Virtual Web Service Gatekeeper for Unified Enterprise Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Web services face inefficiencies due to unique payment models and fragmented access, leading to higher development costs and user frustration, as well as the inability to utilize multiple services within a for-fee service-oriented architecture.
Innovation Solution
A virtual Web service gatekeeper system that provides an access point to multiple private internal enterprise environments, allowing users to select and access services while managing billing and provisioning, enabling flexible pricing and seamless access across different service providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If unique infrastructure is created for each Web service with its own payment model, then service security and advertising capability are improved, but service pricing flexibility and user convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal service gateway that handles multiple functions including authentication, billing, and service provisioning across different Web services. This gateway serves as a common infrastructure that replaces the need for unique payment and security infrastructure at each service level, enabling standardized pricing models and improved pricing flexibility while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The service gateway acts as an intermediary between users and multiple Web services, centralizing payment processing and access control. This mediator layer enables flexible pricing by handling billing centrally while allowing individual services to maintain their security requirements, thus resolving the contradiction between standardized pricing and service-specific security needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If unique infrastructure is created for each Web service, then service-specific functionality is improved, but development time and deployment complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts common functionality (authentication, billing, service provisioning) from individual Web services and places it in a centralized service gateway. This extraction reduces deployment complexity by eliminating the need to recreate infrastructure at each service level, while individual services can still maintain their unique functionality through the standardized gateway interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple infrastructure components (payment processing, authentication, service registration) into a single service gateway. This consolidation reduces overall system complexity and deployment burden while allowing individual Web services to focus on their core functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between service-specific functionality and deployment complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple Web services are accessed without a unified gateway, then service independence is maintained, but user intervention and access complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The service gateway implements self-service capabilities by automatically handling authentication, billing, and service provisioning without requiring user intervention. Users can access multiple services through a single interface where the gateway manages all backend processes, thus reducing user intervention while maintaining service independence through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The service gateway serves as an intermediary that simplifies user access to multiple independent Web services. It provides a unified interface that handles service discovery, authentication, and provisioning automatically, reducing the complexity of accessing multiple services while preserving the independence of individual services through standardized communication protocols.
4Productivity
If for-fee service models are implemented without a virtual gateway, then service revenue potential is improved, but software compatibility across multiple services deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The service gateway provides universal support for multiple for-fee service models through standardized interfaces and protocols. It enables software to access and utilize multiple Web services with different pricing models through a common framework, thus maintaining software compatibility while enabling revenue generation from multiple services.
Solution Approach 2:
The service gateway enables parameter changes in service access by allowing different pricing models, authentication methods, and service configurations through a unified interface. This flexibility allows software to access multiple for-fee services with varying parameters while maintaining compatibility through the standardized gateway interface, resolving the contradiction between revenue potential and software compatibility.
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AI summary
An improved solution for Web services is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a virtual Web service includes: providing a Web service gatekeeper, where the gatekeeper acts as an access point to multiple private internal enterprise environments; and then the gatekeeper receives a request for access to one, or more, of these private internal enterprise environments.