WO2018155748A1

WO2018155748A1 - Cloud system for providing virtualization-based experience contents

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Publication number: WO2018155748A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/002139
Authority: WO
Inventors: 최이권; 최재호; 김은진
Original assignee: 모젼스랩 주식회사
Priority date: 2017-02-27
Filing date: 2017-02-27
Publication date: 2018-08-30
Also published as: KR20180099957A; KR101921703B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cloud system that enables multiple project developers to produce various contents through the cloud system and to provide various virtualization-based experience contents to users through the same. The present invention comprises: a collaboration cloud for authenticating a connected content author (project group) such that the content author can author virtual experience contents, and which configures a cloud connection according to the content author; an authoring cloud for providing the content author with an authoring tool for content authoring on the cloud; a service cloud for providing the authored contents to users; and a manager server for optimizing and providing collaboration environments of contents authors through the collaboration cloud. According to the present invention, configured as above, contents are basically authored by a virtualization-computed authoring tool on the cloud, and contents authored on the cloud are provided (executed). In this regard, provision of contents on the cloud makes it possible to effectively provide contents by virtualization computing through an experience venue service or a school service.

Description

Virtualization based experience contents cloud system

The present invention relates to a cloud system that allows a large number of project developers to produce a variety of content through a cloud system, thereby providing a variety of virtualized experience content to the user, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning It is an invention about the result that is produced in performing the 'Development of Virtual Content-based Experience-based Functional Content Educational Service Technology Development' among the complex contents technology development projects.

Cloud computing is based on virtualization technology as a form of computing that can provide various IT resources to users using the Internet. Among services provided by cloud computing, storage services may be expressed as cloud storage or data storage as a service or storage as a service.

Cloud storage refers to storage that can provide storage services through a network. Such definitions of cloud storage may include more than storage services, as interpreted.

Cloud storage has the advantage of being massively scalable, not fixed in geographic location, and easy to apply to applications based on commercial systems. Examples of current cloud storage offerings include Amazon's S3, Nirvanix's Rackspace, and Hosting's Mosso cloud division.

Cloud storage technology uses a technology that integrates and manages physical heterogeneous storage devices into one logical virtualized storage pool through software that provides virtualization functions or separate hardware equipment, so that storage can be allocated and used as needed.

These cloud storage technologies can increase utilization of storage resources, resulting in cost savings.

Meanwhile, such cloud computing technology can be effectively applied to online collaboration technology.

Collaboration technology using cloud computing technology can overcome the spatial limitations of existing collaboration work, and has the advantage of reducing the time and cost required for collaboration.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2017-0006226, as shown in Figure 1, discloses a technology for providing a collaboration platform on a cloud server for a number of workers to collaborate.

However, in the present invention as described above, when a number of collaborators share a cloud system to perform a task, there is a problem in that resource resources cannot be effectively distributed and used.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is produced by the virtualized computing tool on the cloud, the content is produced, the content produced on the cloud is provided, effectively in the experience center service or school service It is to provide a virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system that can provide content by virtualized computing.

In addition, the present invention provides a cloud-based experience-based content providing cloud system that allows authors to create content by uploading an authoring tool to a cloud system, and authors can download and use the authored content by using resources in common Is to provide.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention authenticates the content author so that a connected content author (rogect Group) can produce virtual experience content, and establishes a cloud connection according to the content author. A collaborative cloud to set up; An authoring cloud for providing the author of content on the cloud with an authoring tool for authoring the content; A service cloud for providing a produced content to a user; And it is configured to include a manager server that provides an optimized collaboration environment of content authors through the collaboration cloud.

At this time, the author cloud, the virtual server comprising a server for providing the resources required for content creation; A cloud core for distributing and allocating the resources of the virtual server to the content authors connected so that the content author can provide content using an authoring resource on the cloud; And it may be configured to include a storage for storing the content produced by the content author.

And the present invention displays and stores the copyright holder of the final completed content; If there is a service provided using the content, it may be configured to further include an operator server for managing the distribution of revenue for this.

In addition, the manager server may determine whether to allow access of the content author who is requested to access through the collaborative cloud, and may manage resource allocation of the connected content authors.

