System and method for secure content sharing and synchronization

• US 9,749,327 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2017
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Open Text Sa Ulc (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Storm, James
• Primary Examiner(s): GRACIA, GARY S
• Application Number:
  US15/413,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 217 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/01 Customer relationship services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A flexible content sharing system may comprise a network based application built on a client device using information from dissociated user experience component (UXC), application logic and execution layer (ALEL), and content distribution system (CDS) payloads. An ALEL engine may communicate a request from the network based application to a CDS module. The CDS module may interface the ALEL engine and a CDS server. The ALEL engine can act as a gate keeper and securely communicates requests from client devices to the CDS server. The CDS server is configured to manage and alert the ALEL of any enterprise policies that may be applicable to the client devices connected to the ALEL engine which, in turn, notifies the client devices to comply with the enterprise policies. The CDS server may synchronize any change made to the content by any of the client devices running network based applications.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

at least one processor;

non-transitory computer memory; and

stored instructions translatable by the at least one processor for;

responsive to a user interacting with a browser application running on the device, requesting a cloud-based user interface from a web server, the web server communicatively connected to the device over a network;

receiving a payload from the web server, the payload from the web server including user experience component information for the cloud-based user interface and location information for an application server;

utilizing the location information for the application server received from the web server to request application and execution logic from the application server;

receiving a payload from the application server, the payload from the application server containing the application and execution logic and location information for a content server;

interacting with the content server utilizing the location information for the content server received from the application server;

forming a network based application utilizing the payload from the web server and the payload from the application server such that the network based application comprises the cloud-based user interface with the user experience component information from the web server and the application and execution logic from the application server;

providing a run-time environment for running the application and execution logic of the network based application within the browser application on the device; and

displaying data managed by the content server through the cloud-based user interface of the network based application running in the run-time environment provided by the browser application on the device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the content server comprises a content management system, a content distribution system, an enterprise content management system, or a system configured to manage content on one or more server machines in an enterprise computing environment.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the web server and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the web server, the application server, and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the user experience component information from the web server comprises brand-specific user experience information.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the stored instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor for:

receiving a payload from the content server, the payload from the content server comprising information necessary to interact with the content server to access the data managed by the content server.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the stored instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor for:

receiving a payload from the content server, the payload from the content server comprising the data managed by the content server.

8. A method comprising:

responsive to a user interacting with a browser application running on a device, requesting a cloud-based user interface from a web server, the web server communicatively connected to the device over a network, the requesting performed by the device running the browser application;

receiving a payload from the web server, the payload from the web server including user experience component information for the cloud-based user interface and location information for an application server;

utilizing the location information for the application server received from the web server to request application and execution logic from the application server, the utilizing performed by the device running the browser application;

receiving a payload from the application server, the payload from the application server containing the application and execution logic and location information for a content server;

interacting with the content server utilizing the location information for the content server received from the application server, the interacting performed by the device running the browser application;

forming a network based application utilizing the payload from the web server and the payload from the application server such that the network based application comprises the cloud-based user interface with the user experience component information from the web server and the application and execution logic from the application server, the forming performed by the device running the browser application;

providing a run-time environment for running the application and execution logic of the network based application within the browser application on the device; and

displaying data managed by the content server through the cloud-based user interface of the network based application running in the run-time environment provided by the browser application on the device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the content server comprises a content management system, a content distribution system, an enterprise content management system, or a system configured to manage content on one or more server machines in an enterprise computing environment.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the web server and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the web server, the application server, and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the user experience component information from the web server comprises brand-specific user experience information.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a payload from the content server, the payload from the content server comprising information necessary to interact with the content server to access the data managed by the content server.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a payload from the content server, the payload from the content server comprising the data managed by the content server.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by at least one processor of a device for:

responsive to a user interacting with a browser application running on the device, requesting a cloud-based user interface from a web server, the web server communicatively connected to the device over a network;

receiving a payload from the web server, the payload from the web server including user experience component information for the cloud-based user interface and location information for an application server;

utilizing the location information for the application server received from the web server to request application and execution logic from the application server;

receiving a payload from the application server, the payload from the application server containing the application and execution logic and location information for a content server;

interacting with the content server utilizing the location information for the content server received from the application server;

forming a network based application utilizing the payload from the web server and the payload from the application server such that the network based application comprises the cloud-based user interface with the user experience component information from the web server and the application and execution logic from the application server;

providing a run-time environment for running the application and execution logic of the network based application within the browser application on the device; and

displaying data managed by the content server through the cloud-based user interface of the network based application running in the run-time environment provided by the browser application on the device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the content server comprises a content management system, a content distribution system, an enterprise content management system, or a system configured to manage content on one or more server machines in an enterprise computing environment.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the web server and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the web server, the application server, and the content server are controlled, managed, or updated independent of each other.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user experience component information from the web server comprises brand-specific user experience information.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the stored instructions are further translatable by the at least one processor for:

receiving a payload from the content server, the payload from the content server comprising information necessary to interact with the content server to access the data managed by the content server.