General Service Management Framework for Cross-Platform Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current service management frameworks are often platform-dependent, requiring users to learn complex interfaces and protocols, limiting flexibility and scalability in managing services across different operating systems and environments.
Innovation Solution
A general service management framework that provides platform-independent access to manage local and remote machine services, utilizing a layered architecture with a global service database and modular components for service configuration, start/stop management, and query operations, supporting multiple platforms like Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Solaris, and enabling service registration and dependency management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If platform-dependent service management frameworks are used, then services can be managed on specific operating systems, but users must learn complicated interfaces and protocols for each platform
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal service management framework that provides a single, consistent interface for managing services across multiple operating systems including Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Solaris. The framework uses a standardized service control manager that can handle platform-specific implementations through a unified API, eliminating the need for users to learn different interfaces for each platform while maintaining broad platform compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (service control manager) that sits between the user interface and platform-specific service implementations. This intermediary translates universal service management commands into platform-specific operations, allowing users to interact with a simplified, consistent interface while the intermediary handles the complexity of different operating system protocols and interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If platform-specific service management interfaces are used, then services can be managed natively on each platform, but service management becomes limited to specific operating systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service management framework into distinct layers: a universal service control manager interface layer that handles user interactions, and platform-specific implementation layers that handle operating system-specific operations. This segmentation allows the framework to support multiple platforms by adding or removing implementation layers without affecting the core interface, reducing overall framework complexity while maintaining cross-platform capabilities.
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AI summary
A system and method is provided for servicing service management requests via a general service management framework that supports a plurality of platforms (for example, Windows®, UNIX®, Linux, Solaris™, and/or other platforms), and that manages local and/or remote machine services at system and/or application level.