And the resources may include authoring tools, applications and storage.

In addition, the administrator server may analyze the average resource usage of the content author who is requested to access and determine whether to allow the access according to the load of the entire system.

And, when there is a connection request of the specific content author, the manager server identifies an account of the content author, and reads a cloud usage history of the content author to determine average resource usage; A content author may be allowed to access only when the identified average resource usage is less than the spare reserve resource.

In addition, the average resource usage may be calculated by being divided according to the execution stage of the content authoring project.

The spare reserve resource amount may be a reserve resource amount calculated by adding a preset margin to the reserved resource.

As described above, in the virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

That is, in the present invention, the content is basically produced by the virtualized computing tool on the cloud, and the content produced on the cloud is provided (executed). At this time, the content provision on the cloud can effectively provide content by virtualized computing in the experience center service or school service.

In addition, in the present invention, by uploading an authoring tool to the cloud system allows authors to create content, and by using resources in common, the authors increase the efficiency in authoring and downloading and using the authored content.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a collaboration platform cloud server according to the prior art.

2 is an exemplary diagram showing a virtual environment-based experience content providing cloud environment model according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary diagram showing a functional configuration of a cloud server and storage according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention.

5 is an exemplary diagram showing a resource management structure of the experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of accessing a cloud system according to the present invention;

The present invention can be configured by various embodiments, but includes: a collaborative cloud that authenticates the content author so that a connected content author can create virtual experience content, and establishes a cloud connection according to the content author; An authoring cloud for providing the author of content on the cloud with an authoring tool for authoring the content; A service cloud for providing a produced content to a user; And it is preferable to include a manager server that provides an optimized collaboration environment of the content authors through the collaboration cloud.

According to the present invention configured as described above, the present invention basically produces the content by the virtualized computing tool on the cloud, the content produced on the cloud is provided (executed). At this time, the content provision on the cloud can effectively provide content by virtualized computing in the experience center service or school service.

Hereinafter, a virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system according to a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to the description, the effects, features and methods of achieving the same of the present invention will be apparent in the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments of the present invention make the disclosure of the present invention complete and the general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims.

In describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present disclosure, the detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the following terms are used in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Terms defined in consideration of the function of the may vary depending on the user or operator's intention or custom. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Combinations of each block of the block diagrams and respective steps of the flowcharts may be performed by computer program instructions (executable engines), which may be executed on a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment. As such, instructions executed through a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing equipment create means for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram or in each step of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular manner, and thus the computer usable or computer readable memory. The instructions stored therein may also produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram or in each step of the flowchart.

And computer program instructions can also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operating steps can be performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executable process to generate a computer or other programmable data. Instructions for performing data processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram and in each step of the flowchart.

In addition, each block or step may represent a portion of a module, segment or code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specific logical functions, and in some alternative embodiments referred to in blocks or steps It is also possible that functions occur out of order.

That is, the two blocks or steps shown may in fact be executed substantially concurrently, and the blocks or steps may be performed in the reverse order of the corresponding functions as required.

2 is an exemplary diagram showing a virtual environment-based experience content providing cloud environment model according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exemplary diagram showing the functional configuration of the cloud server and storage according to the present invention, Figure 4 is 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the experience content providing cloud system, Figure 5 is an exemplary view showing a resource management structure of the experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a connection method of the cloud system according to the present invention It is a flowchart shown.

First, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, the present invention is configured to share content resources through the cloud and allow content authors to render in real time to the authoring tool.

Through this, the content author generates the content through the authoring tool, stores the generated content in the terminal, reprocesses it according to the scenario, and uploads it to a contents management server (CMS). It has a structure that can receive the content through.

In the present invention, content is produced by a virtualized computing tool on a cloud, and content produced on a cloud is provided (executed).

At this time, the content provision on the cloud can effectively provide content by virtualized computing in the experience center service or school service.

On the other hand, the present invention is configured to be backed up while distributing and storing the work content of the content creator, it is possible to ensure the stability of the data.

