Search hit URL modification for secure application integration
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically accessing secure content, comprising:
- crawling a group of documents in a secure data source;
indexing, using a processor, each crawled document;
storing, in an index, document metadata for said each crawled document and a generic link for said each crawled document;
receiving a query from an authenticated user, wherein the query is received as part of a user session;
locating, using the index, an indexed document in the group of documents in the secure data source that satisfies the query from the authenticated user;
sending a callback to the secure data source from which the indexed document was crawled, the callback including the metadata for the indexed document, the link for the indexed document, and user session information;
receiving, from the secure data source and in response to the callback, updated metadata information for the indexed document, wherein the updated metadata information for the indexed document is different from the document metadata stored in the index for the indexed document;
building current document metadata for the indexed document using the updated metadata information;
receiving, in response to the callback, updated link information that is based on the existing generic link and the user session information, wherein the updated link information encodes at least part of the user session information and is a valid link for the authenticated user at the time of the query;
building a current link for the indexed document using the updated link information; and
providing the current link for the indexed document and the current document metadata for the indexed document to be displayed as a search result responsive to the query.
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Abstract
A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be submitted at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically accessing secure content, comprising:
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crawling a group of documents in a secure data source; indexing, using a processor, each crawled document; storing, in an index, document metadata for said each crawled document and a generic link for said each crawled document; receiving a query from an authenticated user, wherein the query is received as part of a user session; locating, using the index, an indexed document in the group of documents in the secure data source that satisfies the query from the authenticated user; sending a callback to the secure data source from which the indexed document was crawled, the callback including the metadata for the indexed document, the link for the indexed document, and user session information; receiving, from the secure data source and in response to the callback, updated metadata information for the indexed document, wherein the updated metadata information for the indexed document is different from the document metadata stored in the index for the indexed document; building current document metadata for the indexed document using the updated metadata information; receiving, in response to the callback, updated link information that is based on the existing generic link and the user session information, wherein the updated link information encodes at least part of the user session information and is a valid link for the authenticated user at the time of the query; building a current link for the indexed document using the updated link information; and providing the current link for the indexed document and the current document metadata for the indexed document to be displayed as a search result responsive to the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system comprising:
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one or more hardware processors; and one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, configure the one or more hardware processors to; crawl a group of documents in a secure data source; index each crawled document; store, in an index, document metadata for said each crawled document and a generic link for said each crawled document; receive a query from an authenticated user, wherein the query is received as part of a user session; locate, using the index, an indexed document in the group of documents in the secure data source that satisfies the query from the authenticated user; send a callback to the secure data source from which the indexed document was crawled, the callback including the metadata for the indexed document, the link for the indexed document, and user session information; receive, from the secure data source and in response to the callback, updated metadata information for the indexed document, wherein the updated metadata information for the indexed document is different from the document metadata stored in the index for the indexed document; build current document metadata for the indexed document using the updated metadata information; receive, in response to the callback, updated link information that is based on the existing generic link and the user session information, wherein the updated link information encodes at least part of the user session information and is a valid link for the authenticated user at the time of the query; build a current link for the indexed document using the updated link information; and provide the current link for the indexed document and the current document metadata for the indexed document to be displayed as a search result responsive to the query. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
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crawling a group of documents in a secure data source; indexing each crawled document; storing, in an index, document metadata for said each crawled document and a generic link for said each crawled document; receiving a query from an authenticated user, wherein the query is received as part of a user session; locating, using the index, an indexed document in the group of documents in the secure data source that satisfies the query from the authenticated user; sending a callback to the secure data source from which the indexed document was crawled, the callback including the metadata for the indexed document, the link for the indexed document, and user session information; receiving, from the secure data source and in response to the callback, updated metadata information for the indexed document, wherein the updated metadata information for the indexed document is different from the document metadata stored in the index for the indexed document; building current document metadata for the indexed document using the updated metadata information; receiving, in response to the callback, updated link information that is based on the existing generic link and the user session information, wherein the updated link information encodes at least part of the user session information and is a valid link for the authenticated user at the time of the query; building a current link for the indexed document using the updated link information; and providing the current link for the indexed document and the current document metadata for the indexed document to be displayed as a search result responsive to the query. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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