User Ownership Identification System for Cloud Resource Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Organizations face challenges in managing electronic resources like communication networks and cloud services due to limited information on usage, making it difficult to identify top users and trace ownership, leading to disruptions and increased costs.

Innovation Solution

The system determines user characteristics by obtaining usage and identity data from multiple service providers, providing ownership information to trace responsible parties, using a multi-threaded process that interfaces with various service providers to collect and publish user and ownership information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If traditional service provider systems are used to provide communication networks or cloud services, then service delivery is maintained, but detailed usage information and user ownership data are not available

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveusage informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between multiple service providers and the organization. This intermediary collects usage data from various service providers, enriches it with ownership information, and presents a unified view to the organization, thereby resolving the information gap without requiring direct complex integration with each service provider

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs multiple functions: collecting usage data from different service providers, identifying users, determining ownership, and providing a unified interface. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems for each service provider, reducing overall complexity while improving information availability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive usage data collection from multiple service providers is implemented, then detailed user information and ownership data are obtained, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveusage measurementVSAvoiddata collection system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the data collection process into distinct modules: usage data collection from service providers, user identification, ownership determination, and result presentation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture while maintaining comprehensive measurement capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If traditional enterprise-level usage views are provided, then service management is simplified, but detailed user identification and ownership tracing are lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice managementVSAvoiduser ownership information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system adds a new dimension to traditional usage views by incorporating ownership information alongside usage data. Instead of merely aggregating usage at the enterprise level, the system provides multi-dimensional data that includes user identity, ownership attribution, and usage details, enabling both simplified management and detailed tracing simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11558258B1Methods and apparatuses for identifying characteristics of users of electronic resources
Publication Date: 2023.01.17 WALMART APOLLO LLC
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AI summary

A system for determining ownership information for users of electronic resources includes at least one computing device configured to receive a trigger request and obtain first resource usage data and first resource identity data from a first resource provider using a first resource collection engine. The system also is configured to obtain second resource usage data and second resource identity data from a second resource provider using a second resource collection engine. The system is also configured to select one or more users of interest based on the first resource usage data, the first resource identity data, the second resource usage data and the second resource identity data and to determine ownership of the selected one or more users of interest.