That is, the present invention allows authors to create content by uploading an authoring tool to a cloud system, and by using resources in common, the authors increase efficiency in downloading and using authored content.

In addition, in the present invention, the manager server attempts to allocate resources according to resource usage of copyright holders through monitoring, thereby improving efficiency of resource distribution.

Meanwhile, the cloud server and the virtualization terminal according to the present invention are synchronized like Windows Explorer, so that when data is inputted from a plurality of authoring tools linked to the cloud server, the cloud server is synchronized and changed in the cloud. By working and generating as a single file, data inconsistency is configured even when multiple workers produce the same content.

In addition, the present invention is virtualized in the cloud not only in the authoring stage but also in the distribution stage and the consumption stage of the content.

At this time, the authoring tool is stored in one space in the cloud, only the necessary part is called when the authoring tool is run, and the CMS manages the author of the file and the cost of the corresponding content.

On the other hand, the present invention stores the resources in the cloud, it is possible to reduce the constraints on the performance of the author terminal.

In the present invention, when the experience user downloads the final content, the executable file and the resources are separated, and the resource level is common when the application is virtualized, so that the application can be virtualized with relatively few resources when the resource is distributed.

In addition, since resources provided during authoring or downloaded and executed resources are most common, necessary specifications can be significantly reduced by enabling execution with only index information.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 4, the configuration of the virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, the virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system according to the present invention includes three clouds and two servers (terminals).

That is, the content providing cloud system according to the present invention includes a collaborative cloud 100, an authoring cloud 200, a service cloud 300, an administrator server 400, and an operator server 500.

Looking at the specific configuration and functions of these clouds and servers, first, the collaborative cloud 100 is a cloud that allows content authors (Progect Group) to access, to create a virtual experience content through the authoring cloud to be described later, the content Authorizes the author, and sets the cloud connection type (content authoring tool, virtual machine, server, etc.) according to the content author.

In addition, the collaborative cloud 100 determines whether to allow access of the content author who is requested to access under the control of an administrator server, which will be described later, and manages resource allocation of the connected content authors.

The function of determining whether to allow the collaboration cloud 100 and the resource allocation function will be described later in detail.

On the other hand, the authoring cloud 200 is to provide an authoring tool for authoring content to the content author in the cloud, for this purpose, the authoring cloud 200 is a virtual server 210, cloud core 220 and storage ( 230).

The virtual server 210 is composed of servers that provide resources (authoring tools and applications) necessary for content creation, and is assigned and provided to content authors by a cloud core, which will be described later.

The cloud core 220 distributes the resources to the virtual server 210 to the content authors connected to the content authors to provide the content using the authoring resources on the cloud.

On the other hand, the storage 230 is a portion where the content produced by the content author is stored, the cloud core 220 is configured to be assigned to the content author to use. In this case, the cloud core 220 classifies and allocates a storage area for sharing and working with the content authors and a storage area for storing the completed content.

As used herein, the term resource means including all system resources including authoring tools, applications, and storage.

Next, the service cloud 300 is a cloud to which the user accesses the provided content, provides a store sevice to purchase the content, and works with a virtual experience machine to virtually experience the content. Make sure

On the other hand, the manager server 400 serves to optimize and provide a collaborative environment of content creators through the collaborative cloud (100).

To this end, the administrator server 400 is configured to include a cloud administrator and a project manager, the cloud administrator manages the creation and management of accounts, whether to allow access and the distribution of resources for each account, the project manager It manages the project and detailed authority of content authors.

Among the specific management functions of the manager server 400, the access permission and resource distribution function for the content author will be described in detail.

The manager server 400 analyzes the average resource usage of the content author who requested the connection and determines whether to allow the connection according to the load of the entire system.

That is, when there is a risk that the entire system may be overloaded as the content author requesting access to the cloud system and using resources, the access of the content author is restricted.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, first, when there is a request for access of a specific content creator (Project Group) (S110), the manager server 400 identifies the account of the content author, and the content The average resource usage is determined by reading the author's cloud usage history (S120).

In this case, the average resource usage may be divided and determined according to the execution stage of the content authoring project determined by the project manager of the manager server 400.

