Patent Grant
11876845
As electronic and digital content use in enterprise settings and/or other organizational settings has become the preferred mechanism for project, task, and work flow management, so has the need for streamlined collaboration and sharing of digital content and documents. In such collaboration environments, multiple users share, access, and otherwise perform actions or tasks on content and files in shared workspaces.
When a user performs an action on a file in a collaboration environment, a corresponding job can be scheduled. For example, in response to a file being uploaded, the file might responsively be scanned. Current automation architectures for collaboration environments provide a mechanism to kick off the jobs at the front-end (e.g., at the web or application servers). Unfortunately, these current architectures are not easily scalable and do not provide for customizations of the jobs to be performed responsive to particular actions in a distributed computing environment.
The following description and drawings are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting. Numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosure. However, in certain instances, well-known or conventional details are not described in order to avoid obscuring the description. References to one or an embodiment in the present disclosure can be, but not necessarily are, references to the same embodiment; and such references mean at least one of the embodiments.
Reference in this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the disclosure. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Moreover, various features are described which may be exhibited by some embodiments and not by others. Similarly, various requirements are described which may be requirements for some embodiments but not other embodiments.
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Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for generating jobs by applying user-specified rules to various metadata events. More specifically, the scalable architecture described herein uses metadata to drive automations and/or polices in a cloud-based environment.
In one embodiment, the architecture integrates a metadata service with an event-based automation engine to automatically trigger polices and/or automations based on metadata and/or metadata changes. The metadata service can include customizable and/or pre-build templates via a templating system. The templates can be used to automatically apply a metadata framework (e.g., particular fields) to files based on, for example, the upload or placement of a particular file in a particular folder. The automation engine tracks the metadata and/or changes to the metadata and can responsively kick off jobs (e.g., notifications, policies, workflows, etc.). The architecture also provides for advanced metadata searching and data classification. For example, when a user uploads a file and classifies it using metadata as highly confidential, this can trigger a particular policy or automation.
In one embodiment, the scalable architectures also facilitate support for a dynamic set of customizable metadata rules or conditions and job descriptions. The scalable architectures are distributed and fault tolerant.
Action: A user action can include, for example, file operation actions like uploads or previews, as well as collaboration operations like task assignment and comments. The user actions are logged by the action log framework.
Job: A job consists of asynchronous work that needs to be executed as a result of an action. For example, a job can include notification to a user or conversion of a specific file. The jobs are described using a set of parameters specific to the work to be executed, as well as the action log data of the event that triggered the job and any routing information required.
Rule: A rule defines what jobs are generated given a particular action. More than one rule can be triggered given an action and multiple jobs can be generated from a single rule.
Rule Manager: A rule manager is responsible for managing rules and applying rules to incoming actions. The jobs generated are forwarded to the job manager.
Job Manager: A job manager is responsible for tracking job statuses and distributing work to worker machines.
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an architecture including systems and methods for configurable event-based automation in a cloud-based collaboration platform or environment.
The client devices 102 can be any system and/or device, and/or any combination of devices/systems that is able to establish a connection, including wired, wireless, cellular connections with another device, a server and/or other systems such as host server 100 and/or notification server 150. Client devices 102 will typically include a display and/or other output functionalities to present information and data exchanged between the devices 102 and/or the host server 100 and/or notification server 150.
For example, the client devices 102 can include mobile, hand held or portable devices or non-portable devices and can be any of, but not limited to, a server desktop, a desktop computer, a computer cluster, or portable devices including, a notebook, a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a palmtop computer, a mobile phone, a cell phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a Blackberry device, a Treo, a handheld tablet (e.g. an iPad, a Galaxy, Xoom Tablet, etc.), a tablet PC, a thin-client, a hand held console, a hand held gaming device or console, an iPhone, and/or any other portable, mobile, hand held devices, etc. running on any platform or any operating system (e.g., Mac-based OS (OS X, iOS, etc.), Windows-based OS (Windows Mobile, Windows 7, etc.), Android, Blackberry OS, Embedded Linux platforms, Palm OS, Symbian platform. In one embodiment, the client devices 102, host server 100, and app server 110 are coupled via a network 106. In some embodiments, the devices 102 and host server 100 may be directly connected to one another.
The input mechanism on client devices 102 can include touch screen keypad (including single touch, multi-touch, gesture sensing in 2D or 3D, etc.), a physical keypad, a mouse, a pointer, a track pad, motion detector (e.g., including 1-axis, 2-axis, 3-axis accelerometer, etc.), a light sensor, capacitance sensor, resistance sensor, temperature sensor, proximity sensor, a piezoelectric device, device orientation detector (e.g., electronic compass, tilt sensor, rotation sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer), or a combination or variation of the above.
Signals received or detected indicating user activity at client devices 102 through one or more of the above input mechanism, or others, can be used in the disclosed technology by various users or collaborators (e.g., collaborators 108) for accessing, through network 106, a web-based collaboration environment or online collaboration platform (e.g., hosted by the host server 100).
The collaboration platform or environment hosts workspaces with work items that one or more users can access (e.g., view, edit, update, revise, comment, download, preview, tag, or otherwise manipulate, etc.). A work item can generally include any type of digital or electronic content that can be viewed or accessed via an electronic device (e.g., device 102). The digital content can include .pdf files, .doc, slides (e.g., Powerpoint slides), images, audio files, multimedia content, web pages, blogs, etc. A workspace can generally refer to any grouping of a set of digital content in the collaboration platform. The grouping can be created, identified, or specified by a user or through other means. This user may be a creator user or administrative user, for example.
In general, a workspace can be associated with a set of users or collaborators (e.g., collaborators 108) which have access to the content included therein. The levels of access (e.g., based on permissions or rules) of each user or collaborator to access the content in a given workspace may be the same or may vary among the users. Each user may have their own set of access rights to every piece of content in the workspace, or each user may have different access rights to different pieces of content. Access rights may be specified by a user associated with a work space and/or a user who created/uploaded a particular piece of content to the workspace, or any other designated user or collaborator.
