Host Protocol Component URL String Segmentation for Container Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current protocols for remote access to computer files and services on hosts are limited in functionality and efficiency, particularly in enabling seamless browsing, editing, and saving of files across different ecosystems and containers, and lack flexibility in authentication mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes a host protocol component and client protocol component, enabling client devices to access and interact with hosts through Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings, determining request types, and generating responses with necessary parameters, allowing for ecosystem and container-related operations, and utilizing existing authentication mechanisms to obtain protocol-specific access tokens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional protocols are used for remote access, then basic file access is enabled, but functionality and efficiency are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The protocol is segmented into distinct components including URL string structure (with path, container ID, ecosystem ID), request types (container-related, ecosystem-related), and response parameters. This segmentation allows for modular processing and enhanced functionality while maintaining manageable complexity through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The protocol enables universal access to multiple types of resources (containers and ecosystems) through a unified URL string format. The same protocol structure handles both container-related requests and ecosystem-related requests, providing multi-functionality without requiring separate protocols for different access scenarios.
2Ease of operation
If remote access to files and services is enabled, then accessibility is improved, but computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The protocol includes preliminary authentication mechanisms where access tokens are obtained before actual file operations. The URL string structure pre-identifies containers and ecosystems, allowing the system to prepare and validate access parameters in advance, reducing computational overhead during actual file operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The protocol uses an intermediary authentication system with access tokens that mediate between client devices and hosts. This intermediary layer handles security validation and resource authorization, reducing the computational burden on both client and host during actual file access operations by pre-establishing trust relationships.
3Ease of operation
If authentication mechanisms are made flexible, then ease of access is improved, but security requirements become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The protocol allows parameter changes in authentication by supporting different access token types and validation methods. The URL string can include various parameters (container ID, ecosystem ID, path) that can be dynamically adjusted based on authentication results, providing flexibility while maintaining security through structured parameter validation.
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AI summary
Techniques and technologies for protocols for accessing hosts are described. In at least some embodiments, a system includes a processing component, and a host protocol component. The host protocol component is configured to receive at a host a request from a client device, the request including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) string locating a container or an ecosystem stored by the host; determine using at least a portion of the URL string whether the request is a container-related request or an ecosystem-related request; generate a response at the host including information responsive to the request, the information including the URL string locating the container or the ecosystem, and at least one response parameter corresponding to the request and associated with the container or the ecosystem; and transmit the response from the host to the client device.