Applying settings in a cloud computing environment based on geographical region

• US 9,021,245 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Guidotti, Alice, Pastorelli, Bernardo, Rosati, Leonardo, Salerno, Paolo
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbaszadeh, Jaweed A
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHIL K
• Application Number:
  US13/184,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20130019089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/2
• 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 from a first system, wherein the request is to use the set of resources of a third system over a network connection;

identifying an address associated with a device, having sent the request, from the request received by a second system;

identifying a geographic location of the device using a portion of the address identified by the second system;

identifying by the second system a set of settings selected from a group comprising a customized set of settings and a default set of settings stored in a storage device accessible by the second system for use with the set of resources based on the geographic location identified of the device, wherein the set of settings is a control that can be modified in the set of resources; and

applying by the second system the set of settings identified to the set of resources of the third system by modifying one or more settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources wherein the set of settings include regional settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

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

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

modifying text in a file in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein modifying the settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system 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 identified in a storage device associated with the set of resources of the third system.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

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

responsive to determining that the previous request including the address had been received at the set of resources of the third system, 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 of the third system.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to identifying the address associated with the device, having sent the request, from the request, determining whether the customized set of settings has been created for requests from the address identified; and

responsive to a determination the customized set of settings has been created, applying the customized set of settings to the set of resources of the third system, wherein the customized set of settings take precedence over the default set of settings.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of resources of the third system are part of a cloud computing environment, wherein the device is a router connecting a client device of the first system to the set of resources of the third system 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 values in the set of settings are based on a geographic region in which the device of the first system 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 values representative of settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, 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 of a second system associated with the set of resources of a third system, wherein the target device receives a request from a first system to use the set of resources over a network connection, identifies an address associated with a router of the first system from which the request sent, identifies a geographic location of the router using a portion of the address identified, identifies a set of settings selected from a group comprising a customized set of settings and a default set of settings stored in a storage device accessible by the second system for use with the set of resources based on the geographic location identified of the device, wherein the set of settings is a control that can be modified in the set of resources, retrieve the set of settings selected for the set of resources for the geographic location in the region identified, and apply the set of settings selected to the set of resources of the third system by modifying one or more settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources wherein the set of settings selected include regional settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting.

12. The cloud computing system of claim 11, wherein the target device is configured to modify the one or more settings in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system 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 stores the set of settings and an identifier for the address and wherein the target device is further configured to retrieves the set of settings selected from the storage device in a future request received from the router of the first system.

14. The cloud computing system of claim 11, wherein the set of settings are based on a geographic region in which 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 regional settings comprising one or more of a currency setting, a numbers format setting, 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, which when executed by a computer directs the computer to;

receive a request for a set of resources of a third system, from a first system wherein the request is to use the set of resources over a network connection;

identify an address associated with a device, having sent the request, from the request received by a second system;

identify a geographic location of the device using a portion of the address identified by the second system;

identify by the second system a set of settings selected from a group comprising a customized set of settings and a default set of settings stored in a storage device accessible by the second system for use with the set of resources based on the geographic location identified of the device, wherein the set of settings is a control that can be modified in the set of resources; and

apply by the second system the set of settings identified to the set of resources of the third system by modifying one or more settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources of the third system wherein the set of settings include regional settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting.

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, which when executed by the computer directs the computer to;

provide access to the set of resources to a client device associated with the request from the first system 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 stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, which when executed by the computer to direct the computer to apply the set of settings identified to the set of resources of the third system further directs the computer to:

modify text in a file in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the program code stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, which when executed by the computer to direct the computer to modify the text in a file in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system further directs the computer 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, which when executed by the computer to direct the computer to;

determine whether a previous request from the address identified had been received at the set of resources of the third system in response to identifying the address associated with the device having sent the request from the request received; 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 of the third system, wherein the information about the previous request is stored in a storage device associated with the set of resources of the third system.

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 executes the program code to;

receive a request for a set of resources, from a first system, wherein the request is to use the set of resources of a third system over a network connection;

identify an address associated with a device, having sent the request, from the request received by a second system;

identify a geographic location of the device using a portion of the address identified by the second system;

identify by the second system a set of settings selected from a group comprising a customized set of settings and a default set of settings stored in a storage device accessible by the second system for use with the set of resources based on the geographic location identified of the device, wherein the set of settings is a control that can be modified in the set of resources; and

apply by the second system the set of settings identified to the set of resources of the third system by modifying one or more settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources wherein the set of settings include regional settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting.

22. The data processing system of claim 21, wherein the processor unit further executes the program code to provide access to the set of resources to a client device associated with the request from the first system 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 further executes the program code to modify text in a file in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system.

24. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein in modifying the text in a file in the operating system for the computer system in the set of resources of the third system the processor unit further executes the program code 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 further executes the program code to determine whether a previous request from the address identified had been received at the set of resources of the third system in response to identifying the address associated with the device, having sent the request 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 identified had been received at the set of resources of the third system, wherein the information about the previous request is stored in a storage device associated with the set of resources of the third system.