In general, the collaboration platform allows multiple users or collaborators to access or collaborate efforts on work items such that each user can see, remotely, edits, revisions, comments, or annotations being made to specific work items through their own user devices. For example, a user can upload a document to a work space for other users to access (e.g., for viewing, editing, commenting, signing-off, or otherwise manipulating). The user can login to the online platform and upload the document (or any other type of work item) to an existing workspace or to a new workspace. The document can be shared with existing users or collaborators in a work space.
A diagrammatic illustration of the online collaboration environment and the relationships between workspaces and users/collaborators are illustrated with further reference to the example of
In one embodiment, client devices 102 communicates with the host server 100 and/or people search engine 150 over network 106. In general, network 106, over which the client devices 102, the host server 100, and/or people search engine 150 communicate, may be a cellular network, a telephonic network, an open network, such as the Internet, or a private network, such as an intranet and/or the extranet, or any combination thereof. For example, the Internet can provide file transfer, remote log in, email, news, RSS, cloud-based services, instant messaging, visual voicemail, push mail, VoIP, and other services through any known or convenient protocol, such as, but is not limited to the TCP/IP protocol, Open System Interconnections (OSI), FTP, UPnP, iSCSI, NSF, ISDN, PDH, RS-232, SDH, SONET, etc.
The network 106 can be any collection of distinct networks operating wholly or partially in conjunction to provide connectivity to the client devices 102 and the host server 100 and may appear as one or more networks to the serviced systems and devices. In one embodiment, communications to and from the client devices 102 can be achieved by, an open network, such as the Internet, or a private network, such as an intranet and/or the extranet. In one embodiment, communications can be achieved by a secure communications protocol, such as secure sockets layer (SSL), or transport layer security (TLS).
In addition, communications can be achieved via one or more networks, such as, but are not limited to, one or more of WiMax, a Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a Personal area network (PAN), a Campus area network (CAN), a Metropolitan area network (MAN), a Wide area network (WAN), a Wireless wide area network (WWAN), enabled with technologies such as, by way of example, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Personal Communications Service (PCS), Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service (D-Amps), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Fixed Wireless Data, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G, IMT-Advanced, pre-4G, 3G LTE, 3GPP LTE, LTE Advanced, mobile WiMax, WiMax 2, WirelessMAN-Advanced networks, enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), General packet radio service (GPRS), enhanced GPRS, iBurst, UMTS, HSPDA, HSUPA, HSPA, UMTS-TDD, 1×RTT, EV-DO, messaging protocols such as, TCP/IP, SMS, MMS, extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), real time messaging protocol (RTMP), instant messaging and presence protocol (IMPP), instant messaging, USSD, IRC, or any other wireless data networks or messaging protocols.
A diagrammatic illustration of the cloud-based environment (e.g., collaboration environment) and the relationships between workspaces and users/collaborators are illustrated with further reference to the example of
In one embodiment, actions performed on work items or other activities that occur in a workspace can be detected in real time or in near real time. The host server can generate notifications or notification events for one or more of the plurality of activities and select one or more recipients for each notification. Various mechanisms or external messaging applications can then be used to notify users or collaborators, including through the web interface to access the collaboration platform, via email, and/or SMS, for example.
In one embodiment, the host server can comprise a distributed system including both front-end and back-end components (systems). Although not shown, the host server can include an action log, an event dispatcher, one or more processors, one or more databases, and one or more real time clients. Together these components are generally referred to herein as an “action log framework” (ALF). Components of the ALF may reside in the front-end systems, the back-end systems, or a combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the event dispatcher (also referred to as the event manager dispatcher, see e.g.,
The web-based platform for collaborating on projects or jointly working on documents can be used by individual users and shared among collaborators. In addition, the collaboration platform can be deployed in an organized setting including but not limited to, a company (e.g., an enterprise setting), a department in a company, an academic institution, a department in an academic institution, a class or course setting, or any other types of organizations or organized setting.
When deployed in an organizational setting, multiple workspaces (e.g., workspace A-N) may be created to support different projects or a variety of work flows. Each workspace may have its own associate work items. For example, work space A 205 may be associated with work items 215, work space B 225 may be associated with work items 235, and work space N may be associated with work items 255. The work items 215, 235, and 255 may be unique to each work space but need not be. For example, a particular word document may be associated with only one work space (e.g., work space A 205) or it may be associated with multiple work spaces (e.g., work space A 205 and work space B 225, etc.).
In general, each work space has a set of users or collaborators associated with it. For example, work space A 205 is associated with multiple users or collaborators 206. In some instances, work spaces deployed in an enterprise may be department specific. For example, work space B may be associated with department 210 and some users shown as example user A 208 and workspace N 245 may be associated with departments 212 and 216 and users shown as example user B 214.
Each user associated with a work space may generally access the work items associated with the work space. The level of access may depend on permissions associated with the specific work space, and/or with a specific work item. Permissions may be set for the work space or set individually on a per work item basis. For example, the creator of a work space (e.g., one of user A 208 who creates work space B) may set one permission setting applicable to all work items 235 for other associated users and/or users associated with the affiliate department 210, for example. Creator user A 208 may also set different permission settings for each work item, which may be the same for different users, or varying for different users.
In each work space A, B, N, when an action is performed on a work item by a given user or any other activity is detected in the work space, other users in the same work space may be notified (e.g., in real time or in near real time, or not in real time). Activities which trigger real time notifications can include, by way of example but not limitation, adding, deleting, or modifying collaborators in the work space, uploading, downloading, adding, deleting a work item in the work space, and creating a discussion topic in the work space.
In some embodiments, items or content (content items) downloaded or edited in accordance with the techniques described in the present disclosure can cause notifications to be generated. Such notifications can be sent to relevant users to notify them of actions surrounding a download, an edit, a change, a modification, a new file, a conflicting version, an upload of an edited or modified file. Additionally, as discussed above, actions performed on the content items can be maintained by an ALF system.
