SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION CENTRIC CLOUD MANAGEMENT

• US 20120331521A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: ANSARI, Sariya
• Application Number:
  US13/534,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

An application-based cloud management system and method are provided. The cloud management method comprises authenticating a user to access a cloud network, determining a user behavior of the authenticated user using one or more metadata stored in a cache memory, loading resources related to the user behavior to a virtual machine, and allocating the virtual machine to the authenticated user.

Claims

1. A method for managing a cloud, the method comprising:

authenticating a user to access a cloud network;

determining a user behavior of the authenticated user using one or more metadata stored in a cache memory;

loading resources related to the user behavior to a virtual machine; and

allocating the virtual machine to the authenticated user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining comprises:

determining a cloud application associated with the authenticated user;

determining one or more resources related to the cloud application associated with the authenticated user; and

determining resources related to a user behavior from among the resources based on the one or more metadata stored in the cache memory.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more metadata comprises information related to at least one of a cloud application most frequently used by the authenticated user and a cloud application most recently used by the authenticated user.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the user behavior is at least one of a pattern of usage, a setting, a service of interest, and the cloud application associated with the authenticated user.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

classifying sub-components of the cloud application associated with the user; and

setting a refined license with respect to the classified sub-components,

wherein the loading loads resources related to the user behavior based on a license refined by the user with respect to the classified sub-components.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the setting further comprises:

generating and displaying a user interface (UI) to set the refined license with respect to the sub-components.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the resources related to the user behavior are available in the cloud network; and

when the resources related to the user behavior are not available in the cloud network, obtaining the resources from an external cloud network.

8. A cloud management system, comprising:

a cache memory which stores one or more metadata; and

a controller which, when a user to access a cloud network is authenticated, determines a user behavior of the authenticated user using the cache memory, loads resources related to the user behavior to a virtual machine, and allocates a virtual machine to the authenticated user.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller determines a cloud application associated with the authenticated user, determines one or more resources related to the cloud application associated with the authenticated user, and determines resources associated with a user behavior from among the resources using a cache memory storing one or more metadata.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the one or more metadata comprises information related to at least one of a cloud application most frequently used by the authenticated user and a cloud application most recently used by the authenticated user.

11. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the user behavior is at least one of a pattern of usage, a setting, a service of interest, and the cloud application of the authenticated user.

12. The system as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a discrete license refiner which categorizes sub-components of a cloud application related to the user and sets a reference license with respect to the categorized the sub-components,

wherein the controller loads resources associated with the user behavior based on a refined license set by the discrete license refiner.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller generates and displays a user interface (UI) to set a refined license with respect to the sub-components.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the resources are at least one of a hardware component and a software component required to use a cloud application.

15. A method for managing a cloud, the method comprising:

authenticating a user to access a cloud network;

determining a cloud application associated with the user;

determining one or more resources associated with the cloud application;

determining a behavior associated with the user;

loading resources to a virtual machine based on the behavior associated with the user, and

assigning the virtual machine to the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the user behavior is at least one of a cloud application that is frequently utilized by the user and a cloud application that was most recently utilized by the user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the user behavior comprises at least one of a pattern of usage, a setting, a service of interest, and the cloud application of the authenticated user.