Non-Visual Sensory Interactivity for Network Virtualization Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions lack a unified and holistic method for human operators to understand, model, and design service paths and control operations in complex and dynamic network virtualization platforms (NVPs) combining software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization, as existing tools are inadequate for these advanced environments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of non-visual sensory interactivity in network virtualization platforms, using computer systems to generate environments with audio, haptic, and olfactory feedback, allowing users to interact with and understand NVP data through non-visual sensory feedback devices, enhancing visualization and control capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional visual-only tools and techniques are used to manage network virtualization platforms, then the system remains simple and static, but the system cannot provide adequate understanding and control of complex and dynamic service paths and network operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the traditional visual interface by incorporating non-visual sensory dimensions (audio, haptic, olfactory) to create a multi-sensory feedback environment. This dimensional expansion allows operators to perceive and interact with complex network states through multiple sensory modalities simultaneously, providing comprehensive situational awareness without increasing visual interface complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a computer system as an intermediary that translates complex network virtualization data into multi-sensory feedback representations. This intermediary processes raw network data and converts it into intuitive sensory signals across multiple modalities, enabling operators to understand complex network operations without directly confronting the underlying complexity
2Loss of information
If multi-sensory feedback devices are implemented to enhance user understanding of NVP operations, then human insight and control are improved, but the system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified multi-sensory feedback system where a single computer system coordinates multiple types of feedback devices (audio output devices, haptic output devices, olfactory output devices). This universal system handles diverse network information types through a single integrated architecture, reducing overall system complexity compared to separate specialized systems for each sensory modality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes closed-loop feedback mechanisms where network operational data is continuously translated into multi-sensory feedback signals that provide real-time information to operators. This feedback loop enables operators to perceive network states and operational changes through multiple sensory channels, improving information comprehension without requiring operators to directly analyze complex raw data
3Ease of operation
If non-visual sensory feedback is added to help operators navigate and manipulate service logic, then ease of operation improves, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds non-visual sensory dimensions to the traditional visual interface for manipulating service paths and network operations. By incorporating audio, haptic, and olfactory feedback modalities, operators can navigate and manipulate complex service logic through intuitive multi-sensory interactions rather than relying solely on complex visual displays and controls
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or manual interaction methods with multi-sensory feedback mechanisms. Instead of requiring operators to manually trace and analyze complex visual network diagrams, the system uses audio signals, haptic feedback, and olfactory cues to guide operators through service path manipulation, making the operation more intuitive and easier to perform
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AI summary
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to visualization for network virtualization platforms (“NVPs”) enhanced with non-visual sensory interactivity. A computer system can obtain data associated with an NVP. The computer system can generate a non-visual feedback environment representative of at least a portion of the network virtualization platform. The non-visual feedback environment can include non-visual sensory feedback to be presented to a user. The computer system also can receive one or more rules associated with the data. The rule(s) can be associated with one or more service elements of the NVP. The rule(s) alternatively or additionally can be associated with one or more events. The computer system can provide the non-visual sensory feedback via a non-visual sensory feedback device that outputs the non-visual sensory feedback to be sensed by the user. The non-visual sensory feedback can include audio feedback, haptic feedback, olfactory feedback, or some combination thereof.