Migrating data for web content management systems

• US 9,922,130 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2014
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oshyn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Oshyn Incorporated
• Inventors: Burne, Christian, Nittala, Prasanth
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackes, Kris
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MERILYN P
• Application Number:
  US14/454,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A computer-based system and related method are provided for migrating data associated with a website from a first Web content management (WCM) platform to a second WCM platform. The data migrated can include templates, user and group data files, content files (media, texts and others), workflows, authorizations, among others. The system and related method can further include a transformation capability that enables modifications to website data elements during migration, including but not limited to templates, HTML, users, metadata, file assets, and content such as images, links, and text during migration. In this manner, web administrators can modify the website design during migration to a new WCM platform within an integrated process.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system including a hardware processor and a memory for migrating data for web content management (WCM) systems from a first WCM platform to a second WCM platform, comprising:

a first connector module in digital communication with a first WCM platform to retrieve data from the first WCM platform, the first connector module translates the retrieved data from a format for the first WCM platform to a standardized format for the system, resulting in pre-migrated standardized data;

a migration engine in digital communication with the first connector module, in which the migration engine receives the pre-migrated standardized data from the first connector module and transforms said pre-migrated standardized data to post-migrated standardized data, in which said post-migrated standardized data include migrated templates from a first WCM platform to a second WCM platform;

a template mapper in digital communication with the first connector module and the migration engine, in which the template mapper identifies a plurality of origin templates of the first WCM platform and creates a mapped relationship between the plurality of origin templates and a plurality of target templates of the second WCM platform, and said mapped relationship is communicated to the migration engine to facilitate migration of the origin templates to the target templates, resulting in said post-migrated standardized data; and

a second connector module in digital communication with the migration engine and with the second WCM platform, wherein the second connector module translates the post-migrated standardized data to a format for the second WCM platform.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the retrieved data includes webpage templates, website linkages among webpages, website scripts, digital media files, and user and group data.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first connector module comprises executable code that translates the retrieved data to the pre-migrated standardized data.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a transformer that enables modifications to website data elements during migration, including but not limited to templates, HTML, users, metadata, file assets, and content such as images, links, and text.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the migration engine generates post-migrated standardized data that includes target templates, webpages, and media file, that are operably linked.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the template mapper populates a selectable list presented on a user display screen, the list comprises all templates of the first WCM platform.

7. A computer-implemented method for migrating data for web content management (WCM) systems from a first WCM platform to a second WCM platform, comprising:

retrieving data from a first WCM platform via a first connector module in digital communication with the first WCM platform;

translating the retrieved data from a format for the first WCM platform to a standardized format for a migration engine that is in digital communication with the first connector module, resulting in pre-migrated standardized data, via the first connector module;

mapping relationships between origin templates of the first WCM platform and target templates for the second WCM platform, via a template mapper that is in digital communication with the migration engine, and said mapped relationships between the origin templates and the target templates are communicated to the migration engine;

transforming the pre-migrated standardized data received from the first connector module using the mapped relationships received from the template mapper to a post-migrated standardized data, via the migration engine;

retrieving the post-migrated standardized data via a second connector module in digital communication with the migration engine;

translating the post-migrated standardized data to resultant data in a format for the second WCM platform, via the second connector module; and

transmitting the resultant data to the second WCM platform.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the retrieved data includes webpage templates, website linkages among webpages, website scripts, digital media files, and user and group data.

9. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the first connector module comprises executable code that translates the retrieved data to the pre-migrated standardized data.

10. The method as defined in claim 7, further comprising a transformer that enables modifications to website data elements during migration, including but not limited to templates, HTML, users, metadata, file assets, and content such as images, links, and text.

11. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the migration engine generates post-migrated standardized data that includes target templates, webpages, and media file, that are operably linked.

12. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the template mapper populates a selectable list presented on a user display screen, the list comprises all templates of the first WCM platform.