Providing direct access to managed content

• US 8,082,334 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Issued: 12/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Oscherov, Alex, Spivak, Victor, Lundblad, Eric, Treyger, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): Tang, Karen
• Assistant Examiner(s): NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
• Application Number:
  US11/229,318
• Time in Patent Office: 2,287 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A method for providing direct access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving 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.

Claims

1. A method for providing direct access to managed content comprising:

receiving a request to perform a write operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content stored in a content management system;

obtaining information required to respond to the request to perform the write operation from a content server on the content management system, wherein the content server maintains a file system for the set of managed content; and

providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the write operation through direct communication with an accelerated content server in the content management system without the content to be written passing through the content server on the content management system,

wherein the accelerated content server has no file system of its own.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the information required to respond to the request is determined at least in part by associating with the request one or more data objects comprising the set of managed content.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein the information required to respond to the request is determined at least in part by associating one or more data objects with the request by querying a metadata database.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein the request is received from a remote system.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein the content locator is provided to a remote system from which the request to perform the operation was received.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the content locator is based at least in part on at least part of the information required to respond to the request to perform the operation.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the content locator includes a URL.

8. A method as in claim 1, wherein the content locator includes executable or self-executing code.

9. A method as in claim 1, further comprising tracking the status of the content associated with the request and managing subsequent requests to perform operations with respect to content based on the status of the content.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising verifying the request with a type of security to enable the content locator.

18. A method as in claim 1, wherein the accelerated content server uses the file system of the content server.

10. A method for providing direct access to managed content comprising:

sending to a content management system a request to perform a write operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content stored in a content management system;

receiving from the content management system a content locator usable to perform the write operation, wherein the content locator is determined at least in part by information obtained from a content server on the content management system, wherein the content server maintains a file system for the set of managed content; and

using the content locator to perform the write operation through direct communication with an accelerated content server in the content management system without the content to be written passing through the content server on the content management system,

wherein the accelerated content server has no file system of its own.

19. A method as in claim 10, wherein the content locator includes executable or self-executing code.

20. A method as in claim 10, wherein the content management system tracks the status of the content associated with the request and managing subsequent requests to perform operations with respect to content based on the status of the content.

21. A method as in claim 10, wherein the accelerated content server uses the file system of the content server.

11. A system for providing direct access to managed content comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a request to perform a write operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content stored in a content management system;

obtain information required to respond to the request to perform the write operation from a content server on the content management system, wherein the content server maintains a file system for the set of managed content; and

provide in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the write operation through direct communication with an accelerated content server in the content management system without the content to be written passing through the content server on the content management system,

wherein the accelerated content server has no file system of its own;

and a memory coupled to the processor configured to provide instructions to the processor.

12. A system as in claim 11, wherein the information required to respond to the request is determined at least in part by associating with the request one or more data objects comprising the set of managed content.

13. A system as in claim 11, wherein the content locator is based at least in part on at least part of the information required to respond to the request to perform the operation.

22. A system as in claim 11, wherein the content locator includes executable or self-executing code.

23. A system as in claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to track the status of the content associated with the request and manage subsequent requests to perform operations with respect to content based on the status of the content.

24. A system as in claim 11, wherein the accelerated content server uses the file system of the content server.

14. A computer program product for providing direct access to managed content, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a request to perform a write operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content stored in a content management system;

obtaining information required to respond to the request to perform the write operation from a content server on the content management system, wherein the content server maintains a file system for the set of managed content; and

providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the write operation through direct communication with an accelerated content server in the content management system without the content to be written passing through the content server on the content management system,

wherein the accelerated content server has no file system of its own.

15. A computer program product as recited in claim 14, wherein the information required to respond to the request is determined at least in part by associating with the request one or more data objects comprising the set of managed content.

16. A computer program product as recited in claim 14, wherein the content locator is based at least in part on at least part of the information required to respond to the request to perform the operation.

25. A computer program product as in claim 14, wherein the content locator includes executable or self-executing code.

26. A computer program product as in claim 14, further comprising computer instructions for tracking the status of the content associated with the request and managing subsequent requests to perform operations with respect to content based on the status of the content.

27. A computer program product as in claim 14, wherein the accelerated content server uses the file system of the content server.