In one embodiment, in a user interface of the web-based collaboration platform where notifications are presented, users can, via the user interface, create action items (e.g., tasks) and delegate the action items to other users including collaborators pertaining to a work item 215, for example. The collaborators 206 may be in the same workspace A 205 or the user may include a newly invited collaborator. Similarly, in the same user interface where discussion topics can be created in a work space (e.g., work space A, B or N, etc.), actionable events on work items can be created and/or delegated/assigned to other users such as collaborators of a given work space 206 or other users. Through the same user interface, task status and updates from multiple users or collaborators can be indicated and reflected. In some instances, the users can perform the tasks (e.g., review or approve or reject, etc.) via the same user interface.
Each of users 316, 318, and 320 may individually use multiple different devices to access and/or manipulate work items 324 (e.g., content items) in the work space 302 with which they are associated with. For example, users 316, 318, 320 may be collaborators on a project to which work items 324 are relevant. Since the work items 324 are hosted by the collaboration environment (e.g., a cloud-based environment), each user may access the work items 324 anytime, and from any physical location using any device (e.g., including devices they own or any shared/public/loaner device).
Work items to be edited or viewed may be accessed from the workspace 302 in accordance with the platform and/or application independent mechanisms. Users may also be notified of access, edit, modification, and/or upload related-actions performed on work items 324 by other users or any other types of activities detected in the work space 302. For example, if user 316 modifies a document, one or both of the other collaborators 318 and 320 can be notified of the modification in real time, or near real-time, or not in real time. The notifications can be sent through any of all of the devices associated with a given user, in various formats including, one or more of, email, SMS, or via a pop-up window in a user interface in which the user uses to access the collaboration platform. In the event of multiple notifications, each notification may be depicted preferentially (e.g., ordering in the user interface) based on user preferences and/or relevance to the user (e.g., implicit or explicit).
For example, a notification of a download, access, read, write, edit, or upload related activities may be presented in a feed stream among other notifications through a user interface on the user device according to relevancy to the user determined based on current or recent activity of the user in the web-based collaboration environment.
In one embodiment, a notification feed stream includes updates when an invited user accepts an invitation and/or successfully creates a new account through receipt of an invitation from an existing user. The invited user, upon creation of the new account, receives the account having enhanced features. The new user can automatically be connected to the existing user who sent the invitation. The system can also automatically prompt both users to query who they wish to be collaborators in a common work space.
Work items hosted by a collaboration environment (e.g., a cloud-based collaboration environment) can be accessed by users (e.g., users 316, 318, and 320) via multiple different devices (e.g., devices 304-314) for viewing, editing, processing or performing other manipulations on work items. The devices can include applications for accessing a server hosting a cloud-based platform or service or other back-end web services (hereinafter “cloud-based collaboration platform application”) and applications for viewing, editing, processing, or performing other manipulations on work items. The communication between such applications are generally facilitated by a communication mechanism of the OS. For example, in Android OS, the communication mechanism is based on “Intents”. As previously described, the underlying communication mechanism is generally insecure, and any data passed between applications is visible to all other applications on a device.
In one embodiment, the cloud-based collaboration platform 405 can include the host server 100 and/or the notification server 150 of
Additionally, in some embodiments, an administrator system 410 can be configured to bypass the front-end systems in order to directly submit a job, determine the status of a job, kill a job, etc. via a web interface or application program interface built into the event-based automation engine 430. In some embodiments, clients, users and/or administrators can access the metadata service engine 450 in order to select, configure, and/or generate templates or provide input for metadata searching.
In one embodiment, the front-end system(s) 420 can include various web applications and/or web servers. Additionally, in some embodiments, the front-end system(s) 420 can provide ALF events to the event-based automation engine 430. As discussed in greater detail with reference to
In one embodiment, the rules-based engine can be configured to generate and manage user-defined (or specified) metadata rules and apply the metadata rules to metadata events generated by the metadata service engine 450. As described in greater detail with reference to
Additional or fewer components/modules/engines can be included in the metadata service engine 500 and/or in each illustrated component/module/engine. Further, although illustrated as included as part of the metadata service engine 500, the components/modules/engines and/or the template databases 525 can be physically and/or functionally distributed.
One embodiment of the metadata service engine 500 includes the administrator/user interface 515. The administrator/user interface 515 can comprise any interface configured to facilitate receiving and processing of templating inputs for selection, configuration, and/or generation of metadata templates. For example, the administrator/user interface 515 can include a network interface having a networking module that enables the metadata service engine 500 to mediate data in a network with an entity that is external to the metadata service engine 500, through any known and/or convenient communications protocol supported by the host and the external entity. The network interface can include one or more of a network adaptor card, a wireless network interface card (e.g., SMS interface, WiFi interface, interfaces for various generations of mobile communication standards including but not limited to 1G, 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, LTE, etc.), Bluetooth, a router, an access point, a wireless router, a switch, a multilayer switch, a protocol converter, a gateway, a bridge, a bridge router, a hub, a digital media receiver, and/or a repeater.
Additionally, the administrator/user interface 515 can comprise any interface configured to facilitate receiving of metadata search input. As discussed below, the administrator/user interface 515 interacts with the metadata search engine 560 to provide users and/or administrators the ability to search by metadata.
One embodiment of the metadata service engine 500 includes the templating engine 520. The templating engine 520 can include customizable and/or pre-build metadata templates which can be used to automatically apply a metadata framework (e.g., particular fields) to files (or work items) based on, for example, the upload or placement of a particular file in a particular folder, selection of those files by a user or administrator, and/or in other manners discussed herein or known in the art. As discussed above, the templating engine 520 includes a template selection engine 522, template generation engine 524, and a template configuration engine 526. The template selection engine 522 is configured to select one or more pre-configured templates for application of those templates to work items in the cloud-based collaborative environment. The template generation engine 524 and a template configuration engine 526 are configured to generate and configure metadata templates responsive to the templating input. One or more template database(s) 525 persistently stores the templates in the cloud-based collaborative environment.
