US 12,437,244 B2
System and method for reserving cloud-based instrument
Fang-min Chu, Shanghai (CN); and Lei Liu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to ADVANTEST CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ADVANTEST CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,900.
Application 18/525,900 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/097691, filed on Jun. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110974624.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0104443 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/02 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reserving a cloud-based instrument, comprising:
a group of remote instruments, comprising a plurality of remote instruments;
an instrument reservation system, configured to provide reservation information and instrument information, wherein the reservation information comprises a plurality of reservable time periods and a plurality of reserved time periods, and each of the reserved time periods corresponds to one of the remote instruments;
a bastion server, coupled to the group of remote instruments and configured to be paired with each of the remote instruments to generate pairing information;
a group of user workstations, coupled to the bastion server and the instrument reservation system, wherein the group of user workstations comprises a plurality of user workstations, any one of the user workstations selects one of the reservable time periods according to the reservation information and designates one of the remote instruments according to the instrument information through the instrument reservation system; and
a cloud-based authorization server, coupled to the bastion server and configured to generate a speed license at start of any one of the reserved time periods according to the reservation information, the pairing information, and the instrument information, and transmit the speed license through the bastion server to the remote instrument designated in any one of the reserved time periods;
wherein one or more of the plurality of user workstations are configured to select, through the instrument reservation system, one of the reservable time periods according to the reservation information, and designate one of the remote instruments according to the instrument information;
wherein the cloud-based authorization server is configured to generate a speed license according to the reservation information, the pairing information, and the instrument information at the start of any one of the reserved time periods and transmit the speed license through the bastion server to the designated remote instrument; and
wherein the bastion server is configured to establish a secure connection between the bastion server and the remote instrument designated in any one of the reserved time periods, establish a dedicated connection between the designated remote instrument and a user workstation designated in any one of the reserved time periods at a start of any one of the reserved time periods according to the pairing information and the reservation information, and terminate the secure connection and the dedicated connection at end of any one of the reserved time periods.