.g., the credentials can be transferred, moved, pointed, or allocated to users collaborating on a particular project.