Unified server for managing a heterogeneous mix of devices

• US 10,348,661 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2015
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Krishna, Vikas, Bailloeul, Timothee
• Primary Examiner(s): Rahman, Sm A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pant, Ranjan
• Application Number:
  US14/614,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A system and method for integrating one or more resource servers for one or more types of devices are described using an enterprise service bus and network appliance as a service (NAaaS) application services. The enterprise service bus receives a request for one or more types of media, determines a first communication protocol of the request and one or more types of second communication protocols of the one or more resource servers, translates the request from a first communication protocol into one or more types of second communication protocols for one or more resource servers and retrieves one or more results matching the translated request from the one or more resource servers. A NAaaS application services determine one or more resource servers that the request is for based on the request matching a global index.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, using one or more computing devices, a query from a first device for media, the query including one or more terms related to a topic;

identifying, using the one or more computing devices, a global database index, the global database index including keywords and an association between the keywords and one or more resource servers corresponding to one or more types of media presentation devices, the one or more resource servers storing one or more media associated with the keywords;

matching, using the one or more computing devices, the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index;

determining, using the one or more computing devices, a resource server corresponding to a type of media presentation device based on matching the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index, the resource server previously receiving the media from the type of media presentation device and storing the media and a device usage entry associated with the type of media presentation device in response to the media having been sent to and presented on the type of media presentation device;

generating, using the one or more computing devices, a request for retrieving the media from the resource server;

sending, using the one or more computing devices, the request to the resource server;

retrieving, using the one or more computing devices, the media from the resource server based on the request; and

sending, using the one or more computing devices, the media to the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the request for retrieving the media from the resource server comprises:

determining, using the one or more computing devices, a first communication protocol of the query and a second communication protocol of the resource server;

translating, using the one or more computing devices, the query from the first communication protocol into the second communication protocol;

determining, using the one or more computing devices, a first message format of the query and a second message format of the resource server;

transforming, using the one or more computing devices, the query from the first message format into the second message format; and

generating, using the one or more computing devices, the request using the second communication protocol and the second message format.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first communication protocol is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the second communication protocol is a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the global database index comprises:

determining an individual database index for each corresponding resource server of the one or more resource servers, the individual database index associating the keywords with the one or more media based on identified text in the one or more media; and

determining the global database index compiled based on the individual database index for each corresponding resource server, the global database index including the keywords and pointer references pointing to locations where the one or more media are stored in the corresponding resource servers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the individual database index for each corresponding resource server further comprises:

determining a weight for the keywords based on a location and a number of times each keyword appears in the media; and

selecting a top number of keywords based on the weight for the keywords.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the global database index with updates occurring in the corresponding resource servers, the updates include one or more of storing, deleting and moving the one or more media.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device usage entry includes one from a group of a user identifier, an employer identifier, a device type, a device identifier, an internet protocol (IP) address, a location, a media type, a title and a date of media submission.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource server receives the media from a second device, the second device transmitting the media for presentation on the type of media presentation device.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

an enterprise service bus stored on a memory and executable by the one or more processors, the enterprise service bus configured to receive a query from a first device for media, the query including one or more terms related to a topic, to transmit the query to application services, to receive a determination of a resource server, to generate a request for retrieving the media from the resource server, to send the request to the resource server, to retrieve the media from the resource server based on the request, and to send the media to the first device; and

application services stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the application services configured to receive the query from the enterprise service bus, to identify a global database index including keywords and one or more resource servers corresponding to one or more types of media presentation devices, the one or more resource servers storing one or more media associated with the keywords, to match the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index, to determine the resource server corresponding to a type of media presentation device based on matching the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index, the resource server previously receiving the media from the type of media presentation device and storing the media and a device usage entry associated with the type of media presentation device in response to the media having been sent to and presented on the type of media presentation device, and to send the determination of the resource server to the enterprise service bus.

10. The system of claim 9,

wherein to generate the request for retrieving the media from the resource server, the enterprise service bus is further configured to:

determine a first communication protocol of the query and a second communication protocol of the resource server, translate the query from the first communication protocol into the second communication protocol, determine a first message format of the query and of a second message format of the resource server, transform the query from the first message format into the second message format, and generate the request using the second communication protocol and the second message format.

11. The system of claim 9,

wherein to identify the global database index, the enterprise service bus is further configured to:

determine an individual database index for each corresponding resource server of the one or more resource servers, the individual database index associating the keywords with the one or more media based on identified text in the one or more media and determine the global database index compiled based on the individual database index for each corresponding resource server, the global database index including the keywords and pointer references pointing to locations where the one or more media are stored in the corresponding resource servers.

12. The system of claim 11,

wherein to determine the individual database index for each corresponding server, the application services are further configured to determine a weight for the keywords based on a location and a number of times each keyword appears in the media and select a top number of keywords based on the weight for the keywords.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising updating the global database index with updates occurring in the corresponding resource servers, the updates include one or more of storing, deleting and moving the one or more media.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the device usage entry includes one from a group of a user identifier, an employer identifier, a device type, a device identifier, an internet protocol (IP) address, a location, a media type, a title and a date of media submission.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the application services are further configured to receive the media from a second device, the second device transmitting the media for presentation on the type of media presentation device.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive a query from a first device for media, the query including one or more terms related to a topic;

identify a global database index, the global database index including keywords and an association between the keywords and one or more resource servers corresponding to one or more types of media presentation devices, the one or more resource servers storing one or more media associated with the keywords;

match the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index;

determine a resource server corresponding to a type of media presentation device based on matching the one or more terms in the query with the keywords in the global database index, the resource server previously receiving the media from the type of media presentation device and storing the media and a device usage entry associated with the type of media presentation device in response to the media having been sent to and presented on the type of media presentation device;

generate a request for retrieving the media from the resource server;

send the request to the resource server;

retrieve the media from the resource server based on the request; and

send the media to the first device.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein to generate the request for retrieving the media from the resource server, the computer program further causes the computer to:

determine a first communication protocol of the query and a second communication protocol of the resource server;

translate the query from the first communication protocol into the second communication protocol;

determine a first message format of the query and a second message format of the resource server;

transform the query from the first message format into the second message format; and

generate the request using the second communication protocol and the second message format.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein to identify the global database index, the computer program further causes the computer to:

determine an individual database index for each corresponding resource server of the one or more resource servers, the individual database index associating the keywords with the one or more media based on identified text in the one or more media; and

determine the global database index compiled based on the individual database index for each corresponding resource server, the global database index including the keywords pointing to locations where the one or more media are stored in the corresponding resource servers.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein to determine the individual database index for each corresponding resource server, the computer program further causes the computer to:

determine a weight for the keywords based on a location and a number of times each keyword appears in the media; and

select a top number of keywords based on the weight for the keywords.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the device usage entry includes one from a group of a user identifier, an employer identifier, a device type, a device identifier, an internet protocol (IP) address, a location, a media type, a title and a date of media submission.