Resource Configuration and Management System

• US 20200134564A1
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qlytics, LLC
• Original Assignee: Qlytics, LLC
• Inventors: Reilly, Brendan, Buchbinder, Marco
• Granted Patent: US 10,817,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/368 for test version control, e.g. updating test cases to a new software version
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/427 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5005 to service a request
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/08 Learning methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems

Abstract

A method of operating a resource configuration and project management system involves identifying, for a project, sandboxed task data and task parameters including project skill sets and project tools. The method configures a first selector with project skill sets to select at least one developer from a developer pool. The method configures a second selector with project tools to select at least one container including at least one set of programming functions from a container library. The method assigns at least one developer to a working task queue generated from the task parameters. The method configures the at least one container to operate as a sandboxed environment. The method authorizes the at least one developer to access the at least one container and the sandboxed task data within the sandboxed environment. The method monitors developer resources and computing resources during execution of the project by the selected at least one.

Claims

1. A method of operating a resource configuration and project management system, the method comprising:

identifying, for a project, sandboxed task data and task parameters comprising project skill sets and project tools;

configuring a first selector with the project skill sets to select at least one developer from a developer pool;

configuring a second selector with the project tools to select at least one container comprising at least one set of programming functions from a container library;

assigning the selected at least one developer to a working task queue generated from the task parameters;

configuring the selected at least one container to operate as a sandboxed environment with the sandboxed task data;

authorizing the selected at least one developer to access the selected at least one container and the sandboxed task data within the sandboxed environment through operation of an authorization service; and

monitoring sandboxed environment developer resources and sandboxed environment computing resources during execution of the project by the selected at least one developer through operation of a monitoring service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring service comprises a developer activity tracker, a resource utilization tracker, and a project output evaluator.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the developer activity tracker periodically collects screen captures of the at least one developer'"'"'s user interface as part of monitoring the sandboxed environment developer resources.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the resource utilization tracker monitors the sandboxed environment computing resources of the selected at least one container.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the project output evaluator communicates a payment release control to a payment service in response to detecting a completed project.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

ranking developers in the developer pool through operation of a rating engine configured by the task parameters and usage logs from the monitoring service, wherein the usage logs comprise the sandboxed environment developer resources and the sandboxed environment computing resources collected by the monitoring service; and

operating the first selector to select the at least one developer from a ranked developer pool by way of the rating engine.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the rating engine comprises a correlator for relating the usage logs to corresponding developers and a scoring function to generate a developer score from the usage logs for the project.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one container is an operating system container comprising at least one functional container comprising the at least one set of programming functions.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected at least one developer accesses the selected at least one container through an API gateway.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorization service is configured to allocate computing resources for the selected at least one container through an API gateway.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the sandboxed task data and the task parameters are identified from a development project specification through operation of a parser.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the development project specification is received through a user interface.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring service comprises a machine learning algorithm.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the machine learning algorithm generates container recommendations to configure the second selector to select at functional containers to be utilized by the project, wherein the machine learning algorithm utilize the task parameters, previous completed projects, and usage logs to generate the container recommendations.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the machine learning algorithm is a deep learning neural network.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected at least one developer has access to automation and analysis tools for use within the sandboxed environment.

17. A computing apparatus, the computing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to;

identify, for a project, sandboxed task data and task parameters comprising project skill sets and project tools;

configure a first selector with the project skill sets to select at least one developer from a developer pool;

configure a second selector with the project tools to select at least one container comprising at least one set of programming functions from a container library;

assign the selected at least one developer to a working task queue generated from the task parameters;

configure the selected at least one container to operate as a sandboxed environment with the sandboxed task data;

authorize the selected at least one developer to access the selected at least one container and the sandboxed task data within the sandboxed environment through operation of an authorization service; and

monitor sandboxed environment developer resources and sandboxed environment computing resources during execution of the project by the selected at least one developer through operation of a monitoring service.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 17, the instructions further configuring the apparatus to:

rank developers in the developer pool through operation of a rating engine configured by the task parameters and usage logs from the monitoring service, wherein the usage logs comprise the sandboxed environment developer resources and the sandboxed environment computing resources collected by the monitoring service; and

operate the first selector to select the at least one developer from a ranked developer pool by way of the rating engine.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

identify, for a project, sandboxed task data and task parameters comprising project skill sets and project tools;

configure a first selector with the project skill sets to select at least one developer from a developer pool;

configure a second selector with the project tools to select at least one container comprising at least one set of programming functions from a container library;

assign the selected at least one developer to a working task queue generated from the task parameters;

configure the selected at least one container to operate as a sandboxed environment with the sandboxed task data;

authorize the selected at least one developer to access the selected at least one container and the sandboxed task data within the sandboxed environment through operation of an authorization service; and

monitor sandboxed environment developer resources and sandboxed environment computing resources during execution of the project by the selected at least one developer through operation of a monitoring service.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the instructions further configuring the computer to:

rank developers in the developer pool through operation of a rating engine configured by the task parameters and usage logs from the monitoring service, wherein the usage logs comprise the sandboxed environment developer resources and the sandboxed environment computing resources collected by the monitoring service; and

operate the first selector to select the at least one developer from a ranked developer pool by way of the rating engine.