Providing access to managed content

• US 10,404,821 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Inventors: Oscherov, Alexander, Spivak, Victor, Lundblad, Eric, Treyger, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): Ndiaye, Cheikh T
• Application Number:
  US15/677,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20170366639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21815 comprising local storage units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/232 Content retrieval operation locally within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays storage management G06F3/0604; details of querying and searching of video data from a database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/647 Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless real-time session protocols H04L65/1101

Abstract

A method for providing local access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a remote host a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content and obtaining information required to respond to the request. The method further comprises providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the requested operation through direct communication with a content system through which the content is accessible.

Claims

1. A content management system for providing local access to managed content, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive from a remote system a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with the request, the content associated with the request stored as managed content in a first content system;

query the first content system for information usable to respond to the request;

determine, based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, a content locator usable by the remote system to access the content associated with the request directly from a second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible, the content locator comprising data usable by the second content system to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system; and

provide the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible to perform the operation with respect to the content associated with the request using the content locator; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store the request.

2. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the second content system is a local content system.

3. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

in response to a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system, cause the content associated with the request to be sent to the second content system prior to responding to the request, said determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system based at least in part on the query response.

4. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the second content system is configured to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system based on a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system when the remote system attempts to access the content associated with the request through the second content system.

5. The content management system of claim 4, wherein the second content system is configured to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system based on at least a portion of the content locator received from the remote system.

6. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the content locator includes one or more of the following:

a URL or executable or self-executing code.

7. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the content locator comprises a prioritized list of content locators.

8. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a write operation.

9. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving from a remote system a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with the request, the content associated with the request stored as managed content stored in a first content system;

querying the first content system for information usable to respond to the request;

determining, based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, a content locator usable by the remote system to access the content associated with the request directly from a second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible, the content locator comprising data usable by the second content system to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system; and

providing the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible to perform the operation with respect to the content associated with the request using the content locator.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible is a local content system.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising instructions for:

in response to a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system, causing the content associated with the request to be sent to the second content system prior to responding to the request, said determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system based at least in part on the query response.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the second content system is configured to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system based on a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system when the remote system attempts to access the content associated with the request through the second content system.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the second content system is configured to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system based on at least a portion of the content locator received from the remote system.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the content locator includes one or more of the following:

a URL or executable or self-executing code.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the content locator comprises a prioritized list of content locators.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the request comprises a write operation.

17. A method comprising:

receiving at a content management system from a remote system, a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with the request, the content associated with the request stored as managed content in a first content system;

querying, by the content management system, the first content system for information usable to respond to the request;

determining, based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, a content locator usable by the remote system to access the content associated with the request directly from a second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible, the content locator comprising data usable by the second content system to obtain the content associated with the request from the first content system; and

providing, by the content management system, the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the second content system through which the content associated with the request is accessible to perform the operation associated with the content associated with the request using the content locator.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second content system is a local content system.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

in response to a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system, causing the content associated with the request to be sent to the second content system prior to responding to the content management system responding to the request from the remote system, said determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system based at least in part on the query response.

20. The method of claim 17, obtaining, by the second content system, the content associated with the request from the first content system based on a determination that the content associated with the request is not stored at the second content system when the remote system attempts to access the content associated with the request through the second content system.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the obtaining is based on at least a portion of the content locator received from the remote system.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the content locator includes one or more of the following:

a URL or executable or self-executing code.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the content locator comprises a prioritized list of content locators.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the request comprises a write operation.