Orchestration Framework for Multi-Device Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies fail to seamlessly coordinate computing activities across multiple devices with different operation modes, leading to isolated functionality and inefficient resource management in multi-device environments.
Innovation Solution
An orchestration framework that interconnects devices through a client-server or peer-to-peer communication session, allowing for coordinated operation by determining the operation modes of devices and applications to manage content transfer, application roles, and policy enforcement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If devices operate independently with different operation modes, then device autonomy and flexibility are maintained, but coordination and seamless interaction across devices fail
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an orchestration framework as an intermediary layer between devices operating in different modes. This framework includes orchestration agents on each device and a central orchestration service that mediates interactions, allowing devices to maintain their operational independence while achieving coordinated behavior through the intermediary's management of communication sessions and policy enforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The orchestration framework provides universal coordination capabilities that work across multiple device types and operation modes. The framework can handle both managed and unmanaged devices, coordinate computing activities across different platforms, and enforce policies universally, making the coordination mechanism adaptable to diverse device ecosystems while maintaining reliable interaction.
2Productivity
If content transfer between devices is enabled, then resource sharing and collaboration improve, but security policy violations and unauthorized access risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The orchestration framework implements feedback mechanisms where orchestration agents continuously monitor device states, content transfer requests, and policy compliance. The central orchestration service receives feedback about attempted transfers, evaluates them against security policies, and provides feedback control decisions that allow or block transfers, creating a closed-loop security system that enables sharing while preventing violations.
Solution Approach 2:
The framework positions the orchestration service as an intermediary between content sources and destinations during transfers. This intermediary evaluates security policies, authenticates devices, and controls the transfer process, allowing legitimate resource sharing while blocking unauthorized access attempts before they can compromise security.
3Reliability
If operation modes are strictly enforced to maintain security, then security compliance is ensured, but device functionality and user experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The orchestration framework dynamically adjusts operation modes and policy enforcement based on real-time context. Rather than rigidly enforcing fixed modes, the framework can temporarily relax certain restrictions for trusted devices, adapt policies based on user behavior patterns, and transition devices between managed and unmanaged states, maintaining security compliance while preserving necessary device functionality and user experience.
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AI summary
Aspects described herein allow multiple devices to function as a coherent whole, allowing each device to take on distinct functions that are complementary to one another. Aspects described herein also allow the devices function as a coherent whole when interconnected devices and their respective applications are configured to operate in various operation modes, when management policies are employed to control the operation of the interconnected devices and their respective applications, when transferring content between the interconnected devices and storing the content at those devices, when obtaining access credentials for the interconnected devices that enable the devices to access enterprise resources, when a policy agent applies management policies to control operation of and interaction between the interconnected devices, and when the interconnected devices are used to access an enterprise application store.