Mobile Mini-Cloud System Consolidating Computing Resources
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges with multiple devices for different computing needs, high power consumption, limited accessibility, and inflexibility in scaling computing resources, especially in home and small office environments, where traditional desktops are cumbersome and costly to upgrade or replace.
Innovation Solution
A mini-cloud system transforms a modem or router into an access gateway that connects to a back-end service, providing a subscription-based computing model, allowing users to access a consolidated computing environment with local resources and cloud services, enabling efficient resource management and scalability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users deploy multiple devices for different computing needs, then computing capability and versatility are improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple computing devices and their functions into a single centralized cloud infrastructure. Users can access desktop virtualization, application delivery, and other computing services through one unified cloud platform, eliminating the need to maintain separate physical devices for different computing needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud infrastructure provides universal access to multiple computing services including desktop virtualization, application delivery, and file management through a single platform. The system can deliver different types of computing resources (full desktops, specific applications, files) through the same cloud gateway, making it multi-functional.
2Power
If users upgrade traditional desktop systems, then computing performance is improved, but cost and complexity of replacement increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of physically upgrading hardware, the system creates virtual copies of desktop environments and applications in the cloud. Users can access identical or enhanced computing performance through virtualized desktops and applications hosted on cloud infrastructure, eliminating the need for expensive hardware replacements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cloud computing centralizes resources, then scalability and elasticity are improved, but access latency for graphics-intensive applications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system delivers customized computing experiences tailored to local user needs. Full desktop environments are delivered to users with high-bandwidth connections who need graphics-intensive applications, while lightweight applications are delivered to mobile users with limited bandwidth, optimizing performance for each local context.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud infrastructure dynamically adapts resource allocation and delivery methods based on real-time conditions. The system can adjust between delivering full desktops, specific applications, or individual files based on user needs, device capabilities, and network conditions, optimizing both scalability and performance.
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AI summary
A mini-cloud system with a mobile device host has been described to enable subscription or service model for computing infrastructure, software, and digital content. The system enables a thin laptop, or tablet that can be stateless devices to connect to instances of virtual machines or virtual devices running on the smartphone or mobile devices. The system allows device consolidation to support a mobile environment to build devices used on the go as modular components by removing duplicative components to reduce cost or electronic waste.