One embodiment of the metadata service engine 500 includes the metadata event generation engine 530, the metadata chance detection engine 540, and the metadata monitoring engine 550. The metadata monitoring engine 550 monitors actions, events, jobs, job requests, etc. to identify changes to metadata occurring to work items within the collaborative cloud-based environment. The metadata change detection engine 540 detects these changes to the metadata and the metadata event generation engine 530 responsively generates the metadata events.
One embodiment of the metadata service engine 500 includes the metadata search engine 560. The metadata search engine 560 is configured to facilitate searching of the metadata in the collaborative cloud-based environment. In some embodiments, the metadata search engine 560 can index the metadata. For example, the metadata search engine 560 collects, parses, and stores data to facilitate fast and accurate metadata information retrieval.
One embodiment of the metadata service engine 500 includes the metadata rules interface 570. The metadata rules interface 570 is configured to interact with the rules engine to, for example, automatically provide rules to be generated based on configurations/customizations of metadata templates.
The rule manager 620 can include any system and/or service that is configured to receive incoming ALF events and/or metadata events and apply rules (or metadata rules) to the events to automatically generate corresponding job requests and send the job requests to the jobs manager 640. The administrator interface 610 allows administrative users to generate (or set) rules or metadata rules which are then stored, by the rule manager 620, in the rules database 625. An example rules manager is discussed in greater detail with reference to
The jobs manager 640 can, among other functions, receive job requests from the rule manager, generate jobs corresponding to job requests, determine relevant queues for jobs, route jobs to relevant queues for performance by workers, and track and/or otherwise monitor the status of each of the jobs. In addition to supporting content workflow, the job manager is also intended to be a general-purpose job system that can provide asynchronous job execution for other services. An example jobs manager is discussed in greater detail with reference to
The rule manager 700 can include an administrator interface 705, a rule generation/definition engine 710, an action/event interface 715, a metadata event interface 716, a parsing engine 720, a rule matching/section engine 730, and a job request generation engine 740. The parsing engine 720 can include an event type parser 622, an enterprise identifier (ID) parser 624, and a metadata identification module 726. As shown in the example of
Additional or fewer components/modules/engines can be included in the rule manager 700 and/or in each illustrated component/module/engine. Further, although illustrated as included as part of the rule manager 700, the components/modules/engines and/or the rules database 750 and/or the metadata rules database 755 can be physically and/or functionally distributed.
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the administrator interface 705. The administrator interface 705 can comprise any interface configured to facilitate setting and/or generation of the user-defined rules by an administer. For example, the administrator interface 705 can include a network interface having a networking module that enables the rule manager 700 to mediate data in a network with an entity that is external to the rule manager 700, through any known and/or convenient communications protocol supported by the host and the external entity. The network interface can include one or more of a network adaptor card, a wireless network interface card (e.g., SMS interface, WiFi interface, interfaces for various generations of mobile communication standards including but not limited to 1G, 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, LTE, etc.), Bluetooth, a router, an access point, a wireless router, a switch, a multilayer switch, a protocol converter, a gateway, a bridge, a bridge router, a hub, a digital media receiver, and/or a repeater.
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the rule generation/definition engine 710. The rule generation/definition engine 710 facilitates rule generation/definition by users or administrators. For example, users can define rules in a rule descriptive language (RDL) that can be automatically triggered and executed by the rule manager. The users or administrators can also define metadata rules in a similar matter. Alternatively or additionally, metadata rules can be automatically generated and input into the system based on user-generated or pre-existing metadata templates defined by the metadata service engine 500.
Each rule can include one or more conditions that can be determined by the user and/or automatically by the system. Each condition is associated with a job. In operation, when a condition is evaluated to be true, the associated job is triggered and/or otherwise generated. Metadata rules can be defined in a similar fashion. Alternatively or additionally, metadata rules can be defined based on keys of key value pairs. In some embodiments, threshold or defined values for the metadata key-value pairs can be set that trigger the rule. For example, if the metadata template defines a contract, then one metadata attribute may be the value of the contract. A rule can be set that triggered a particular action or job in the event that the value of the contract exceeds a particular preset value. For instance, one or more notifications may be sent to particular individuals for review. Similarly, a metadata attribute of a contract template could include a status attribute that causes a particular action or job to be performed when the value of the key-value pair change from ‘PENDING’ to ‘APPROVED’. In this manner, metadata or changes to metadata can trigger job requests (e.g., events or actions).
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the action/event interface 715. The action/event interface 715 can receive events including ALF events. For example, the action/event interface 715 can receive events from an action log dispatcher (ALD) (also referred to as a dispatcher or an event manager dispatcher herein). In one embodiment, the ALD accumulates and distributes actions taken and logged by collaborators in the collaboration environment. The distributed events can be, for example, ALF events that indicate the user actions taken on content items in the web applications. The ALD can accumulate and distribute and/or otherwise provide sets of ALF events (e.g., multiple events) to the rule manager simultaneously. For example, in one embodiment, the ALF events can be distributed via an action such as, for example, action log 605 of
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the metadata event interface 716. The metadata event interface 716 can receive metadata events. For example, the metadata event interface 716 can receive metadata events from a metadata service engine such as, for example, metadata service engine 500 of
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the parsing engine 720. The parsing engine 720 parses each of the events to identify event criteria associated with the event such as, for example, an action type and/or an enterprise identifier (ID). The parsing engine 720 can also parse and/or otherwise process the metadata events and identify the relevant information such as, for example, the associated key-value pair.
The example rule manger 700 of
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the rule matching/selection engine 730. The rule matching/selection engine 730 is configured to access pre-defined rules from the rules database 750, and scan the pre-defined rules to select pre-defined rules that match particular event criteria. For example, the rule manger 700 can utilize filters (or criteria) to select or match ALF events with rules. Example filters include, but are not limited to, enterprise_id, all_enterprises, all_users, and event type. Additionally, the rule matching/selection engine 730 can parse the metadata rules to select pre-defined rules that match a particular key and/or value of a key value pair associated with a particular metadata event.
