Intermediary Service Facade for Request Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Datacenters face inefficiencies due to providing both generalized and business-specific services, leading to resource burdens and processing challenges when handling service requests from client systems.
Innovation Solution
An intermediary service is introduced to process service requests and determine which registered services are best suited to handle the requests, offloading generic system functionality and processing tasks to alleviate these burdens, allowing for service-specific processing and efficient resource management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If datacenters provide both generalized system services and business-specific services, then service functionality is comprehensive, but system efficiency deteriorates due to resource burdens and processing challenges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments service processing into two distinct parts: generic system functionality handled by a business facade service and service-specific functionality handled by individual registered services. This segmentation allows the system to maintain comprehensive functionality while improving efficiency by directing requests to appropriate processing components.
Solution Approach 2:
The business facade service acts as an intermediary between client systems and registered services. It receives service requests, processes generic system functionality, determines which registered service should handle the request, and forwards the processed request accordingly. This intermediary approach resolves the contradiction by centralizing common processing tasks.
2Reliability
If service providers handle all service requests directly, then service-specific processing is accurate, but resource load on providers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts generic system functionality processing from individual service providers and consolidates it in the business facade service. This extraction reduces the resource load on service providers while maintaining their ability to perform accurate service-specific processing when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
Service providers register their services and functional capabilities with the business facade service, enabling the facade to autonomously determine and route requests to appropriate providers. This self-service mechanism reduces manual configuration and resource overhead.
3Productivity
If an intermediary service processes all requests, then resource utilization is optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The business facade service is designed with multi-functionality, handling service request reception, generic functionality processing, service determination, and request forwarding. This universal approach consolidates multiple functions in a single component, improving resource utilization while managing complexity through functional integration.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a computer system receives registration information for available services provided by a service provider. The registration information includes information identifying functionality provided by the available services, and the registration information is used to register the available services with the intermediary service. The computer system receives a service request from a client computer system identifying a function that is to be performed by at least one of the available services registered at the intermediary service. The computer system determines which of the registered available services is configured to provide the functionality requested by the client and processes the received service request using various system functionality components, so that the service request is configured for service-specific processing provided by a registered available service. The computer system also sends the processed service request to the registered service determined to be configured to provide the functionality requested by the client.