Platform Framework Namespaces for IHS Hardware Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) face inefficiencies due to the need for each application to know how to communicate with specific hardware endpoints, leading to software development burdens and parallel execution paths, resulting in inefficiencies when multiple applications request the same information from hardware endpoints.
Innovation Solution
A platform framework that enables comprehensive system management by allowing multiple applications to request direct hardware endpoint access, providing performance optimizations and increased operational stability through namespace registration, token generation, and communication handle management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If each application directly communicates with hardware endpoints, then hardware access is straightforward, but software development burden increases and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a platform framework as an intermediary layer between applications and hardware endpoints. This framework provides standardized interfaces and abstraction layers that simplify hardware access for applications while managing the complexity of direct hardware communication internally within the framework itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct layers: application layer, platform framework layer, and hardware endpoint layer. Each layer has specific responsibilities and interfaces, allowing complexity to be isolated and managed at appropriate levels rather than propagated throughout the entire system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications request the same hardware endpoint information, then comprehensive hardware access is enabled, but parallel execution paths create inefficiencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple redundant communication paths into a single unified platform framework interface. Instead of allowing each application to independently communicate with hardware endpoints (creating parallel inefficiencies), the framework consolidates these requests and manages hardware access centrally, eliminating redundant operations while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform framework provides universal interfaces that serve multiple applications simultaneously. A single framework instance can handle requests from multiple applications, providing the same hardware access capabilities to all of them through standardized interfaces rather than requiring separate communication paths for each application.
3Ease of manufacture
If a platform framework is introduced to manage hardware access, then software development burden is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platform framework provides standardized interface templates and abstraction patterns that can be copied and reused across different hardware access scenarios. Rather than requiring custom integration code for each hardware endpoint, developers can use the established framework interfaces, reducing development effort while the framework itself manages the underlying complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
In the provided platform framework, participants issue requests for registration as members of namespaces supported by the platform framework, where the namespace is a capability of an IHS (Information Handling System) that will be provided by the participant using hardware of the IHS. The platform framework generates an entry in a manifest in response to a participant's registration, wherein the manifest entry identifies a participant as registered within a particular namespace. The platform framework receives, from an operating system application of the IHS, a request for participants registered within one or more namespaces. The platform framework provides the requesting operating system application with an identity of one or more participants that are registered within the first namespace. The requesting operating system application may then choose from registered participants that provide access to platform framework resources that are available for use within a particular namespace.