Storage Object Management via Interface Associations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Complex large storage systems with multiple users and administrators face management complications due to the need for efficient object management across different user interfaces and systems, leading to difficulties in maintaining object associations and permissions.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that enables the definition and management of objects within a computer-based storage system using distinct user interfaces, allowing specific interfaces to manage certain objects while discouraging management through others, with superuser capabilities to manage objects across interfaces and change object associations as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple user interfaces are used to manage objects in a storage system, then accessibility and versatility are improved, but management complexity and difficulty of controlling object associations worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that tracks and manages object associations across multiple user interfaces. This intermediary layer maintains a centralized registry of which user interfaces are associated with which storage objects, allowing the system to manage complexity internally while preserving external accessibility. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by abstracting the complex association management away from individual user interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple administrators can manage objects through different interfaces, then system versatility is improved, but control over object permissions and associations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors and tracks which user interfaces are managing which objects. This feedback loop ensures that permission changes and association modifications made through any interface are reflected system-wide, maintaining consistent control over object permissions across all administrators and interfaces. The feedback mechanism prevents permission conflicts and ensures reliability.
3Ease of operation
If object management is enabled across multiple user interfaces, then ease of operation is improved, but unauthorized access risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by establishing a framework of controlled associations before unauthorized access can occur. The system pre-defines which user interfaces are authorized to manage which objects and enforces these associations proactively. When a user interface attempts to access or manage an object, the system checks the pre-established associations to prevent unauthorized access, thus countering potential harmful factors before they manifest.
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AI summary
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a first object within a computer-based system using a first user interface. The first object is associated with the first user interface. A second object is defined within the computer-based system using a second user interface. The second object is associated with the second user interface.