Document distribution from a processing system utilizing pushed references

• US 10,154,107 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2016
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bader, Edward L., Clark, Nehemiah E., Gaskins, David S., Hermosillo, Adrian, Pham, Bryan V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barot, Bharat
• Application Number:
  US15/074,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20170272527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 709202-207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Distributing access to a document from a processing system includes sending or pushing a reference for a document within a repository to a storage area of a recipient system of a recipient to enable retrieval of the document from the repository. The reference is removed from the storage area of the recipient system of the recipient in response to an expiration of the document.

Claims

1. A processing system for distributing access to a document comprising:

a processor configured to;

push a reference for a document selected within a repository for a recipient to a designated folder in a document management structure of a storage area of a recipient system of the recipient, wherein the reference includes a link to the document;

retrieve the document from the repository and provide access to the document by the recipient system in response to actuation of the link from the designated folder of the recipient system; and

remove the reference from the designated folder of the storage area of the recipient system in response to occurrence of an expiration of the document, wherein the expiration indicates a duration the link is available to access the document.

2. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a notification to the recipient in response to the pushing of the reference to the storage area of the recipient system.

3. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the storage area includes a favorites folder.

4. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a notification in response to retrieval of the document by the recipient.

5. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the expiration includes an expiration date.

6. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the reference for the document is pushed by a content management system.

7. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the recipient system is unable to reject the reference for the document prior to the retrieval of the document.

8. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

partition the document into a plurality of segments, wherein a portion of the document including one or more of the plurality of segments is designated for the recipient, and wherein the reference includes a unique reference to indicate the one or more segments of the document to retrieve for the recipient.

9. A computer program product for distributing access to a document, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

push a reference for a document selected within a repository for a recipient to a designated folder in a document management structure of a storage area of a recipient system of the recipient, wherein the reference includes a link to the document;

retrieve the document from the repository and provide access to the document by the recipient system in response to actuation of the link from the designated folder of the recipient system; and

remove the reference from the designated folder of the storage area of the recipient system in response to occurrence of an expiration of the document, wherein the expiration indicates a duration the link is available to access the document.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising program instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

send a notification to the recipient in response to the pushing of the reference to the storage area of the recipient system.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the storage area includes a favorites folder.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising program instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

send a notification in response to retrieval of the document by the recipient.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the expiration includes an expiration date.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the recipient system is unable to reject the reference for the document prior to the retrieval of the document.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the reference for the document is pushed by a content management system.