SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT IN THE EVENT OF INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY, A CORRESPONDING LOCAL DEVICE, AND A CORRESPONDING CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM

摘要

The invention relates substantially to a system wherein a request, e.g. a calculation, can be processed both in a cloud service and autonomously or locally via a client, and a monitoring of the network quality, for example the presence of delay, is carried out, and wherein, depending on the current accessibility of the cloud platform, optionally a local alternative calculation is carried out, which may be slower or, for example in the event of real-time requirements, is of a lower quality than the corresponding cloud service, and the result thereof is then temporarily used alternatively by the client. In this way, cloud services can be locally buffered, thereby cushioning connection interruptions between end device and cloud platform, whereby cloud services can be used in a transparent manner for the user and, even in the event of connection interruptions, in an only possibly slightly limited manner, and as a consequence, additional application scenarios can be made accessible for cloud computing or the quality of service of known scenarios/applications can be improved. The invention is applicable in the evaluation of image data in the medical field, in route calculations in the field of navigation, in image recognition in the automotive field, and in computer games.