In one embodiment, the rule matching/selection engine 730 includes a rule parser 732, a metadata rules parser 734, and a classification module 736. The rule parser 732 is configured to parse the rules to identify one or more conditions associated with the rule and the corresponding job descriptions (also referred to herein as job templates) that are triggered if the condition occurs. The job descriptions are embedded in the rules and define the job to be performed. For example, each job indicates a process or type of work that is to be performed by one of the workers (e.g., distributed processing machines).
The metadata rule parser 734 is configured to parse the metadata rules to identify one or more keys and or values that match the key-value pair associated with the metadata event. For example, the metadata rule parser 734 can determine a pre-defined metadata rule that matches the key of the key-value pair.
One embodiment of the rule manager 700 includes the job request generation engine 740. The job request generation engine 740 is configured to generate one or more job requests for each rule. For example, in one embodiment, the job request generation engine 740 generates a job request based on each job description (or job template) corresponding to each rule condition. As discussed above, the jobs indicate work to be performed by workers (e.g., workers 650 of
The job manager 800 can include an administrator interface 805, a jobs interface 810, a leader election engine 815, an error detection engine 820, a status engine 825, a retry engine 830, a replication engine 840, a job scheduler 850, and various queues 860. As shown in the example of
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the administrator interface 805. The administrator interface 805 can comprise any interface (e.g., a web interface) configured to facilitate direct administrator access for job submission, job status, or killing of jobs. In one embodiment, the administrator interface 805 can include a network interface having a networking module that enables the jobs manager 800 to mediate data in a network with an entity that is external to the jobs manager 800, through any known and/or convenient communications protocol supported by the host and the external entity. The network interface can include one or more of a network adaptor card, a wireless network interface card (e.g., SMS interface, WiFi interface, interfaces for various generations of mobile communication standards including but not limited to 1G, 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, LTE, etc.), Bluetooth, a router, an access point, a wireless router, a switch, a multilayer switch, a protocol converter, a gateway, a bridge, a bridge router, a hub, a digital media receiver, and/or a repeater.
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the jobs interface 810. The jobs interface 810 can receive jobs including batched jobs. As discussed above, the jobs indicate work to be performed by workers (e.g., workers 650 of
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the jobs interface leader election engine 815. As described herein, multiple instances of the job manager can be utilized in a distributed environment to prevent data loss and facilitate scalability. The leader election engine 815 can be used to guarantee that only one instance of the job manager 800 is performing operations so that the operations are not duplicated. For example, in one embodiment, the leader election engine 815 is utilized to ensure that only one service in each cluster is retrying and/or replicating jobs.
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the error detection engine 820. For example, the error detection engine 820 can provide infinite loop detection. That is, in some cases, users/admins can generate rules that create an infinite loop such as, for example:
Rule 1: Condition/Job
Rule 2: Condition/Job
In one embodiment, the error detection engine 820 prevents such scenarios by injecting a unique token into the worker initiated API requests. The token flows through the API and web app and back into the ALF stream with the associated event. The rule manager can then pass the token along to the job manager where the job manager prevents jobs from being queued if the token had been seen too many times. Otherwise, the token would be added to the new job and the workers would need to reuse the token when executing the job.
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the status engine 825. The status engine 825 can track and/or otherwise monitor the status of jobs submitted to the queues. The status engine 825 ensures that jobs are executed. In one embodiment, jobs and status updates (started, completed, failed) are persisted in a local database (e.g., the local HBase cluster). The status engine 825 also responds to status queries received at the administrator interface (or web interface).
In one embodiment, status or progress cache is maintained by the job manager. The status or progress cache can provide status and/or progress updates (i.e., 10%, 20%, etc.) of jobs completed to interested clients (administrators). Additionally, as discussed above, the job manager supports an API or administer interface for receiving these updates from the workers and then providing the details to clients via a job status query response. In one embodiment, because of the temporary nature of the updates, rather than storing the updates in HBase, the job manager will store them in memcache.
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the replication engine 840. The replication engine 840 can save or store the jobs to first and second databases 842 and 844. Each database can comprise an HBase at geographically remote data centers. As described in more detail below, once the job is stored in multiple data centers, the job manager 800 can then respond to the rule manager (e.g., acknowledge the reception of the jobs).
One embodiment of the jobs manager 800 includes the job scheduler 850. The job scheduler 850 can generate jobs based on the job requests and determine the appropriate queues 860 for the jobs and distributes the jobs to the appropriate queues. In one embodiment, the appropriate queues 860 are selected based on the type of job. That is, particular queues can be designed for and serviced by workers that are specifically configured to perform those jobs. By way of example and not limitation, the system can designate dedicated queues for the following jobs: preview jobs, video conversion jobs, text extraction jobs, virus scan jobs, thumbnail creation jobs, data loss prevention (DLP) jobs, etc. Alternatively or additionally, one or more general purpose queues could be utilized by one or more general purpose workers (i.e., workers configured to perform a variety of different types of jobs).
To begin, in process 910, the metadata service engine monitors changes in metadata. For example, the metadata service engine can monitor job requests, changed work items, events, actions, etc. in order to identify changes or potential changes to metadata within the collaborative cloud-based environment. In process 912, the metadata service engine determines if a change in the metadata is detected. The change in the metadata can be, for example a change in a metadata key-value pair.
If a change is detected in process 912, the metadata service engine optionally, in process 914, determines if the metadata is associated with a predetermined metadata template. For example, in some instances, the metadata service engine only monitors a subset of the metadata (e.g., metadata for which rules have been established and/or metadata associated with a defined metadata template). In process 916, the metadata service engine generates the metadata event. In some embodiments, the metadata event can be optionally generated based on whether the metadata or changed metadata is associated with a defined metadata template.
To begin, in process 1010, the rule manager receives a metadata event and, in process 1012, processes the metadata event to identify or capture an associated key-value pair. As discussed above, the metadata event can be an event that is initiated by a metadata service engine responsive to monitoring changes in metadata in content items in the collaborative cloud-based environment.
