Feature set differentiation by tenant and user

• US 9,591,038 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Cahill, Jason, Robbins, Brian, Rosenfield, Zachary
• Primary Examiner(s): Angkool, David Phantana
• Application Number:
  US14/153,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20140130132A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 715/751
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A system for online collaboration includes an application for online collaboration, the application including an application feature set, a control module programmed to receive a request from a user to access a tenancy associated with the application on the system, the tenancy including a site provisioned for a tenant, the request including a tenancy identifier identifying the tenancy and a user identifier identifying the user, the control module using the tenancy identifier to identify a tenancy feature set associated with the tenancy, and the control module using the user identifier to identify a user feature set associated with the user, and a web-page render module programmed to generate a collaboration web site including a site feature set including the tenancy feature set and the user feature set, the web site being sent to the user for rendering on the user'"'"'s computing device.

Claims

1. A method for providing an online collaboration site, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user to access the online collaboration site, the request including a tenancy identifier associated with a tenancy and a user identifier associated with the user;

identifying document collaboration features for the user, the document collaboration features including a tenancy feature associated with the tenancy identifier and an individual feature associated with the user identifier, wherein the tenancy feature includes functionality subscribed to by an organization and which is accessible by the user, and the individual feature includes functionality individually subscribed to by the user; and

providing the online collaboration site including the document collaboration features configured for the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document collaboration features correspond to document manipulation functionality provided by an application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying resource features for the user, the resource features including computing resource functionality provided in support of an application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tenancy identifier is a Uniform Resource Indicator (URL).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the tenancy identifier to determine the document collaboration features associated with the tenancy identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the user identifier to authenticate the user identifier is valid for accessing the tenancy feature.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying a database to determine whether any individual features are associated with the user identifier.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising activating the document collaboration features associated with the tenancy identifier and any individual features associated with the user identifier.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising encoding the document collaboration features.

10. A computer readable storage medium including instructions, which when executed by a processor, provide an online collaboration site by:

receiving a request from a user to access the online collaboration site, the request including a tenancy identifier associated with a tenancy and a user identifier associated with the user;

identifying document collaboration features for the user, the document collaboration features including a tenancy feature associated with the tenancy identifier and an individual feature associated with the user identifier, wherein the tenancy feature includes functionality subscribed to by an organization and which is accessible by the user, and the individual feature includes functionality individually subscribed to by the user; and

providing the online collaboration site including the document collaboration features configured for the user.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the document collaboration features correspond to document manipulation functionality provided by an application.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising identifying resource features for the user, the resource features including computing resource functionality provided in support of an application.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the tenancy identifier is a Uniform Resource Indicator (URL).

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising analyzing the tenancy identifier to determine the document collaboration features associated with the tenancy identifier.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising analyzing the user identifier to authenticate the user identifier is valid for accessing the tenancy features associated with the tenancy identifier.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising querying a database to determine whether any individual features are associated with the user identifier.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising activating the document collaboration features associated with the tenancy identifier and any individual features associated with the user identifier.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising encoding the document collaboration features.

19. A system for online collaboration, the system comprising:

at least one computer readable storage medium; and

at least one processing unit that executes instructions stored on the at least one computer readable storage medium to create;

an application for online collaboration;

a control module programmed to receive a request from a user to access an online collaboration site, the request including a tenancy identifier associated with a tenancy and a user identifier associated with the user, identify document collaboration features for the user, the document collaboration features including a tenancy feature associated with the tenancy identifier and an individual feature associated with the user identifier, wherein the tenancy feature includes functionality subscribed to by an organization and which is accessible by the user, and the individual feature includes functionality individually subscribed to by the user; and

a web-page render module programmed to provide the online collaboration site including the document collaboration features configured for the user.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the control module is further programmed to analyze the user identifier to authenticate the user identifier is valid for accessing the tenancy features associated with the tenancy identifier.