Application Service Architecture

• US 20170063833A1
• Filed: 11/19/2015
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Aguilar Mares, Carlos, Banina, Samuel Lenz, Werner, Kyle, Colle, Olivier, Staples, William James, Anand, Karandeep Singh, Thapar, Gautam
• Granted Patent: US 10,277,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/31 Programming languages or programming paradigms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Described herein are various technologies pertaining an extensible, cloud-based service for creating and executing applications (e.g., business or industry-specific workflows). A user knowledgeable about a particular field can utilize a client-hosted design studio or a web-based portal to create an application (“app”) (e.g., data transform) relevant to the particular field. The system thus enables users to build mobile applications across platforms without having to write computer code to communicate with backend services such as data sources and/or workflow management systems.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising;

a resource provider configured to, in response to a request to create an application, identify an authorized microservice, provide information regarding the identified authorized microservice, and, in response to selection of the microservice provides real-time data associated with microservice, the resource provider further configured to store information regarding the selected microservice and metadata describing the selected microservice as the application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the authorized microservice is cloud-based.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein communication with the resource provider is based upon a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the Application Programming Interface is based on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the Application Programming Interface is based on Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the microservice is identified as authorized based upon a token presented in the request.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the token is a role-based access control web token utilizing a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

8. The system of claim 1, the application is created without a user writing code.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the metadata further comprises a sharing attribute indicative of whether the application can be shared or not.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the sharing attribute is further indicative of whether the application can be shared across a tenant boundary with a different tenant of a cloud-based provider.

11. A method, comprising

providing information regarding one or more microservices for which a user is authorized;

using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving information regarding selection by the user of one or more of the microservices for which the user is authorized;

providing information regarding data associated with the one or more selected microservices; and

storing information regarding the one or more selected microservices as an application along with metadata describing the one or more selected microservices.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data is real-time data associated with a particular data source.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising authenticating the user, the user having role-based access authorized control to the one or more microservices.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving logic for transforming data for the application.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving a visual for the application.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving information regarding sharing of the application.

17. A method, comprising:

using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving a request for gallery items;

identifying authorized applications associated with the request;

providing information regarding the identified applications;

using a Representational State Transfer based Application Programming Interface, receiving selection of a particular application of the identified applications; and

providing a package of the selected particular application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the package is a file comprising HyperText Markup Language.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the package is a file comprising JavaScript.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying authorized applications associated with the request is based on a token received with the request.