In process 1014, the rule manager scans the metadata rules based on the metadata key and, at decision process 1016, determines if the metadata key matches a metadata rule. In one embodiment, the rule manger can also scan the metadata rules for other conditions or values that are compared to the value of the key-value to make a determination about whether a metadata rule is triggered or if a metadata event matches a rule.
In process 1018, the rule manager selects a metadata rule that matches the metadata event, if one exists. Next, in process 1020, the rule manager identifies a job description associated with the selected metadata rule. For example, the job description can indicate the type of job that is to be performed when the rule is triggered. Lastly, in process 1022, the rule manager generates a new job request based on the job description. As discussed herein, the rule manager distributes the batched jobs to the jobs manager. In some embodiments, load balancers may be used to distribute events to multiple instances of the rule manager and jobs to multiple instances of the job manager, respectively. Additionally, the instances referred to herein are referring to additional distributed hardware resources.
To begin, in process 1110, the rule manager receives an event and, in process 1112, parses the event to identify event criteria. As discussed above, the event can be an ALF event that is initiated by a web application (e.g., front-end system) responsive to an action taken on a content item in the collaborative cloud-based environment.
In process 1112, the rule manager parses the event to identify event criteria. For example, the event criteria can include an action type (i.e., type of action performed that triggered the event, e.g., upload) or an enterprise identifier.
In process 1114, the rule manager scans the rules based on the event criteria and, at decision process 1116, determines if the event matches a rule. In one embodiment, the rule manger can also scan the rules for conditions that are compared to the event criteria to determine if an event matches a rule. In process 1118, the rule manager selects a rule that matches the event criteria, if one exists. Next, in process 1120, the rule manger identifies a job description associated with the selected rule. For example, the job description can indicate the type of job that is to be performed.
In process 1122, the rule manager generates a new job request based on the job description and, in process 1124, waits for additional new jobs to be generated to batch multiple job requests. Lastly, in process 1126, the rule manager distributes the batched jobs to the jobs manager. As discussed below with reference to
To begin, in process 1210, the rule manager receives information from an administer for defining a new rule. In one embodiment, the information includes a user defined condition and a corresponding job definition. For example, the condition “on file upload into folder A” can be received from the administrator with a corresponding job “move the file into folder B.” As discussed above, the user-defined (or pre-defined) rules can be applied to incoming events (e.g., ALF events) to automatically generate jobs to be performed by workers in a computing platform.
In one embodiment, the rule manager can extract various additional conditions and/or job descriptions based on, for example, the type of condition. This is referred to herein as a complex rule. For example, if the condition “on file upload” is received with the job description “scan file,” then the system can extract various jobs to perform in sequence: extract text, scan file for keyword, and quarantine file if keyword found.
In process 1212, the rule manager generates the rule by associating condition(s) with the corresponding job description(s) and, lastly, in process 1214, the rule is stored in a rule database.
To begin, in process 1310, the rule manager receives information from an administrator for defining a new metadata rule. In one embodiment, the information identifies an associated template and/or a key value for metadata. Additionally, the information can also include a threshold value for the key that causes the rule to be triggered. For example, if the metadata template defines a contract, then one metadata attribute or key may be the value of the contract. A rule can be set that triggered a particular action or job in the event that the value of the contract exceeds a particular preset value. For instance, one or more notifications may be sent to particular individuals for review. Similarly, a metadata attribute of a contract template could include a status attribute that causes a particular action or job to be performed when the value of the key-value pair change from ‘PENDING’ to ‘APPROVED’. In this manner, metadata or changes to metadata can trigger job requests (e.g., events or actions).
In process 1312, the rule manager generates the metadata rule by associating the metadata key with additional information (e.g., template and/or threshold value) and with one or more corresponding job description(s) and, lastly, in process 1314, the metadata rule is stored in a rule database.
To begin, in process 1410, the jobs manager receives a job initiated by the rule manager and, in process 1412, stores the job persistently in one or more data centers. In one embodiment, the jobs manager stores the job in multiple remote data centers at least one of which is geographically remote.
In process 1413, the jobs manager generates jobs responsive to the job requests and, in process 1414, the jobs manager determines an appropriate queue for the job. In one embodiment, the appropriate queues are selected based on the type of job. That is, particular queues can be designed for and serviced by workers that are specifically configured to perform those jobs. By way of example and not limitation, the system can designate dedicated queues for the following jobs: preview jobs, video conversion jobs, text extraction jobs, virus scan jobs, thumbnail creation jobs, data loss prevention (DLP) jobs, etc. Alternatively or additionally, one or more general purpose queues could be utilized by one or more general purpose workers (i.e., workers configured to perform a variety of different types of jobs).
In process 1416, the jobs manager distributes the job to the appropriate queue and, lastly, in process 1418, the jobs manager maintains the current status of the job. As described in more detail with reference to
The rule manager is responsible for translating events it receives from the Action Log Dispatcher (ALD) (or Event Manager Dispatcher) into job requests depending on a set of customer specified rules. For example, if a file is uploaded to a certain folder, a task could be automatically created and assigned to a user for that file. More specifically, the rule manager generates jobs for content workflow based on the ALF stream. Importantly, incoming events are not acknowledged until jobs are persisted to Hbase and, thus, the rule matching and job generation step has low latency. In addition, the rules are user-defined and, thus, any number of rules can be defined. The rule manager can scale (i.e., with additional instances) with the increasing number of rules.
In one embodiment, events are distributed from an ALF system via the ALD service. The ALD can send a request containing a set of events to the rule manager. Each event can be described as an action log. Thus, for each action log, the rule manager can parse out the action_type and enterprise_id and then scan for rules matching the action_type and enterprise_id against its local cache.
In one embodiment, the rules are defined using a Rule Description Language (RDL) which can be parsed by the rule manager to extract the filters and job template. For example, rules can have an optional set of simple conditional filters such as, for example, “=” by which to filter out jobs to avoid the need to send no-op jobs to the job manager. The filters work by comparing data extracted from the action log against predefined static values. For job creation, rules can include a template job description that the rule manager can populate using data from the action log. The filled out template is essentially a serialized job body.
