Virtual Private Label Cloud Connectivity Through Tagged Packet Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The high barrier to becoming a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) due to significant upfront and ongoing capital expenses, as well as limited technical know-how, prevents many businesses from offering cloud services to their customers.
Innovation Solution
The creation of virtual private label clouds (vPLCs) using CSP-provided infrastructure, allowing resellers to offer branded cloud services without investing in infrastructure, facilitated by tagging packets with vPLC-related information for accurate routing and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If businesses invest in procuring and maintaining infrastructure to become CSPs, then they can offer cloud services to customers, but the upfront and ongoing capital expenses are very high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables businesses to create virtual private label clouds (vPLCs) that replicate the functionality of full CSP infrastructure without physically owning the underlying hardware. Resellers can copy and resell CSP cloud services under their own branding, eliminating the need for expensive infrastructure investment while maintaining service offering capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (vPLC architecture) between businesses and physical CSP infrastructure. This intermediary enables businesses to access and resell cloud services without directly managing or investing in the underlying infrastructure, thus reducing capital expenses while maintaining service delivery capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If businesses invest in procuring and maintaining infrastructure to become CSPs, then they can offer cloud services to customers, but the technical knowhow required is very limited
Solution Approach 1:
The vPLC architecture allows businesses to copy and resell standardized cloud service packages from CSPs without needing to develop or maintain complex infrastructure. The technical complexity is abstracted away, requiring minimal knowhow beyond basic service reselling operations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary management layer that handles all complex infrastructure configuration, security management, and technical operations. This intermediary shields businesses from technical complexity while enabling them to offer cloud services through simplified reselling operations
3Reliability
If packets are tagged with vPLC-related information for accurate routing, then packet processing becomes reliable and fast, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses packet tagging with vPLC identifiers as a form of 'color coding' to mark and route packets efficiently. Each packet is tagged with specific information (vPLC ID, customer ID, VCN ID) that enables rapid identification and routing without complex processing, improving reliability while keeping the tagging mechanism simple and standardized
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for facilitating connectivity to vPLCs created in a CSP-provided infrastructure in a region. Within the CSP-provided infrastructure in a region, when the destination of a packet is determined to be an endpoint associated with a particular vPLC, the packet is tagged with information related to the particular vPLC. The vPLC-related information for the particular vPLC can include, for example, a vPLC identifier identifying the particular vPLC, an identifier identifying a customer associated with the endpoint, a virtual cloud network identifier identifying a virtual cloud network (VCN) belonging to the particular vPLC and where the endpoint is part of the VCN, and other vPLC-related information. The packet is then routed or communicated within the CSP-provided infrastructure in a region along with the tagged vPLC-related information. The vPLC-related information is used as part of the connectivity and for routing of packets within the CSP-provided infrastructure in a region.