System and method for developing and administering web applications and services from a workflow, enterprise, and mail-enabled web application server and platform

• US 20040201604A1
• Filed: 03/22/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mills, William A., Kraenzel, Carl J., Lu, Jeannie J., Immerman, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,805,337 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A workflow, enterprise, and mail-enabled application server and platform supports distributed computing and. remote execution of web applications. Lotus Domino online services (DOLS) is used by a web site administrator to configure Internet Notes (iNotes) clients to auto download from server, thus providing iNotes clients with web access using HTTP with various browsers, and with local processing and replication. A local run time model comprises a hierarchy of models including object data store model, security model, indexing model, replication model, agent workflow model and mail model. DOLS provides a layered security model that allows flexibility for controlling access to all or part of an application. The highest level of security is managed through a database access control list (ACL). Further refinements within the security model provide access to specific documents, and their views, forms or folders, and include read access lists, write access lists, form access lists and readers and authors fields.

Claims

1-11. -11. [Canceled]

12. A system of resources for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, comprising:

guidelines and best practices instructions files for defining customization varieties and aesthetic controls of a subscription design;

a resource library of web design elements for developer inclusion into a template file for administrator definition in an offline configuration document of a client download page experience and synchronization control experience.

13. The system of claim 12, said design elements being Java status script and forms, and said inclusion being accomplished by copy and paste.

14. A system of administrator tools for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail- enabled application server, comprising:

a developer defined template file of design elements initializing design of said subscription;

a server side user interface responsive to said template file for defining an offline configuration document for said subscription; and

a server side user interface responsive to said template file for defining offline security for said subscription.

15. The system of claim 14, said offline configuration document further comprising tabbed pages for presenting defaults of properties for client subscriptions.

16. The system of claim 15, said tabbed pages including a basic page, a services page, a schedules page, a rules page, and a download page field.

17. The system of claim 16, said tabbed pages providing for administrator selection services to install offline, custom services to install offline, synchronization schedule, frequency , limitations and exceptions, and synchronization rules.

18. The system of claim 17, said synchronization rules selectively defining file rules, date filtering synchronization options, halt conditions synchronization options, and synchronization optional actions.

19. The system of 14, said offline security for said subscription being configured by a security policy form presenting for administrator selection security domain definition and ID deployment policy.

20. The system of claim 19, said ID deployment policy including selection options for prompt, auto generate, and directory lookup deployment of IDs.

21. [Canceled]

22. [Canceled]

23. [Canceled]

24. A method for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, comprising:

providing guidelines and best practices instructions files for defining customization varieties and aesthetic controls of a subscription design; and

providing a resource library of web design elements for developer inclusion into a template file for administrator definition in an offline configuration document of a client download page experience and synchronization control experience.

25. A method for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, comprising:

displaying a developer defined template file of design elements initializing design of said subscription;

responsive to said template file, defining an offline configuration document for said subscription; and

responsive to said template file, defining offline security for said subscription.

32. The method of claim 25, said subscriptions providing a logical grouping of data, application implementations, and application-instance security context and off-line subscriptions containing client-side runtime and framework for a fully functioning offline server.

33. The method of claim 32, said offline configuration document further comprising tabbed pages for presenting defaults of properties for client subscriptions.

34. The method of claim 33, said tabbed pages including a basic page, a services page, a schedules page, a rules page, and a download page field.

35. The method of claim 34, said tabbed pages providing for administrator selection services to install offline, custom services to install offline, synchronization schedule, frequency , limitations and exceptions, and synchronization rules.

36. The method of claim 35, said synchronization rules selectively defining file rules, date filtering synchronization options, halt conditions synchronization options, and synchronization optional actions.

37. The method of claim 32, said offline security for said subscription being configured by a security policy form presenting for administrator selection security domain definition and ID deployment policy.

38. The method of claim 37, said ID deployment policy including selection options for prompt, auto generate, and directory lookup deployment of IDs.

26. [Canceled]

27. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, said method steps comprising:

providing guidelines and best practices instructions files for defining customization varieties and aesthetic controls of a subscription design; and

providing a resource library of web design elements for developer inclusion into a template file for administrator definition in an offline configuration document of a client download page experience and synchronization control experience.

28. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform operations for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, said operations comprising:

displaying a developer defined template file of design elements initializing design of said subscription;

responsive to said template file, defining an offline configuration document for said subscription; and

responsive to said template file, defining offline security for said subscription.

39. The program storage device of claim 28, said operations further comprising defining said subscriptions as a logical grouping of data, application implementations, and application-instance security context and defining off-line subscriptions as containing client-side runtime and framework for a fully functioning offline server.

40. The program storage device of claim 39, said operations further comprising defining said offline configuration document as including tabbed pages for presenting defaults of properties for client subscriptions.

41. The program storage device of claim 40, said operations further comprising defining said tabbed pages as including a basic page, a services page, a schedules page, a rules page, and a download page field.

42. The program storage device of claim 41, said operations further comprising defining tabbed pages for providing for administrator selection services to install offline, custom services to install offline, synchronization schedule, frequency , limitations and exceptions, and synchronization rules.

43. The program storage device of claim 42, said operations further comprising defining synchronization rules selectively for defining file rules, date filtering synchronization options, halt conditions synchronization options, and synchronization optional actions.

44. The program storage device of claim 39, said operations further comprising configuring said offline security for said subscription by a security policy form presenting for administrator selection security domain definition and ID deployment policy.

45. The program storage device of claim 44, said operations further comprising defining ID deployment policy including selection options for prompt, auto generate, and directory lookup deployment of IDs.

29. [Canceled]

30. A computer program product configured to be operable for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, according to the steps of:

providing guidelines and best practices instructions files for defining customization varieties and aesthetic controls of a subscription design; and

providing a resource library of web design elements for developer inclusion into a template file for administrator definition in an offline configuration document of a client download page experience and synchronization control experience.

31. A computer program product configured to be operable for defining a subscription in a workflow, enterprise and mail-enabled application server, according to the steps of:

displaying a developer defined template file of design elements initializing design of said subscription;

responsive to said template file, defining an offline configuration document for said subscription; and

responsive to said template file, defining offline security for said subscription.