Executing dynamically assigned functions while providing services

• US 9,413,817 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Elvanoglu, Ferhan, Pierce, Shaun D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hayim, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US14/045,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1863 comprising mechanisms for improved reliability, e.g. status reports arrangements for detecting or preventing errors by carrying supervisory signal the return channel H04L1/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1425 Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for applying actions during server system processing. Functional processing blocks where actions may be applied to a service request are identified. actions are dynamically associated with functional processing blocks. During execution of a functional processing block, a check is performed to determine whether an action is associated with the functional processing block. If an action is associated with a functional processing block, the action is applied during the functional processing block'"'"'s execution. An evaluation may be performed to determine if an action should be applied before or after the functional processing block. The server system may comprise an XML data repository, providing access to XML data, based on identity information which is received with a client system request. A portion of the server system may be described in accordance with an XML schema.

Claims

1. A method performed on a computing device that includes at least one processor and memory, the method comprising:

processing an incoming request via each of at least one of a plurality of processing layers that are implemented at least in part by the computing device, where each of the plurality of processing layers comprises a first processing portion that is configured for performing a first processing step and a second processing portion that is configured for performing a second processing step, and where the incoming request is processed according to the first processing step of the first processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers;

assigning to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a pre-processing function that is configured for being executed prior to the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions, where each of the pre-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion; and

generating an outgoing reply via the each of the at least one of the plurality of processing layers, where each outgoing reply is generated according to a second processing step of the second processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers.

2. The method of claim 1 where the first processing portions are configured for the processing to proceed from a first of the first processing portions to a next of the first processing portions and so forth until the processing has proceeded through the plurality of the first processing portions.

3. The method of claim 1 where the second processing portions are configured for the generating to proceed from a first of the second processing portions to a next of the second processing portions and so forth until the generating has proceeded through the plurality of the second processing portions.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising assigning to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a post-processing function that is configured for being executed after the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions.

5. The method of claim 4 where each of the post-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion.

6. A system comprising:

a computing device that comprises at least one processor and memory;

the at least one processor configured to process an incoming request via each of at least one of a plurality of processing layers that are implemented at least in part by the computing device, where each of the plurality of processing layers comprises a first processing portion that is configured for performing a first processing step and a second processing portion that is configured for performing a second processing step, and where the incoming request is processed according to the first processing step of the first processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers;

the at least one processor further configured to assign to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a pre-processing function that is configured for being executed prior to the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions, where each of the pre-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion; and

the at least one processor further configured to generate an outgoing reply via the each of the at least one of the plurality of processing layers, where each outgoing reply is generated according to the second processing step of the second processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers.

7. The system of claim 6 where the first processing portions are configured for the processing to proceed from a first of the first processing portions to a next of the first processing portions and so forth until the processing has proceeded through the plurality of the first processing portions.

8. The system of claim 6 where the second processing portions are configured for the generating to proceed from a first of the second processing portions to a next of the second processing portions and so forth until the generating has proceeded through the plurality of the second processing portions.

9. The system of claim 6, the at least one processor further configured to assign to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a post-processing function that is configured for being executed after the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions.

10. The system of claim 9 where each of the post-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion.

11. At least one memory device storing computer-executable instructions that, based on execution by a computing device that includes at least one processor and memory, configure the computing device to perform actions comprising:

processing an incoming request via each of at least one of a plurality of processing layers that are implemented at least in part by the computing device, where each of the plurality of processing layers comprises a first processing portion that is configured for performing a first processing step and a second processing portion that is configured for performing a second processing step, and where the incoming request is processed according to the first processing step of the first processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers;

assigning to each of at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions a pre-processing function that is configured for being executed prior to the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions, where each of the pre-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion; and

generating an outgoing reply via the each of the at least one of the plurality of processing layers, where each outgoing reply is generated according to a second processing step of the second processing portion of the each of the at least one of the processing layers.

12. The at least one memory device of claim 11 where the first processing portions are configured for the processing to proceed from a first of the first processing portions to a next of the first processing portions and so forth until the processing has proceeded through the plurality of the first processing portions.

13. The at least one memory device of claim 11 where the second processing portions are configured for the generating to proceed from a first of the second processing portions to a next of the second processing portions and so forth until the generating has proceeded through the plurality of the second processing portions.

14. The at least one memory device of claim 11 further comprising assigning to each of at least one of the first processing portions and the second processing portions a post-processing function that is configured for being executed after the corresponding first or second processing steps of the each of the at least one of the first processing portions or the second processing portions.

15. The at least one memory device of claim 14 where each of the post-processing functions is configured for transitioning from the processing at one of the first processing portions to the generating at a corresponding second processing portion.