Tools discovery in cloud computing

• US 8,527,494 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2010
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: O'Donnell, Tony, Gargoum, Louay
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Application Number:
  US12/901,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708
• US Class Current: 707/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Various embodiments of methods and systems for recommending tools to a user are based on the verbs and nouns in the user request and a context of the user. The method involves receiving a user request, the user request including a search query with one or more keywords, identifying one or more verbs and nouns in the one or more keywords, based on the one or more verbs, nouns and a context of the user executing the search query to obtain list of tools, ranking the list of tools based on the identified nouns and the context of the user and displaying the list of tools.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to tangibly store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a user request at a client computing device, the user request comprising a search query with one or more keywords;

identify one or more verbs and nouns in the search query;

based on the identified one or more verbs and nouns and a context of the user, execute the search query at one or more server computing devices to obtain a list of tools, wherein each tool is included in a corresponding service running in the one or more server computing devices and the list of tools are associated with one or more functionalities;

based on the identified nouns and the context of the user, rank the list of the tools;

display the ranked list of tools on a user interface;

receive a selection of a tool from the displayed list of tools; and

create a tool instance corresponding to the selected tool, wherein the tool instance represents a proxy to a service including the selected tool and a handler in the tool instance manages ongoing interaction with the selected tool and provides a reference to a library class that manages the lifecycle of the created tool instance.

2. The article of manufacture in claim 1, wherein the context of the user is determined by the user request.

3. The article of manufacture in claim 1, wherein the instructions to execute the search query further comprise instructions to:

retrieve one or more tools from a repository of the server computing device.

4. The article of manufacture in claim 1, wherein the instructions to display the list of tools on the user interface further comprise instructions to:

provide an option for selecting at least one tool from the displayed list of tools.

5. The article of manufacture in claim 4, wherein the instructions to create the tool instance further comprise instructions to:

create the tool instance at the client computing device, wherein the proxy provides a common platform for establishing a session between the client computing device and the server computing device.

6. The article of manufacture in claim 1, wherein the instructions to select the tool, further comprise instructions to:

dynamically load a user interface associated with the tool, wherein the user interface includes a business logic corresponding to the selected tool.

7. The article of manufacture in claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further cause the compute to:

receive a status message on a state of the service running.

8. A computer-implemented method for recommending a tool associated with a functionality, the method comprising:

receiving a user request at a client computing device, the user request comprising a search query with one or more keywords;

identifying one or more verbs and nouns in the search query;

based on the identified one or more verbs and nouns and a context of the user, executing the search query at one or more server computing devices to obtain a list of tools, wherein each tool is included in a corresponding service running in the one or more server computing devices and the list of tools are associated with one or more functionalities;

based on the identified nouns and the context of the user, ranking the list of tools;

displaying the ranked list of tools on a graphical user interface;

receiving a selection of a tool from the displayed list of tools; and

creating a tool instance corresponding to the selected tool, wherein the tool instance represents a proxy to a service including the selected tool and a handler in the tool instance manages ongoing interaction with the selected tool and provides a reference to a library class that manages the lifecycle of the created tool instance.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the context of the user is determined by the user request.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein executing the search query further comprises:

retrieving one or more tools from a repository of the server computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein displaying the list of tools on the user interface further comprises:

providing an option for selecting at least one tool from the displayed list of tools.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein creating the tool instance further comprises:

creating the tool instance at the client computing device, wherein the proxy provides a common platform for establishing a session between the client computing device and the server computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, the instructions further comprise:

receiving a status message on a state of the service running.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the instructions to selecting the tool, further comprise instructions to:

dynamically loading a user interface associated with the tool, wherein the user interface includes a business logic corresponding to the selected tool.

15. A computer system for recommending a tool associated with a functionality, comprising:

a computer memory to store program code; and

a processor to execute the program code to;

receive a user request at a client computing device, the user request comprising a search query with one or more keywords;

identify one or more verbs and nouns in the search query;

based on the identified one or more verbs and nouns and a context of the user, execute the search query at one or more server computing devices to obtain a list of tools, wherein each tool is included in a corresponding service running in the one or more server computing devices and the list of tools are associated with one or more functionalities;

based on the identified nouns and the context of the user, rank the list of tools;

display the ranked list of tools on a graphical user interface;

receive a selection of a tool from the displayed list of tools; and

create a tool instance corresponding to the selected tool, wherein the tool instance represents a proxy to a service including the selected tool and a handler in the tool instance manages ongoing interaction with the selected tool and provides a reference to a library class that manages the lifecycle of the created tool instance.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the context of the user is determined by the user request.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code to execute the search query, further comprises program code to:

retrieve one or more tools from a repository of the server computing device.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code to display the list of tools on the user interface, further comprises program code to:

provide an option for selecting at least one tool from the displayed list of tools.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the program code to create the tool instance, further comprise program code to:

create the tool instance at the client computing device, wherein the proxy provides a common platform for establishing a session between the client computing device and the server computing device.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code further comprises:

receive a status message on a state of the service running.