Content interchange bus

• US 9,170,996 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Lovric, Steven, Bhimavarapu, Jitendra, von Rueden, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US13/896,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20140344327A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/213, 709/214, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata

Abstract

Disclosed is a content interchange bus that is configured for (i) receiving a first content creation request from a client, the first content creation request including a first content object that includes data intended for distribution, a first metadata name/value pair describing the first content object, and a second metadata name/value pair describing a first content container; (ii) creating the first content container in the cloud storage platform; (iii) storing the first content object in the cloud storage platform; (iv) receiving a first message from the client, the first message including the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier and/or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier, the message including a topic string that includes a first routing string; and (v) routing the first message to a first subscriber based at least partially on the topic string including the first routing string.

Claims

1. A system for exchanging content via messages, comprising:

a content interchange bus including a processor and a memory;

a messaging module stored in the memory, executable by the processor and configured for;

receiving a first content creation request from a client, the first content creation request comprising a first content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, wherein the data includes an electronic document, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the first content object, (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing a first content container and (iv) a plurality of user-specific deletion tags, wherein each user-specific deletion tag is associated with a particular subscriber, the user-specific deletion tags including a first user-specific deletion tag associated with a first subscriber;

creating the first content container in a cloud storage platform, the first content container defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing the first content object in the cloud storage platform, the first content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing a subscription list, the subscription list associating the first subscriber with a first routing string;

receiving a first message from the client, a payload of the first message comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier, the message comprising a topic string that includes the first routing string;

routing the first message to the first subscriber based on the topic string including the first routing string;

receiving a first content retrieval request from the first subscriber, the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

determining that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

providing a copy of the first content object to the first subscriber based upon (i) the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier and (ii) determining that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

determine that the first subscriber has retrieved the copy of the first content object;

communicate a notification to a sender of the first content object based on determining that the first subscriber retrieved the copy of the first content object; and

receiving a deletion request to set one or more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value and, based on the deletion request, setting one of more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value, wherein (i), once the first user-specific deletion tags has been set to a delete value, permission of the first subscriber to access the first content object is removed, and (ii), once all of the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value, the first content object is deleted, wherein the first content object is not deleted until all the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the subscription list associates the first subscriber and a second subscriber with the first routing string; and

routing the first message comprises routing the first message to the first subscriber and to the second subscriber based on the topic string including the first routing string.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the messaging module is configured for:

receiving a second content creation request from a client, the second content creation request comprising a second content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the second content object, and (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing the first content container; and

storing the second content object in the cloud storage platform, the second content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein:

the first message comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

providing comprises providing the copy of the first content object and a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein:

the first message comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

the messaging module is configured for providing a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the second content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the client is a financial institution and the electronic document is a loan document.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the messaging module is configured for:

receiving a modified version of the electronic document from the first subscriber; and

based on receiving the modified version of the electronic document, storing a second content object in the cloud storage platform, wherein the second content object includes (i) data intended for distribution, wherein the data includes the modified version of the electronic document, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the second content object, and (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing the first content container, wherein the second content object defines a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the messaging module is configured for:

tracking whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber; and

based on tracking whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber, providing a notification to the client of whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber.

9. A computer program product for exchanging content via messages, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for:

receiving a first content creation request from a client, the first content creation request comprising a first content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, wherein the data includes an electronic document, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the first content object, (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing a first content container and (iv) a plurality of user-specific deletion tags, wherein each user-specific deletion tag is associated with a particular subscriber, the user-specific deletion tags including a first user-specific deletion tag associated with a first subscriber;

creating the first content container in a cloud storage platform, the first content container defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing the first content object in the cloud storage platform, the first content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing a subscription list, the subscription list associating the first subscriber with a first routing string;

receiving a first message from the client, a payload of the first message comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier, the message comprising a topic string that includes the first routing string;

routing the first message to the first subscriber based on the topic string including the first routing string;

receiving a first content retrieval request from the first subscriber, the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

determining that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

providing a copy of the first content object to the first subscriber based upon (i) the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier and (ii) determining that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

