Holographic enterprise network

• US 8,847,950 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dillenberger, Donna N., Osias, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hajnik, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/685,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20130076740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/22 Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from holograms G03H1/26 - G03H1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2226/04 Transmission or communication means, e.g. internet protocol
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]

Abstract

A solution for implementing a holographic enterprise network is provided. The solution can provide an interface between an operations center and a three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system capable of rendering holographic images of the operations center. A holographic enterprise interface can translate standard enterprise data associated with the operations center and 3D holographic data. Parallel communications between the holographic enterprise interface and a 3D data processing infrastructure having a holographic bus also can be managed.

Claims

1. A computer infrastructure comprising:

a computer system for providing an interface between an operations center and a three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system capable of rendering holographic images of the operations center by performing a method including;

translating standard enterprise data associated with standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center into 3D holographic data associated with the operations center,

wherein the 3D holographic data is stored using a holographic protocol architecture (HPA) format;

modifying the 3D holographic data associated with the operations center; and

directly translating modifications of the 3D holographic data into modifications of the standard enterprise data,

wherein the translated modifications of the standard enterprise data implement changes to the standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center via the modified standard enterprise data, and

wherein the interface is configured to connect to at least one back end system having at least one native system management interface, wherein the interface transforms the at least one native system management interface into the HPA format, and wherein the interface effectuates modifications to the operations system and translates the effectuated modifications to the at least one back end system having the at least one native system management interface.

2. The computer infrastructure of claim 1, wherein the standard enterprise data includes actual real world operational data corresponding to native systems management interfaces of the standard enterprise processes.

3. The computer infrastructure of claim 1, the method further including managing parallel communications between the holographic enterprise interface and a 3D data processing infrastructure having a holographic bus.

4. The computer infrastructure of claim 3, wherein the 3D data processing infrastructure further includes a set of data channel banks, a queue, and a communications hub.

5. The computer infrastructure of claim 3, wherein the managing parallel communications uses a defined protocol and XML remote procedure calls (RPC) for communicating data.

6. The computer infrastructure of claim 1, wherein the operations center comprises a data center.

7. The computer infrastructure of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

rendering, on the 3D virtual simulator system, at least one holographic image of the operations center, wherein the holographic image includes a 3D representation of the operations center, middleware of the operations center, and at least one process of the operations center.

8. A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage device, which when executed, provides an interface between an operations center and a three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system capable of rendering holographic images of the operations center by performing a method comprising:

translating standard enterprise data associated with standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center into 3D holographic data associated with the operations center,

wherein the 3D holographic data is stored using a holographic protocol architecture (HPA) format, and

wherein the interface is configured to connect to at least one back end system having at least one native system management interface, wherein the interface transforms the at least one native system management interface into the HPA format, and wherein the interface effectuates modifications to the operations system and translates the effectuated modifications to the at least one back end system having the at least one native system management interface;

modifying the 3D holographic data associated with the operations center; and

directly translating modifications of the 3D holographic data into modifications of the standard enterprise data, wherein the translated modifications of the standard enterprise data implement changes to the standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center via the modified standard enterprise data.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the standard enterprise data includes actual real world operational data corresponding to native systems management interfaces of the standard enterprise processes.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the translating and directly translating use a plugin framework.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, the method further including managing parallel communications between the holographic enterprise interface and a 3D data processing infrastructure having a holographic bus.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the managing parallel communications uses a defined protocol and XML remote procedure calls (RPC) for communicating data.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the managing parallel communications further uses email.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the parallel communications support effectuates changes to the operations center via the three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system.

15. The computer program product of claim 8, which when executed, performs the method further comprising:

rendering, on the 3D virtual simulator system, at least one holographic image of the operations center, wherein the holographic image includes a 3D representation of the operations center, middleware of the operations center, and at least one process of the operations center.

16. A method for managing an operations center from a three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system capable of rendering holographic images of the operations center, the method comprising:

translating standard enterprise data associated with standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center into 3D holographic data associated with the operations center,

wherein the 3D holographic data is stored using a holographic protocol architecture (HPA) format, and

wherein an interface between the operations center and the 3D virtual simulator system is configured to connect to at least one back end system having at least one native system management interface, wherein the interface transforms the at least one native system management interface into the HPA format, and wherein the interface effectuates modifications to the operations system and translates the effectuated modifications to the at least one back end system having the at least one native system management interface;

modifying the 3D holographic data associated with the operations center; and

directly translating modifications of the 3D holographic data into modifications of the standard enterprise data, wherein the translated modifications of the standard enterprise data implement changes to the standard enterprise processes executing on the operations center via the modified standard enterprise data.

17. The method of claim 16, the method further including managing parallel communications between the holographic enterprise interface and a 3D data processing infrastructure having a holographic bus.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the parallel communications support effectuating changes to the operations center via the three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system.

19. The method of claim 16, the method further including:

rendering the 3D holographic data on the 3D virtual simulator system; and

converting inputs obtained in the 3D virtual simulator system into responsive 3D holographic data.

20. The method of claim 19, the method further comprising:

translating the responsive 3D holographic data into enterprise data commands; and

submitting the enterprise data commands to the operations center.