In the content authoring, a change in the type and amount of resources required may vary significantly according to each execution step. Accordingly, the manager server identifies the project execution step of the content author who requested the access, and reads out the average resource usage for the project execution step.

Of course, even in this case, the resource usage is preferably read for each type of resource.

In operation S130, the manager server 400 determines whether the average resource usage determined in step 120 is less than the spare spare resource amount.

In this case, the spare resource amount refers to a spare resource amount calculated by adding a predetermined spare amount to a reserved resource in addition to the resource allocated to each content creator, as shown in FIG. 5.

In this case, it is preferable that the resource amount comparison determination of the step 130 is divided and determined for each type of resource such as an authoring tool resource, an application resource, and a storage resource.

On the other hand, if the average resource usage is less than the spare reserve resource amount, the determination result of step 130 allows the access of the content author requesting access (S140), and if the average resource usage exceeds the reserve reserve resource amount, In case of waiting for the connection or denying (S150).

Through this, the cloud system according to the present invention can provide a stable working environment of content creators who are already connected and content creators who are newly connected.

On the other hand, the operator server 500 displays and stores the copyright holder of the final completed content, and manages the distribution of revenue for this, if there is a service provision using the corresponding content.

The virtualization-based cloud according to the present invention supports scale-up and scale-out so that physical hardware is configured as a cloud and a virtualization-based server is built, preventing waste of server resources and responding to the load of each virtual server quickly. do.

At this time, the virtual computing environment construction provides a consistent content authoring environment by building a virtual desktop environment based on VDI.

By applying Direct Connector technology, it provides the same storage connection interface as the local disk usage pattern, so that 1) it is easy to build a VDI environment, 2) it supports real-time remote storage access from an independent PC equipped with content authoring tools, and 3 ) It can be easily linked with realistic creative experience system.

On the other hand, the present invention by supporting the Open API, by using a standardized API, can be supported in connection with an external CP or an external stand-alone content management / service system.

And by building AD server and separate I / O server, a separate virtual server is in charge of data I / O that generates large traffic.

File System Manager creates and operates a dedicated file system for Windows to recognize virtual volumes.

The Cache Manager runs performance on the local disk.

In addition, Virtual HDD Manager manages the storage of remote servers / clients.

The Open API Interlock Module also performs member authentication / client update / real time messaging.

The rights of the present invention are not limited to the embodiments described above, but are defined by the claims, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and adaptations within the scope of the claims. It is self-evident.

The present invention relates to a cloud system that allows a large number of project developers to produce a variety of content through the cloud system, thereby providing a variety of virtualization-based experience content to the user, according to the present invention, the present invention basically Content is produced by a virtualized computing tool on the cloud, and content produced on the cloud is provided (executed). At this time, the content provision on the cloud can effectively provide content by virtualized computing in the experience center service or school service.

Claims

A collaborative cloud that authenticates the content author so that a connected content author (rogect Group) can produce virtual experience content, and establishes a cloud connection according to the content author;

An authoring cloud for providing the author of content on the cloud with an authoring tool for authoring the content;

A service cloud for providing a produced content to a user; And

Virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system, characterized in that it comprises a manager server for optimizing the collaborative environment of content authors through the collaborative cloud.
The method of claim 1,

The mastic cloud,

A virtual server configured to include servers that provide resources for content creation;

A cloud core for distributing and allocating the resources of the virtual server to the content authors connected so that the content author can provide content using an authoring resource on the cloud; And

The virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system, characterized in that it comprises a storage that stores the content produced by the content author.
The method according to claim 1 or 2,

Display and store the copyright holder of the final completed content;

If there is a service provided using the content, the virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system, characterized in that it further comprises a server for managing the distribution of revenue for this.
The method of claim 3, wherein

The manager server,

The virtual cloud-based experience content providing cloud system, characterized in that for determining whether to allow access to the content authors requesting access through the collaborative cloud, and manages the resource allocation of the connected content authors.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The resource,

Virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system, including authoring tools, applications and storage.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The manager server,

A virtualization-based experience content providing cloud system, characterized in that by analyzing the average resource usage of the content creator requesting access, whether to allow access according to the load of the entire system.