Once the events in the current request from the ALD are evaluated, the rule manager can forward the generated jobs to the job manager. The rule manager will receive an acknowledgement from the job manager and send an acknowledgement back to the ALD. If no jobs are created from a request from the ALD, then the rule manager will simply acknowledge the request immediately.
The job manager is a component of content workflow that receives job requests from the rule manager. In addition to supporting content workflow, the job manager is also intended to be a general-purpose job system that can provide asynchronous job execution for other services. The job manager is generally responsible for creating new jobs and monitoring the status of jobs. The job manager essentially ensures that a job will be executed. As discussed above, new jobs and status updates (e.g., started, completed, failed) can be persisted to the local HBase cluster.
In one embodiment, when the job manager receives a new job request, it first persistently stores the job to HBase. Once the job has been saved to HBase, the job manager will acknowledge the job request and thereby guarantee the execution of the job. After the job manager has acknowledged the job request, the job manager will then queue the job in RabbitMQ for execution. Workers actively pick up jobs off the queue and execute these jobs.
In one embodiment, prior to queuing the job, the job manager can inject callbacks into the job description to be notified by a worker before it begins executing a job, after it finishes executing a job, and/or if an error occurs during execution. To handle temporary errors, the job manager uses an actor to periodically re-queue jobs that have not been started or completed after a configurable amount of time. The job manager also has an actor that is dedicated to replicating to the remote HBase cluster on a configurable interval.
As illustrated in the example of
In one embodiment, each request to the rule manager can contain a batch of requests. The jobs (job requests) sent from the rule manager to the job manager can also be batched. In some embodiments, a single request from the rule manager will contain all the jobs that should be generated for a request from the action log dispatcher (ALD). A single event from the dispatcher and, thus, spawn a group of jobs (e.g., FILE UPLOAD) could trigger virus scanning and text extraction jobs. The job manager responds to a request by indicating, for each group of jobs, whether the entire group of jobs is guaranteed to be run. When an incoming job request is written to HBase, it is at that point “guaranteed” by the job manager. This guarantee will be reflected in the response. Additionally, the web interface scales horizontally by deploying additional servers with the job manager service.
In one embodiment, rule updates are performed through the rule manager web application. For example, the web application can perform CRUD operations on rules using the DB Model framework. For the rule manager to keep its internal cache (or database) of rules in sync with the web application rule changes, the web application can insert an event into the ALF stream for every change to the rules. The rule manager processes all ALF events at least once, and thus, the rule manager identifies the rule update event and can responsively update the version in Zookeeper to notify all subscribing rule manager instances to update their local caches (rule databases).
In one embodiment, the rule manager utilizes RDL to describe rules. The RDL includes syntax for facilitating translation of an action to a job. In one embodiment, each rule has a rule description defined using RDL. The following snippet illustrates the basic structure of an RDL rule:
In one embodiment, rules are stored in a MySQL database. However, an additional index table can allow the rule manager to quickly filter rules by enterprise id and action type. An example Rules Search Index Table Schema and the associated Rules Table Schema follow.
Rules Search Index Table Schema:
And an Example Rules Table Schema:
To prevent conflicts of fields used to filter rules aside from action_type_id, only one field from the set of these “filter fields” (enterprise_id, allEnterprises, allUsers) is used. Examples of valid values for the “filter fields” include, but are not limited to:
Rule applies to all enterprise actions:
Rule applies to actions from enterprise 32:
Rule applies to all_users (free+enterprise):
In one embodiment, the rule manager also supports a ruleset. For example, rules that form part of a logical workflow can be grouped together into a ruleset. In this case, a ruleset id is included with the Rules Template Table Schema. Users can interact with this feature from the UI.
In one embodiment, rules are cached in-memory of the rule manager instance. As discussed above, these local caches of all rule manager instances are synchronized via versioning in Zookeeper.
In one embodiment, the rule manager supports the following basic analysis of rules:
The service can also be set up with a secondary index that will allow aggregation counts of the kinds of rules or jobs present in the system.
In one embodiment, the rule manager supports templating. Templating includes the process of allowing the rule manager to populate fields from the action log into a given field or position in the job template. The fields can reference any field in the API event object.
In one embodiment, the rule manager supports versioning. Versioning allows the rule manager to check the action log version and the RDL version to determine if an incoming action log data can be successfully applied. For user-defined filters, only fields in the official Events API can be referenced. The rule manager is responsible for ensuring fields in the Events API are correctly extracted from action log data. This means that the rule manager is responsible for maintaining backwards compatibility.
In one embodiment, the rule manager supports permission control. That is, requests to the rule manager must be authenticated.
In alternative embodiments, the machine operates as a standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networked deployment, the machine may operate in the capacity of a server or a client machine in a client-server network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment.
The machine may be a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), a user device, a tablet PC, a laptop computer, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, an iPhone, an iPad, a Blackberry, a processor, a telephone, a web appliance, a network router, a switch or bridge, a console, a hand-held console, a (hand-held) gaming device, a music player, any portable, mobile, hand-held device, or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine.
While the machine-readable medium or machine-readable storage medium is shown in an exemplary embodiment to be a single medium, the term “machine-readable medium” and “machine-readable storage medium” should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets of instructions. The term “machine-readable medium” and “machine-readable storage medium” shall also be taken to include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying a set of instructions for execution by the machine and that cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the presently disclosed technique and innovation.
In general, the routines executed to implement the embodiments of the disclosure, may be implemented as part of an operating system or a specific application, component, program, object, module or sequence of instructions referred to as “computer programs.” The computer programs typically comprise one or more instructions set at various times in various memory and storage devices in a computer, and that, when read and executed by one or more processing units or processors in a computer, cause the computer to perform operations to execute elements involving the various aspects of the disclosure.
Moreover, while embodiments have been described in the context of fully functioning computers and computer systems, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various embodiments are capable of being distributed as a program product in a variety of forms, and that the disclosure applies equally regardless of the particular type of machine or computer-readable media used to actually effect the distribution.
