Organization-Level Account Hierarchy for Centralized Data Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing organization-level accounts in data platforms lack fine-grained control over administrative operations, leading to inefficient management and replication of large datasets across multiple deployments, without a centralized management plane.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an organization-level account that provides centralized management and administrative privileges, allowing users to perform operations such as account creation, data replication, and failover, with fine-grained control and role-based access, ensuring a central control plane for the organization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing organization-level accounts are used in data platforms, then basic account management is possible, but fine-grained control over administrative operations is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments administrative control by introducing multiple hierarchical account types (organization admin, account admin, user) with distinct privilege levels. This segmentation enables fine-grained control over administrative operations while maintaining a manageable account management structure through clear role differentiation and permission assignment.
2Productivity
If multiple accounts are managed without centralized control, then account autonomy is maintained, but management efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple account management functions into a centralized organization-level account structure that coordinates across distributed accounts. The organization admin can perform cross-account operations such as data replication, failover, and resource allocation, improving management efficiency while maintaining account autonomy through defined permission boundaries.
3Reliability
If data replication occurs across multiple deployments without centralized coordination, then data availability is improved, but redundant replication operations increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the centralized organization-level account monitors data replication status across deployments and coordinates replication operations. This feedback-driven coordination ensures data availability through proper replication while eliminating redundant replication operations by tracking which data has already been replicated and where.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for an organization-level account for an organization on a data platform, users of which can possess administrative or management privileges with respect to the organization and across one or more others accounts of the organization.