COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT PLATFORM

• US 20090240698A1
• Filed: 03/20/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Bendapudi, Perraju, Shukla, Dharma
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data

Abstract

The diverse objects comprising a computing environment may be represented together as a deployable object hierarchy, which may facilitate the deployment, as well as the consistency, of a computing environment rendered by a plurality of devices. The processes within the computing environment often operate on the objects of the object hierarchy in a variety of ways, including simple operations (creation, reading, updating, and deleting) and more sophisticated operations (synchronizing, paginating, and caching), as well as with the object hierarchy in general. A platform may be devised to facilitate the various operations of the processes on the object hierarchy. The platform may be embodied, such as in an application runtime, and deployed to a variety of platforms to facilitate an equivalent execution of the processes on any type of device and consistent interactions with the object hierarchy.

Claims

1. A system for managing interactions of at least one process with a computing environment hosting the process, the system comprising:

an object hierarchy interfacing component configured to access objects of the object hierarchy representing the objects of the computing environment, and

a service providers set comprising services relating to the object hierarchy, the service providers set comprising;

at least one object hierarchy service provider configured to provide an object hierarchy service to the object hierarchy;

at least one object-generic service provider configured to provide a type-independent object service to the objects of the object hierarchy; and

at least one object-specific service provider configured to provide a type-specific object service to the objects of the object hierarchy of a specified object type.

2. The system of claim 1, the system configured to provide the services of the service providers set to at least one of a computer system, a mobile device, and a web browser rendered on a device.

3. The system of claim 1, an object hierarchy service comprising a connection management service configured to maintain a communication channel to a computing environment host configured to store the object hierarchy.

4. The system of claim 1, an object hierarchy service comprising an event logging service configured to log events arising within the computing environment represented by the object hierarchy.

5. The system of claim 1, an object hierarchy service comprising a scheduling service configured to schedule conditional actions within the computing environment represented by the object hierarchy.

6. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object operation batching service configured to:

receive an object operations set comprising operations to be applied to objects of the object hierarchy, and

apply the object operations to objects of the object hierarchy.

7. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object representing service configured to represent objects of the object hierarchy according to a data interchange format.

8. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object caching service configured to manage cache items with respect to objects of the object hierarchy.

9. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object paginating service configured to retrieve a selected portion of an object of the object hierarchy.

10. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object synchronizing service configured to synchronize a first version of an object in an object hierarchy with a second version of an object in an object hierarchy.

11. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object querying service configured to:

receive a query from a query agent over the objects of the object hierarchy,

apply the query to the objects of the object hierarchy to produce a query result, and

return the query result to the query agent in response to the query.

12. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object subscribing service configured to:

receive a subscription request from a subscription agent with regard to an object, and

notify the subscription agent of events arising with respect to the object.

13. The system of claim 1, a type-independent object service comprising an object locating service configured to locate an object stored in an object hierarchy distributed across at least two object hierarchy portions.

14. The system of claim 1, the system configured to access the object hierarchy according to a representation state transfer interface.

15. The system of claim 1, the system comprising a type-specific object service registering component configured to:

receive a custom type-specific object service, and

expose the custom type-specific object service to the process in the computing environment.

16. A method of managing interactions of at least one process with a computing environment hosting the process, the method comprising:

representing the computing environment as an object hierarchy comprising objects representing the objects of the computing environment; and

exposing to the process a service providers set comprising services relating to the object hierarchy, the service providers set comprising;

at least one object hierarchy service provider configured to provide an object hierarchy service to the object hierarchy;

at least one object-generic service provider configured to provide a type-independent object service to the objects of the object hierarchy; and

at least one object-specific service provider configured to provide a type-specific object service to the objects of the object hierarchy of a specified object type.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising:

representing at least a portion of the object hierarchy according to a data interchange format.

18. The method of claim 16, the services of the service providers set configured to access the object hierarchy according to a representation state transfer interface.

19. The method of claim 16, comprising:

receiving a custom type-specific object service, and

exposing the custom type-specific object service to the process in the computing environment.

20. A system for managing interactions of at least one process with a computing environment hosting the process, the system comprising:

an object hierarchy interfacing component configured to access objects of the object hierarchy representing the objects of the computing environment according to a representation state transfer interface; and

a service providers set comprising services relating to the object hierarchy and provided to at least one of a computer system, a mobile device, and a web browser rendered on a device, the service providers set comprising;

at least one object hierarchy service provider configured to provide an object hierarchy service to the object hierarchy, including;

a connection management service configured to maintain a communication channel to a computing environment host configured to store the object hierarchy;

an event logging service configured to log events arising within the computing environment represented by the object hierarchy; and

a scheduling service configured to schedule conditional actions within the computing environment represented by the object hierarchy;

at least one object-generic service provider configured to provide a type-independent object service to the objects of the object hierarchy, including;

an object operation batching service configured to;

receive an object operations set comprising operations to be applied to objects of the object hierarchy, and

apply the object operations to objects of the object hierarchy;

an object representing service configured to represent objects of the object hierarchy according to a data interchange format;

an object caching service configured to manage cache items with respect to objects of the object hierarchy;

an object paginating service configured to retrieve a selected portion of an object of the object hierarchy;

an object synchronizing service configured to synchronize a first version of an object in an object hierarchy with a second version of an object in an object hierarchy;

an object querying service configured to;

receive a query from a query agent over the objects of the object hierarchy,

apply the query to the objects of the object hierarchy to produce a query result, and

return the query result to the query agent in response to the query;

an object subscribing service configured to;

receive a subscription request from a subscription agent with regard to an object, and

notify the subscription agent of events arising with respect to the object; and

an object locating service configured to locate an object stored in an object hierarchy distributed across at least two object hierarchy portions;

a type-specific object service registering component configured to;

receive a custom type-specific object service, and

expose the custom type-specific object service to the process in the computing environment; and

at least one object-specific service provider configured to provide a type-specific object service to the objects of the object hierarchy of a specified object type.