APPLYING SETTINGS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

• US 20130019089A1
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Guidotti, Alice, Pastorelli, Bernardo, Rosati, Leonardo, Salerno, Paolo
• Granted Patent: US 9,021,245 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A method, data processing system, and computer program product for applying a setting. A request for a set of resources is received. The request is to use the set of resources over a network connection. An address associated with a device from the request is identified. A geographic location of the device is identified based on the address. A set of settings for the set of resources is identified based on the geographic location of the device. The set of settings is applied to the set of resources.

Claims

1. A method for applying a setting, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a set of resources, wherein the request is to use the set of resources over a network connection;

identifying an address associated with a device from the request;

identifying a geographic location of the device based on the address;

identifying a set of settings for the set of resources based on the geographic location of the device; and

applying the set of settings to the set of resources.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to applying the set of settings to the set of resources, providing a client device associated with the request access to the set of resources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the set of settings to the set of resources comprises:

modifying settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein modifying the settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources comprises:

modifying a key in a registry of the operating system for the computer system.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the set of settings and an identifier for the address in a storage device associated with the set of resources.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to identifying the address associated with the device from the request, determining whether a previous request from the address had been received at the set of resources; and

responsive to determining that the previous request including the address had been received at the set of resources, identifying the set of settings from information stored about the previous request, wherein the information about the previous request is stored in a storage device associated with the set of resources.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to identifying the address associated with the device from the request, determining whether custom settings have been created for requests from the address; and

applying the custom settings to the set of resources, wherein the custom settings take precedence over the set of settings.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of resources are part of a cloud computing environment, wherein the device is a router connecting a client device to the set of resources in the cloud computing environment, and wherein the request is logon request received by a cloud computing node in the cloud computing environment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of settings are based on a geographic region the device was located when the request was sent and wherein the address is an internet protocol address.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the geographic region is selected from one of a city, a country, a province, a state, and a continent and wherein the set of settings include at least one of a currency setting, a numbers format, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting for the set of resources.

11. A cloud computing system, the cloud computing system comprising:

a set of resources;

a storage device storing a set of settings for a region; and

a target device associated with the set of resources, wherein the target device is configured to receive a request to use the set of resources over a network connection, identify an address associated with a router the request was sent from, identify a geographic location of the router based on the address, retrieve the set of settings for the set of resources for the geographic location in the region, and apply the set of settings to the set of resources by modifying settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources.

12. The cloud computing system of claim 11, wherein the target device is configured to modify the settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources by modifying a key in a registry of the operating system for the computer system.

13. The cloud computing system of claim 11, wherein the storage device is configured to store the set of settings and an identifier for the address and wherein the target device is further configured to retrieve the set of settings from the storage device in a future request received from the router.

14. The cloud computing system of claim 11, wherein the set of settings are based on a geographic region the router was located when the request was sent and wherein the address is an internet protocol address.

15. The cloud computing system of claim 14, wherein the geographic region is selected from one of a city, a country, a province, a state, a continent and wherein the set of settings include at least one of a currency setting, a numbers format, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting for the set of resources.

16. A computer program product for applying a setting, the computer program product comprising:

a set of computer readable storage devices;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to receive a request for a set of resources, wherein the request is to use the set of resources over a network connection;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to identify an address associated with a device from the request;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to identify a geographic location of the device based on the address;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to identify a set of settings for the set of resources based on the geographic location of the device; and

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to apply the set of settings to the set of resources.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to provide a client device associated with the request access to the set of resources in response to applying the set of settings to the set of resources.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the program code configured to apply the set of settings to the set of resources comprises:

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to modify settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the program code configured to modify the settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources comprises:

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to modify a key in a registry of the operating system for the computer system.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising:

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to determine whether a previous request from the address had been received at the set of resources in response to identifying the address associated with the device from the request; and

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to identify the set of settings from information stored about the previous request in response to determining that the previous request including the address had been received at the set of resources, wherein the information about the previous request is stored in a storage device associated with the set of resources.

21. A data processing system for applying a setting, the data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes program code; and

a processor unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processor unit is configured to receive a request for a set of resources, wherein the request is to use the set of resources over a network connection, identify an address associated with a device from the request, identify a geographic location of the device based on the address, identify a set of settings for the set of resources based on the geographic location of the device, and apply the set of settings to the set of resources.

22. The data processing system of claim 21, wherein the processor unit is further configured to provide a client device associated with the request access to the set of resources in response to applying the set of settings to the set of resources.

23. The data processing system of claim 21, wherein in applying the set of settings to the set of resources the processor unit is further configured to modify settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources.

24. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein in modifying the settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources the processor unit is further configured to modify a key in a registry of the operating system for the computer system.

25. The data processing system of claim 21, wherein the processor unit is further configured to determine whether a previous request from the address had been received at the set of resources in response to identifying the address associated with the device from the request and identify the set of settings from information stored about the previous request in response to determining that the previous request including the address had been received at the set of resources, wherein the information about the previous request is stored in a storage device associated with the set of resources.