Virtual Integration Certification for Multi-Environment Software Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems fail to properly certify software for integration into various environments, as they do not account for the unique relationship between software and multiple surrounding environments, potentially leading to failures that can cause human harm in safety-critical settings.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method for software certification within virtual integration environments, which includes a processor and memory to receive a software package, determine recipient environments, execute the software within virtual representations of those environments, and certify it based on performance, ensuring compatibility and reliability across different settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current certification systems are used, then certification process is simple, but software reliability across multiple environments cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies (digital twins) of target operating environments where software can be tested and certified before deployment. These virtual environments replicate the characteristics of actual target systems, allowing comprehensive reliability verification without complex physical testing infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs certification actions in advance by executing software packages within virtual environments before actual deployment. This preliminary testing and certification process ensures software reliability is verified across multiple environments prior to release, preventing failures in production.
2Adaptability or versatility
If software is tested in multiple environments, then software compatibility is improved, but testing time and resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
Virtual environment copies enable parallel testing across multiple operating systems and configurations simultaneously. Instead of sequential physical testing, the system creates and manages multiple virtual instances that can be tested concurrently, dramatically reducing the time required to verify software compatibility across diverse environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The certification system is designed to handle multiple operating environments and software packages through a universal virtualization platform. This multi-functional approach allows the same infrastructure to test across Windows, Linux, macOS and other environments without requiring separate dedicated testing systems for each platform.
3Reliability
If virtual environments are used for certification, then software reliability is ensured, but computational resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates virtual representations (digital twins) of target environments that consume fewer resources than full physical system deployments. These virtual copies maintain the essential characteristics needed for accurate reliability testing while using computational resources more efficiently than physical hardware testing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical mechanical testing systems with virtualized computational environments. Instead of deploying and testing software on actual physical hardware across multiple devices, the system substitutes virtual environments that replicate the necessary operational characteristics, reducing resource consumption while maintaining certification accuracy.
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AI summary
An apparatus for certification of software within virtual integration environments, the apparatus including a processor and a memory communicate connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive a software package for deployment, determine one or more recipients of the software package, select one or more operating environments as a function of the software package and the one or more recipients, wherein each operating environment of the one or more operating environments includes a virtual representation of a system associated with each recipient of the one or more recipients, execute the software package within the one or more operating environments, certify the software package for each operating environment of the one or more operating environments based on the execution of the software package and transmit the certified software package to the one or more recipients.