Virtual Device Cross-Platform Cloud Communication Bridge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud communication systems restrict remote communication between clients and servers connected to different cloud platforms, limiting interoperability and requiring separate clients for each provider, which complicates control over multiple servers from a single interface.
Innovation Solution
The method involves creating a virtual device on one cloud platform, which is then registered and communicates with another cloud platform, enabling communication between the two platforms through the virtual device, allowing a client to interact with servers across different cloud platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a client and server are connected to the same cloud platform for remote communication, then communication reliability is improved, but platform adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual device as an intermediary entity that acts as a bridge between different cloud platforms. The virtual device is registered with both the first cloud platform (where the client resides) and the second cloud platform (where the server resides), enabling communication between platforms without requiring them to be the same platform. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining communication reliability while achieving cross-platform adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual device serves multiple functions: it acts as a client to the first cloud platform, as a server to the second cloud platform, and as a bridge for communication between different cloud platforms. This multi-functionality allows a single entity to operate across different cloud ecosystems, improving platform adaptability while maintaining communication reliability through standardized interaction protocols.
2Reliability
If separate clients are used for each cloud platform provider, then platform-specific communication is optimized, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring separate clients for each cloud platform, the patent creates a universal virtual device that can interact with multiple cloud platforms through standardized protocols. The virtual device implements a unified interface that abstracts the complexity of different platform-specific communication mechanisms, allowing users to manage multiple servers from a single interface while maintaining optimized platform-specific communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the communication function by separating the cloud platform-specific communication logic from the user interface. The virtual device encapsulates platform-specific details internally while providing a simplified unified interface to users. This segmentation allows platform-specific optimization to be maintained without exposing complexity to users, as each platform's communication requirements are handled independently within the virtual device's architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a virtual device is created to enable cross-platform communication, then platform adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual device is designed as a lightweight intermediary that implements only the necessary communication protocols to bridge different cloud platforms. Rather than replicating entire cloud platform functionalities, the virtual device focuses on standardized interaction points, registration mechanisms, and message routing between platforms. This selective intermediary approach achieves cross-platform adaptability while minimizing the complexity that would otherwise be required to replicate full platform behaviors.
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AI summary
A method and an apparatus for cloud communication are provided. The method comprises: a client triggers creation of a virtual device performed by a first cloud platform; the client configures registration information for the virtual device, wherein the registration information is used for registration of the virtual device with a second cloud platform; and the client communicates with the second cloud platform or the first cloud platform by means of the virtual device on the first cloud platform.