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System and method for triggering on platform usage

  • US 10,033,617 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2016
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a triggering system that includes at least a usage trigger database, a transaction system and a trigger monitoring system;

    responsive to reception of trigger configuration from a system of an external application, storing the trigger configuration in the usage trigger database, the trigger configuration being trigger configuration of a platform account of a multi-tenant platform system that is communicatively coupled to the triggering system, the external application being an account holder of the platform account,the trigger configuration specifying a usage key, a trigger condition, and a usage trigger;

    responsive to the multi-tenant platform system publishing an event that is associated with the platform account and the usage key, incrementing a counter of the transaction system that is associated with the usage key; and

    responsive to a determination by the trigger monitoring system that the counter satisfies the trigger condition, the trigger monitoring system processing the usage trigger,wherein in a case where the usage trigger defines a callback uniform resource identifier (URI) of an external application server system that is external to the platform system, processing the usage trigger comprises;

    transmitting a request to the callback URI, andwherein in a case where the usage trigger defines a trigger action, processing the usage trigger comprises;

    initiating execution of the trigger action in the platform system.

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