determining that the first subscriber has retrieved the copy of the first content object;

communicating a notification to a sender of the first content object based on determining that the first subscriber retrieved the copy of the first content object; and

receiving a deletion request to set one or more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value and, based on the deletion request, setting one of more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value, wherein (i), once the first user-specific deletion tags has been set to a delete value, permission of the first subscriber to access the first content object is removed, and (ii), once all of the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value, the first content object is deleted, wherein the first content object is not deleted until all the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein:

the subscription list associates the first subscriber and a second subscriber with the first routing string; and

routing the first message comprises routing the first message to the first subscriber and to the second subscriber based on the topic string including the first routing string.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-executable instructions for:

receiving a second content creation request from a client, the second content creation request comprising a second content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the second content object, and (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing the first content container; and

storing the second content object in the cloud storage platform, the second content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein:

the first message comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

providing comprises providing the copy of the first content object and a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.

13. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein:

the first message comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-executable instructions for providing a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the second content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.

14. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the client is a financial institution and the electronic document is a loan document.

15. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-executable instructions for:

receiving a modified version of the electronic document from the first subscriber; and

based on receiving the modified version of the electronic document, storing a second content object in the cloud storage platform, wherein the second content object includes (i) data intended for distribution, wherein the data includes the modified version of the electronic document, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the second content object, and (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing the first content container, wherein the second content object defines a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform.

16. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-executable instructions for:

tracking whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber; and

based on tracking whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber, providing a notification to the client of whether a copy of the first content object has been provided to the first subscriber.

17. A method of exchanging content via messages, comprising:

receiving, using a processor, a first content creation request from a client, the first content creation request comprising a first content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, wherein the data includes an electronic document, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the first content object, (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing a first content container and (iv) a plurality of user-specific deletion tags, wherein each user-specific deletion tag is associated with a particular subscriber, the user-specific deletion tags including a first user-specific deletion tag associated with a first subscriber;

creating, using a processor, the first content container in a cloud storage platform, the first content container defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing, using a processor, the first content object in the cloud storage platform, the first content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform;

storing, using a processor, a subscription list, the subscription list associating the first subscriber with a first routing string;

receiving, using a processor, a first message from the client, a payload of the first message comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier, the message comprising a topic string that includes the first routing string;

routing, using a processor, the first message to the first subscriber based partially on the topic string including the first routing string;

receiving, using a processor, a first content retrieval request from the first subscriber, the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

determining, using a processor, that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

providing, using a processor, a copy of the first content object to the first subscriber based upon (i) the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier or the first content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier and (ii) determining that the first subscriber is authorized to access the first content container or the first content object;

determining, using a processor, that the first subscriber has retrieved the copy of the first content object;

communicating, using a processor, a notification to a sender of the first content object based on determining that the first subscriber retrieved the copy of the first content object; and

receiving, using processor, a deletion request to set one or more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value and, based on the deletion request, setting one of more of the user-specific deletion tags to a delete value, wherein (i), once the first user-specific deletion tags has been set to a delete value, permission of the first subscriber to access the first content object is removed, and (ii), once all of the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value, the first content object is deleted, wherein the first content object is not deleted until all the user-specific deletion tags have been set to a delete value.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

the subscription list associates the first subscriber and a second subscriber with the first routing string; and

routing the first message comprises routing the first message to the first subscriber and to the second subscriber based on the topic string including the first routing string.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the messaging module is configured for:

receiving a second content creation request from a client, the second content creation request comprising a second content object that includes (i) data intended for distribution, (ii) a first metadata name/value pair describing the second content object, and (iii) a second metadata name/value pair describing the first content container; and

storing the second content object in the cloud storage platform, the second content object defining a uniform resource identifier indicating its location in the cloud storage platform.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein

the first message comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

providing comprises providing the copy of the first content object and a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the first content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein:

the first message comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier;

the first content retrieval request comprises the second content container'"'"'s uniform resource identifier; and

the method further comprises providing a copy of the second content object based upon the first content retrieval request comprising the second content object'"'"'s uniform resource identifier.