System And Method For Midserver Facilitation Of Long-Haul Transport Of Telemetry For Cloud-Based Services
Patent No. US11539663 (titled "System And Method For Midserver Facilitation Of Long-Haul Transport Of Telemetry For Cloud-Based Services") was filed by Qomplx Llc on May 14, 2019.
What is this patent about?
’663 is related to the field of computer technology, specifically computer architectures designed for enterprise data collection, analysis, and transmission to cloud-based services. The background problem involves the increasing complexity of managing data collection from numerous devices within a business and securely transmitting that data to cloud services. Existing methods struggle with reliability, security risks from multiple connections, bandwidth limitations, and difficulties in scaling and managing diverse data sources.
The underlying idea behind ’663 is to introduce a midserver as an intermediary between the enterprise network and the cloud. This midserver acts as a central point for collecting data from various devices, performing transformations like compression or protocol wrapping, and then securely transmitting the aggregated data to the cloud service. This approach aims to reduce the number of direct connections to the cloud, improve security, and optimize bandwidth usage.
The claims of ’663 focus on a system and method for ingesting data into a cloud-based service from an external network. The key element is a midserver equipped with a processor, memory, and programming instructions. These instructions enable the midserver to automatically install a virtual appliance, load configurations, establish a secure network connection, receive data from multiple devices, transform the data, and retransmit it as a single data stream.
In practice, the midserver is installed within the enterprise network and configured to automatically load necessary configurations via a virtual appliance. It then establishes a secure connection to the cloud service, receives data from various computing devices on the local network, applies transformations to optimize the data, and transmits the processed data as a single, secure stream. This consolidation reduces the attack surface and simplifies network management.
This approach differs from traditional methods like agent-based monitoring, where each device establishes its own connection to the cloud. By aggregating and transforming data at the midserver, ’663 reduces the number of connections, improves security by filtering and securing data before transmission, and optimizes bandwidth usage through data transformation techniques. The midserver can also act as a buffer to prevent data loss during transmission interruptions.
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Technical landscape at the time
In the mid-2010s when ’663 was filed, cloud-based services were becoming increasingly prevalent, at a time when data collection from numerous devices within a business enterprise was typically implemented using a variety of disparate systems. When systems commonly relied on individual connections from each device to the cloud, rather than aggregated and filtered streams. When hardware or software constraints made secure and efficient long-haul transport of telemetry data non-trivial.
Novelty and Inventive Step
The claims were amended during prosecution. Arguments were presented by the applicant, which the examiner found persuasive for claims 1-6. Claims 8 and 9 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2). Claims 1-6 were allowed. The prosecution record describes claim changes and technical reasoning that led to allowance.
Claims
This patent contains 6 claims, with claims 1 and 4 being independent. Independent claim 1 focuses on a system for data ingestion into a cloud service using a midserver, while independent claim 4 focuses on a corresponding method. The dependent claims elaborate on the system and method by specifying details such as types of containerized services and the midserver's location.
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US11539663
- Application Number
- US16412340
- Filing Date
- May 14, 2019
- Status
- Granted
- Expiry Date
- Jan 7, 2038
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