System and method for aggregating data having data and application dependencies

• US 20020133541A1
• Filed: 12/13/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RiskSpan, Inc.
• Original Assignee: RiskSpan, Inc.
• Inventors: Dagli, Suhrud I., Sturtevant, Joseph C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,072,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• 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 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system for aggregating data having data and application dependencies. The system includes a set of the applications, the set including independent and dependent applications; and an aggregation client, communicatively coupled to the set of applications and to an aggregation server, the aggregation client capable to map dependencies of the set of applications, request and receive data for updating the independent applications, and update dependent applications when independent applications that are depended on are updated with received data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

mapping dependencies of a set of applications, the set of applications including independent applications and dependent applications;

receiving data for the at least one of the independent applications;

updating the at least one independent application using the received data;

determining if any of the dependent applications are dependent on the at least one independent application; and

updating dependent applications determined to be dependent on the at least one independent application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying updated data in application windows corresponding to updated applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on a local client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on a server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on an external source.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the at least one independent application is done on a regularly scheduled basis.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the at least one independent application is done at intervals specified by the at least one independent application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving receives data from a server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the server receives data from an external source.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data in encrypted and further comprising decrypting the received data.

11. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a computer to aggregate data having dependencies, the instructions comprising:

map dependencies of a set of applications, the set of applications including independent applications and dependent applications;

receive data for the at least one of the independent applications;

update the at least one independent application using the received data;

determine if any of the dependent applications are dependent on the at least one independent application; and

update dependent applications determined to be dependent on the at least one independent application.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising an instruction to display updated data in application windows corresponding to updated applications.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on a local client.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on a server.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides on an external source.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein updating the at least one independent application is done on a regularly scheduled basis.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein updating the at least one independent application is done at intervals specified by the at least one independent application.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instruction to receive receives data from a server.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the server receives data from an external source.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the received data in encrypted and the computer-readable medium further comprises an instruction to decrypt the received data.

21. A system, comprising:

means for mapping dependencies of a s et of applications, the set of applications including independent applications and dependent applications;

means for receiving data for the at least one of the independent applications;

means for updating the at least one independent application using the received data;

means for determining if any of the dependent applications are dependent on the at least one independent application; and

means for updating dependent applications determined to be dependent on the at least one independent application.

22. A system, comprising:

a set of the applications, the set including independent and dependent applications; and

an aggregation client, communicatively coupled to the set of applications and to an aggregation server, the aggregation client capable to map dependencies of the set of applications, request and receive data for updating the independent applications, and update dependent applications when independent applications that are depended on are updated with received data.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising a screen manager client capable to display data in application windows corresponding to the set of applications.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications resides initially on the system.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications initially resides on the server.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein at least one of the applications from the set of applications initially resides on an external source.

27. The system of claim 22, wherein the aggregation client is further capable to update the independent applications on a regularly scheduled basis.

28. The system of claim 22, wherein the aggregation client is further capable to update the independent applications at intervals specified by the independent applications.

29. The system of claim 22, wherein the aggregation client is further capable to receive data from the server.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the server receives data from an external source.

31. The system of claim 22, wherein aggregation client is further capable to receive encrypted data from the server and to decrypt the encrypted data.