Further examples of machine-readable storage media, machine-readable media, or computer-readable (storage) media include, but are not limited to, recordable type media such as volatile and non-volatile memory devices, floppy and other removable disks, hard disks, optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk Read-Only Memory (CD ROMS), Digital Versatile Disks, (DVDs), etc.), among others, and transmission type media such as digital and analog communication links.
The network interface device enables the machine 1600 to mediate data in a network with an entity that is external to the host server, through any known and/or convenient communications protocol supported by the host and the external entity. The network interface device can include one or more of a network adaptor card, a wireless network interface card, a router, an access point, a wireless router, a switch, a multilayer switch, a protocol converter, a gateway, a bridge, a bridge router, a hub, a digital media receiver, and/or a repeater.
The network interface device can include a firewall which can, in some embodiments, govern and/or manage permission to access/proxy data in a computer network, and track varying levels of trust between different machines and/or applications. The firewall can be any number of modules having any combination of hardware and/or software components able to enforce a predetermined set of access rights between a particular set of machines and applications, machines and machines, and/or applications and applications, for example, to regulate the flow of traffic and resource sharing between these varying entities. The firewall may additionally manage and/or have access to an access control list which details permissions including, for example, the access and operation rights of an object by an individual, a machine, and/or an application, and the circumstances under which the permission rights stand.
Other network security functions can be performed or included in the functions of the firewall, can be, for example, but are not limited to, intrusion-prevention, intrusion detection, next-generation firewall, personal firewall, etc. without deviating from the novel art of this disclosure.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and the claims, the words “comprise,” “comprising,” and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense, as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; that is to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.” As used herein, the terms “connected,” “coupled,” or any variant thereof, means any connection or coupling, either direct or indirect, between two or more elements; the coupling of connection between the elements can be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below,” and words of similar import, when used in this application, shall refer to this application as a whole and not to any particular portions of this application. Where the context permits, words in the above Detailed Description using the singular or plural number may also include the plural or singular number respectively. The word “or,” in reference to a list of two or more items, covers all of the following interpretations of the word: any of the items in the list, all of the items in the list, and any combination of the items in the list.
As used herein, a “module,” “a manager,” a “handler,” a “detector,” an “interface,” or an “engine” includes a general purpose, dedicated or shared processor and, typically, firmware or software modules that are executed by the processor. Depending upon implementation-specific or other considerations, the module, manager, handler, or engine can be centralized or its functionality distributed. The module, manager, handler, or engine can include general or special purpose hardware, firmware, or software embodied in a computer-readable (storage) medium for execution by the processor. As used herein, a computer-readable medium or computer-readable storage medium is intended to include all mediums that are statutory (e.g., in the United States, under 35 U.S.C. § 101), and to specifically exclude all mediums that are non-statutory in nature to the extent that the exclusion is necessary for a claim that includes the computer-readable (storage) medium to be valid. Known statutory computer-readable mediums include hardware (e.g., registers, random access memory (RAM), non-volatile (NV) storage, to name a few), but may or may not be limited to hardware.
The above detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the teachings to the precise form disclosed above. While specific embodiments of, and examples for, the disclosure are described above for illustrative purposes, various equivalent modifications are possible within the scope of the disclosure, as those skilled in the relevant art will recognize. For example, while processes or blocks are presented in a given order, alternative embodiments may perform routines having steps, or employ systems having blocks, in a different order, and some processes or blocks may be deleted, moved, added, subdivided, combined, and/or modified to provide alternative or subcombinations. Each of these processes or blocks may be implemented in a variety of different ways. Also, while processes or blocks are at times shown as being performed in series, these processes or blocks may instead be performed in parallel, or may be performed at different times. Further, any specific numbers noted herein are only examples: alternative implementations may employ differing values or ranges.
The teachings of the disclosure provided herein can be applied to other systems, not necessarily the system described above. The elements and acts of the various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments.
Any patents and applications and other references noted above, including any that may be listed in accompanying filing papers, are incorporated herein by reference. Aspects of the disclosure can be modified, if necessary, to employ the systems, functions, and concepts of the various references described above to provide yet further embodiments of the disclosure.
These and other changes can be made to the disclosure in light of the above Detailed Description. While the above description describes certain embodiments of the disclosure, and describes the best mode contemplated, no matter how detailed the above appears in text, the teachings can be practiced in many ways. Details of the system may vary considerably in its implementation details, while still being encompassed by the subject matter disclosed herein. As noted above, particular terminology used when describing certain features or aspects of the disclosure should not be taken to imply that the terminology is being redefined herein to be restricted to any specific characteristics, features, or aspects of the disclosure with which that terminology is associated. In general, the terms used in the following claims should not be construed to limit the disclosure to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification, unless the above Detailed Description section explicitly defines such terms. Accordingly, the actual scope of the disclosure encompasses not only the disclosed embodiments, but also all equivalent ways of practicing or implementing the disclosure under the claims.
While certain aspects of the disclosure are presented below in certain claim forms, the inventors contemplate the various aspects of the disclosure in any number of claim forms. For example, while only one aspect of the disclosure is recited as a means-plus-function claim under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶6, other aspects may likewise be embodied as a means-plus-function claim, or in other forms, such as being embodied in a computer-readable medium. (Any claims intended to be treated under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶6 will begin with the words “means for”.) Accordingly, the applicant reserves the right to add additional claims after filing the application to pursue such additional claim forms for other aspects of the disclosure.
This present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/496,204, filed on Oct. 7, 2021, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/883,645, filed on May 26, 2020, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 11,146,600, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/679,532, filed on Aug. 17, 2017, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 10,708,321, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/474,008, filed on Aug. 29, 2014, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 9,894,119, titled “CONFIGURABLE METADATA-BASED AUTOMATION AND CONTENT CLASSIFICATION ARCHITECTURE FOR CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION PLATFORMS,” which is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/056,899 titled “CONFIGURABLE EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE FOR CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION PLATFORMS,” filed on Sep. 13, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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