Providing local access to managed content

• US 9,769,278 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Inventors: Oscherov, Alexander, Spivak, Victor, Lundblad, Eric, Treyger, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
• Application Number:
  US15/003,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20160156730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21815 comprising local storage units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/232 Content retrieval operation locally within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays storage management G06F3/0604; details of querying and searching of video data from a database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/647 Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless real-time session protocols H04L65/1101

Abstract

A method for providing local access to managed content is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a remote host a request to perform an operation with respect to content associated with a set of managed content and obtaining information required to respond to the request. The method further comprises providing in response to the request a content locator usable to perform the requested operation through direct communication with a local content system associated with the remote host.

Claims

1. A content management system for providing local access to managed content, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive from a remote system a request to perform an operation with respect to a stored object associated with a set of managed content stored in a first content system;

query the first content system associated with the stored object associated with the request;

determine a content locator usable by the remote system to receive access to the stored object associated with the request from a local content system based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, wherein the query response comprises whether a local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with a corresponding master object stored at the first content system; and

provide the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the local content system to perform the operation associated with the stored object associated with the request using the content locator, wherein the local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with the corresponding master object stored at the first content system prior to the local content system responding to the request; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store the request.

2. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the local content system is selected from a plurality of local content systems based on a metric associated with the local content system.

3. The content management system of claim 2, wherein the metric associated with the local content system comprises one or more of the following:

a distance between the local content system and the remote system, an available bandwidth associated with the local content system, and a speed of access between the remote system and the local content system.

4. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the content locator includes one or more of the following:

a URL or executable or self-executing code.

5. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the content locator comprises a prioritized list of content locators.

6. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the remote system is configured to determine whether the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is available locally at the local content system.

7. The content management system of claim 1, wherein in the event that the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is available locally at the local content system, the content locator is usable by the local content system to identify the local copy of the stored object associated with the request at the local content system.

8. The content management system of claim 1, wherein in the event that the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is not available locally at the local content system, the content locator is usable by the local content system to obtain the stored object associated with the request from the first content system.

9. The content management system of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a read operation, a write operation, or both.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving from a remote system a request to perform an operation with respect to a stored object associated with a set of managed content stored in a first content system;

querying, using a processor, the first content system associated with the stored object associated with the request;

determining a content locator usable by the remote system to receive access to the stored object associated with the request from a local content system based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, wherein the query response comprises whether a local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with a corresponding master object stored at the first content system; and

providing the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the local content system to perform the operation associated with the stored object associated with the request using the content locator, wherein the local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with the corresponding master object stored at the first content system prior to the local content system responding to the request.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the local content system is selected from a plurality of local content systems based on a metric associated with the local content system.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the metric associated with the local content system comprises one or more of the following:

a distance between the local content system and the remote system, an available bandwidth associated with the local content system, and a speed of access between the remote system and the local content system.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the content locator includes one or more of the following:

a URL or executable or self-executing code.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the content locator comprises a prioritized list of content locators.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the remote system is configured to determine whether the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is available locally at the local content system.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein in the event that the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is available locally at the local content system, the content locator is usable by the local content system to identify the local copy of the stored object associated with the request at the local content system.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein in the event that the local copy of the stored object associated with the request is not available locally at the local content system, the content locator is usable by the local content system to obtain the stored object associated with the request from the first content system.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the request comprises a read operation, a write operation, or both.

19. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving from a remote system a request to perform an operation with respect to a stored object associated with a set of managed content stored in a first content system;

querying the first content system associated with the stored object associated with the request;

determining a content locator usable by the remote system to receive access to the stored object associated with the request from a local content system based at least in part on a query response received from the first content system, wherein the query response comprises whether a local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with a corresponding master object stored at the first content system; and

providing the content locator to the remote system, wherein the remote system is configured to contact the local content system to perform the operation associated with the stored object associated with the request using the content locator, wherein the local copy of the stored object at the local content system is synchronized with the corresponding master object stored at the first content system prior to the local content system responding to the request.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the local content system is selected from a plurality of local content systems based on a metric associated with the local content system.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the metric associated with the local content system comprises one or more of the following:

a distance between the local content system and the remote system, an available bandwidth associated with the local content system, and a speed of access between the remote system and the local content system.