Systems and methods to provide server-side client based caching

• US 8,990,146 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Nos, Karl-Peter, Riehl, Andreas, Michael, Belenki
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEEMA, AZAM M
• Application Number:
  US12/975,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2465 Query processing support for facilitating data mining operations in structured databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a system, method, means, and/or computer program code are provided to facilitate a display of information on a client device. For example, a server may retrieve first enterprise data from an enterprise database and store the first enterprise data into a first client based cache at the server, the first client based cache being associated with a first user. Similarly, the server may retrieve second enterprise data from the enterprise database and store the second enterprise data into a second client based cache at the server, the second client based cache being associated with a second user. Subsequent to the storing of the first enterprise data, the server may receive a display request from a first client device associated with the first user and transmit the first enterprise data to the first client device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions, to facilitate access to information stored in an enterprise database, that when executed by a processor result in the following:

retrieving, by a server, first enterprise data from the enterprise database;

after the first enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise database is aggregated, storing the aggregated first enterprise data into a first client based cache at the server, the first client based cache being associated with a first user and not a second user;

retrieving, by the server, second enterprise data from the enterprise database;

storing the second enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise database into a second client based cache at the server, the second client based cache being associated with the second user and not the first user;

subsequent to the storing of the aggregated first enterprise data into the first client based cache that is at the server and associated with the first user and not the second user, receiving at the server a display request from a first client device associated with the first user; and

responsive to the display request, transmitting, to the first client device, the aggregated first enterprise data that was stored in the first client based cache that is at the server and associated with the first user and not the second user;

wherein a first time stamp is stored into the first client based cache along with the first enterprise data;

wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further results in;

updating the first enterprise data in the first client based cache when the first time stamp exceeds a pre-determined threshold;

wherein different users are associated with different thresholds;

wherein different portions of the first enterprise data are associated with different thresholds;

wherein the pre-determined threshold is adjustable by the first user; and

wherein aggregating comprises combining multiple values to determine a total amount.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further results in:

receiving at the server a display request from a second client device associated with the second user; and

responsive to the display request, transmitting the second enterprise data to the second client device, wherein the second enterprise data is different than the first enterprise data.

3. The medium of claim 1, wherein different portions of the first enterprise data are associated with different time stamps.

4. The medium of claim 1, wherein the first and second enterprise data are received from a plurality of enterprise databases.

5. The medium of claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor further results in:

receiving, at the server, a display request from a third client device associated with the first user; and

responsive to the display request from the third client device, transmitting the first enterprise data to the third client device.

6. The medium of claim 1, wherein the first client device is associated with at least one of:

(i) a personal computer, (ii) a workstation, (iii) a mobile computer, (iv) a handheld computer, or (v) a wireless telephone.

7. The medium of claim 1, wherein a first user display preference is stored in the first client based cache along with the first enterprise data.

8. The medium of claim 1, wherein the first client device and the second client device are separate from one another and the server.

9. The medium of claim 1, wherein the first client device exchanges information with the server over a network that is used to transmit information between separate devices.

10. The medium of claim 1, wherein the first client device exchanges information with the server over a network using Internet Protocol.

11. A system, comprising:

a server independent of a first client device and coupled to an enterprise data store, wherein the server includes one or more processors and is to;

prior to receiving a display request from the first client device, retrieve first enterprise data from the enterprise data store,

prior to receiving the display request from the first client device, aggregating the first enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise data store and then storing the aggregated first enterprise data into a first client based cache at the server, the first client based cache being associated with a first user and not a second user,

retrieve second enterprise data from the enterprise data store,

store the second enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise data store into a second client based cache at the server, the second client based cache being associated with the second user and not the first user,

receive the display request from the first client device, and

responsive to the display request, transmit, to the first client device, the aggregated first enterprise data that was stored in the first client based cache that is at the server and associated with the first user and not the second user;

wherein a first time stamp is stored into the first client based cache along with the first enterprise data;

wherein the server is further to;

update the first enterprise data in the first client based cache when the first time stamp exceeds a pre-determined threshold;

wherein different users are associated with different thresholds;

wherein different portions of the first enterprise data are associated with different thresholds;

wherein the pre-determined threshold is adjustable by the first user; and

wherein aggregating comprises combining multiple values to determine a total amount.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

the enterprise data store containing first enterprise data and second enterprise data.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

the first client device independent of the enterprise data store, wherein the first client device is to transmit the display request.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the enterprise data store is a real time enterprise data store.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the enterprise data store is a real time enterprise data store.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the enterprise data store is a real time enterprise data store.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the server further comprises a storage device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first client device and the second client device are separate from one another and the server.

19. A method to facilitate a display to a user of information stored in a database, comprising:

retrieving, by a server, first enterprise data from the enterprise database;

after the first enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise database is aggregated, storing the aggregated first enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise database into a first client based cache at the server, the first client based cache being associated with a first user and not a second user;

retrieving, by the server, second enterprise data from the enterprise database;

storing the second enterprise data retrieved from the enterprise database into a second client based cache at the server, the second client based cache being associated with the second user and not the first user;

subsequent to the storing of the aggregated first enterprise data, receiving at the server a display request from a first client device associated with the first user; and

responsive to the display request, transmitting, to the first client device, the aggregated first enterprise data that was stored in the first client based cache that is at the server and associated with the first user and not the second user;

wherein the server comprises one or more processors;

wherein a first time stamp is stored into the first client based cache along with the first enterprise data;

the method further comprising;

updating the first enterprise data in the first client based cache when the first time stamp exceeds a pre-determined threshold;

wherein different users are associated with different thresholds;

wherein different portions of the first enterprise data are associated with different thresholds;

wherein the pre-determined threshold is adjustable by the first user; and

wherein aggregating comprises combining multiple values to determine a total amount.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving at the server a display request from a second client device associated with the second user; and

responsive to the display request from the second client device, transmitting the second enterprise data to the second client device, wherein the second enterprise data is different than the first enterprise data.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein a first time stamp is stored into the first client based cache along with the first enterprise data.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the server further comprises a storage device.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the first client device and the second client device are separate from one another and the server.