Custom data image building

• US 8,756,700 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2012
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Demasi, Rocco P., Bland, Ronald L., Herman, Andrew L., Milne, Robert T., Iannelli, Jason M., Tarricone, Arthur A. Jr., Umberger, William G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US13/603,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1- 5, 726 26- 30, 713168-170, 713/191, 717168-178
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order

Abstract

A first server is configured to receive an image from a first client device. The image may include an instruction to provide a second client device with a computer file. The first server is further configured to store the image, receive a task query from the first client device, and provide a task query response to the first client device based on receiving the task query. The task query response may include an indication that the first server is storing a task associated with the second client device. The first server is further configured to receive an image request from the second client device, communicate with a second server to identify whether the second client device is authorized to receive the image, and provide, to the second client device, the computer file associated with the image based on identifying that the second client device is authorized to receive the image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first server, an image from a first client device,

the image including an instruction to provide a second client device with a computer file;

storing, by the first server, the image based on receiving the image from the first client device;

receiving, by the first server, a task query from the first client device;

providing, by the first server, a task query response to the first client device based on receiving the task query,

the task query response including an indication that the first server is storing a task associated with the second client device, and

the second client device receiving the task query response from the first client device;

receiving, by the first server, an image request from the second client device based on the second client device receiving the task query response;

communicating, by the first server, with a second server to identify the computer file or policies associated with the image; and

providing, by the first server and to the second client device, the computer file associated with the image in accordance with the polices associated with the image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating with the second server to identify whether the second client device is authorized to receive the image based on an identifier associated with the second client device,

where providing the computer file associated with the image is based on determining that the second client device is authorized to receive the image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a performance indication to a third server,

the performance indication including information to identify whether the first server is properly providing the computer file associated with the image with respect to a performance benchmark.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the computer file from a third client device;

determining that the computer file is already stored by the first server;

determining that the computer file, stored by the first server, is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device; and

storing the computer file received from the third client device based on determining that the computer file, stored by the first server, is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating with a third server to receive the computer file based on identifying that the third server stores the computer file; and

storing the computer file received from the third server.

6. A system comprising:

a first server to;

receive an image from a first client device,

the image including an instruction to provide a second client device with a computer file;

store the image based on receiving the image from the first client device;

receive a task query from the first client device;

provide a task query response to the first client device based on receiving the task query,

the task query response including an indication that the first server is storing a task associated with the second client device, and

the second client device receiving the task query response from the first client device;

receive an image request from the second client device based on the second client device receiving the task query response;

communicate with a second server to identify whether the second client device is authorized to receive the image;

communicate with the second server to identify the computer file or policies associated with the image; and

provide, to the second client device, the computer file associated with the image in accordance with the polices associated with the image and based on identifying that the second client device is authorized to receive the image.

7. The system of claim 6, where the first server is further to:

send a performance indication to a third server,

the performance indication including information to identify whether the first server is properly providing the computer file associated with the image with respect to a performance benchmark.

8. The system of claim 6, where the first server is further to:

receive the computer file from a third client device;

determine that the computer file is already stored by the first server;

determine that the computer file, stored by the first server, is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device; and

store the computer file received from the third client device based on determining that the computer file, stored by the first server, is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device.

9. The system of claim 6, where the first server is further to:

identify that a third server stores the computer file based on communicating with the third server at regular intervals;

communicate with the third server to receive the computer file based on identifying that the third server storing the computer file; and

store the computer filed received from the third server.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first server, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an image from a first client device,

the image including an instruction to provide a second client device with a computer file;

store the image based on receiving the image from the first client device;

receive a task query from the first client device;

provide a task query response to the first client device based on receiving the task query,

the task query response including an indication that the first server is storing a task associated with the second client device, and

the second client device receiving the task query response from the first client device;

receive an image request from the second client device based on the second client device receiving the task query response;

communicate with a second server to identify computer file or policies associated with the image; and

provide, to the second client device, the computer file associated with the image in accordance with the polices associated with the image.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10,

where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

communicate with the second server to identify whether the second client device is authorized to receive the image, and

where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to provide the computer file associated with the image include;

one or more instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

provide the computer file associated with the image based on determining that the second client device is authorized to receive the image.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

send a performance indication to a third server,

the performance indication including information to identify whether the first server is properly providing the computer file associated with the image with respect to a performance benchmark.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive the computer file from a third client device;

determine that the computer file is already stored by the first server;

determine that the computer file, stored by the first server, is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device; and

store the computer file received from the third client device based on determining that the computer file stored by the first server is not up to date with respect to the computer file received from the third client device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

identify that a third server stores the computer file based on communicating with the third server at regular intervals;

communicate with the third server to receive the computer file based on identifying that the third server storing the computer file; and

store the computer filed received from the third server.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first client device, an instruction to generate a first image,

the first image including an instruction to provide the first client device or a second client device with a first computer file;

generating, by the first client device, the first image based on the instruction to generate the first image;

sending, by the first client device, the first image to a server based on generating the first image;

sending, by the first client device, an image request to the server; and

receiving, by the first client device and from the server, a second computer file associated with a second image based on sending the image request to the server.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a third computer file to the server,

the server storing the third computer file based on determining that the third computer file is not currently being stored by the server or based on determining that server is storing an older version of the third computer file.

17. The method of claim 15, where the first image includes the instruction to provide the first client device or the second client device with the first computer file based on the first client device being authorized to generate an image associated with the first computer file.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an instruction from a third client device to communicate with the server,

the third client device sending the instruction based on sending a task query to the server and receiving a task response from the server to identify that the server is storing an image associated with the first client device,

where sending the image request to the server is based on receiving the instruction from the third client device to communicate with the server.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a task query to the server;

receiving a task response from the server,

the task response identifying that the server is storing an image associated with a third client device; and

sending an instruction to the third client device to communicate with the server to receive a computer file associated with the image.

20. A system comprising:

a first client device to;

receive an instruction to generate a first image,

the first image including an instruction to provide the first client device or a second client device with a first computer file based on the first client device being authorized to generate an image associated with the first computer file;

generate the first image based on the instruction to generate the first image;

send the first image to a server based on generating the first image;

send an image request to the server; and

receive, from the server, a second computer file associated with a second image based on sending the image request to the server.

21. The system of claim 20, where the first client device is further to:

send a third computer file to the server,

the server storing the third computer file based on determining that the third computer file is not currently being stored by the server or based on determining that server is storing an older version of the third computer file.

22. The system of claim 20,

where the first client device is further to:

receive an instruction from a third client device to communicate with the server,

the third client device sending the instruction based on sending a task query to the server and receiving a task response from the server to identify that the server is storing an image associated with the first client device, and

where, when sending the image request to the server, the first client device is to;

send the image request to the server based on receiving the instruction from the third client device to communicate with the server.

23. The system of claim 20, where the first client device is further to:

send a task query to the server;

receive a task response from the server,

the task response identifying that the server is storing an image associated with a third client device; and

send an instruction to the third client device to communicate with the server to receive a computer file associated with the image.