Multi-use Application Proxy for Software Interaction Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity of interactions between software applications and clients makes it difficult to test and debug individual applications, as manual recreation of interactions is cumbersome, and conflicts during simultaneous requests and responses can lead to user confusion and impaired experience.
Innovation Solution
A multi-use application proxy acts as an intermediary between applications and clients, aggregating interactions, emulating responses, injecting faults for testing, and mediating communications to provide a seamless user experience and resolve conflicts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications interact with clients simultaneously, then application functionality and service coverage are improved, but system complexity and difficulty of testing increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an application proxy as an intermediary component between multiple applications and the client. This proxy manages and coordinates interactions, aggregating requests and responses while maintaining organized communication channels. The proxy acts as a mediator that reduces the complexity of direct multi-application-client interactions by providing a standardized interface and coordination mechanism.
2Reliability
If manual testing of application interactions is performed, then testing coverage can be achieved, but time consumption and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The application proxy performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring interaction patterns, test scenarios, and response aggregations. It prepares the testing environment by establishing expected interaction flows and potential conflict resolutions before actual testing occurs. This preliminary setup enables automated testing and reduces the need for manual recreation of interaction scenarios.
3Speed
If multiple applications send requests and responses simultaneously, then service responsiveness is improved, but conflicts and user confusion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The application proxy merges multiple simultaneous requests and responses into a coordinated sequence. It aggregates interactions from different applications, combines responses appropriately, and presents unified information to the client. This merging process maintains service responsiveness by handling multiple interactions concurrently while preventing user confusion through organized and coherent presentation of information.
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments of a multi-use application proxy have been presented. In one embodiment, an application proxy is executed as an intermediary a set of applications. The application proxy performs multiple functions between the set of applications. For example, the application proxy aggregates interactions between the applications and a client in one embodiment.