Workspace Event Management for Secure IHS Resource Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) face challenges in securely managing resources and isolating workspaces from the underlying hardware and operating system, which limits access to capabilities and resources.
Innovation Solution
An event management system and method for a workspace orchestration system that allows communication between the operating system and workspaces to register for event messages, store subscriptions, and send relevant messages to workspaces, ensuring secure and isolated access to resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If workspaces are isolated from the underlying hardware and operating system, then security is improved, but access to capabilities and resources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an event management system as an intermediary layer between the isolated workspace and the operating system. This mediator receives event messages from the OS, processes them according to subscription criteria, and delivers relevant events to workspaces. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining isolation while enabling controlled access through the intermediary event management infrastructure.
2Productivity
If workspaces receive event messages from the operating system, then resource utilization is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The event management system is segmented into distinct functional components: event message reception from the OS, subscription management for storing and retrieving event criteria, event processing logic for matching events with subscriptions, and event delivery to workspaces. This segmentation improves resource utilization by enabling targeted event delivery while managing complexity through modular, organized system architecture.
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AI summary
Embodiments of systems and methods for managing an Information Handling System (IHS) using a workspace orchestration system are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include computer-executable instructions to, communicate with an operating system (OS) of the IHS to register for receiving one or more event messages, and communicate with the workspace to receive one or more event message subscriptions associated with an application configured in the workspace. The instructions are configured to store the one or more event message subscriptions at a specified location such that, when an event message is received from the OS, and when one the received event message comprises one of the event message subscriptions associated with the application, send the event message to the workspace.