Deploying data processing service plug-ins into a cloud-based collaboration platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11379686-B2
Application number	US-201816154661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2018
Priority date	Oct 9, 2017
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods for deploying data processing services to operate with a cloud-based collaboration platform. Deployment of a data processing service commences upon receiving a description of a function to perform on content of the cloud-based collaboration platform. The description comprises characteristics of the function as well as characteristics of given input and characteristics of desired output. A data processing service is formed (e.g., compiled) into a collection of executable instructions that communicate with an integration layer of the cloud-based collaboration platform. The data processing service is configured to receive event data indicative of an event pertaining to a content item stored in the cloud-based collaboration platform, and to then process the event data to determine at least one aspect of the input and at least one aspect of the output. The portion of the executable instructions comprising the function are executed on the content item to produce desired output.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for deploying a data processing service, the method comprising:
receiving a first description of a first data processing service and a second description of a second data processing service to be performed on at least one content item stored in a collaboration platform; and
generating a collection of executable instructions for chaining first performance of the first data processing service and second performance of the second data processing service, wherein execution of the collection of executable instructions causes a system at least to:
configure at least a first portion of the collection of executable instructions to allow multiple clients to collaborate on the at least one content item;
configure at least a second portion of the collection of executable instructions to execute upon invocation of the first data processing service from an integration layer of the collaboration platform based at least in part upon the first description, wherein
the second portion of the collection of executable instructions causes performance of the first data processing service on the at least one content item, and
generates, by the collaboration platform, event data for an event pertaining to the at least one content item;

process the event data to determine at least a first output of the first performance of the first data processing service, wherein the first output comprises a predicted workload corresponding to a type or content of the at least one content item;
start an execution entity corresponding to the predicted workload; and
trigger, by the execution entity, invocation of the second data processing service to be performed on the at least one content item at least by invoking, at a service provider and in response to the first performance of the first data processing service by a first plug-in in the collaboration platform, execution of the second data processing service that processes specific data of the at least one content item, based at least in part upon the second description, wherein the specific data of the at least one content item corresponds to the predicted workload corresponding to the at least one content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising additional executable instructions to receive a payload from the collaboration platform, the payload including information to facilitate performing the first or the second data processing service on the at least one content item, wherein the first or the second data processing service comprises at least one of an object identification operation, an object detection operation, a face recognition operation, a textual information recognition operation, a speech recognition or transcription operation, or any combination thereof, and the payload includes at least one of event information, file information, collaboration information, or access credentials of at least one of the multiple clients.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first plug-in in the collaboration platform communicates an instruction to a second plug-in in the collaboration platform, and the first and the second plug-ins respectively communicate to the first and the second data processing services that are located external to the collaboration platform.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the invocation of the first data processing service is triggered by the integration layer in response to a user interaction with a browser or a webhook message.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a webhook is configured within the integration layer to transmit a notification to an execution entity in response to detecting an uploaded content item that is uploaded from a different execution entity to the cloud based collaboration platform, and the webhook message comprises an access token associated with the uploaded content item to permit access to the uploaded content item by the different execution entity.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein interfaces operatively coupled to the first and the second data processing services comprise the first plug-in and a second plug-in implemented into the integration layer, rather than into one or more browsers, and the interfaces respectively communicating with the first and the second data processing services external to the collaboration platform for performance of the first and the second data processing services.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deriving insight from the at least one content item based at least in part upon a result of chaining the first performance of the first data processing service and the second performance of the second data processing service, wherein the first data processing service processes a first portion of the at least one content item, the second data processing service processes a second portion that is different from the first portion of to the at least one content item, and the insight comprises a first result of the first performance and a second result of the second performance.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein execution of the at least the first portion of the collection of executable instructions to interface with the collaboration platform further causes the system hosting the collaboration platform to perform at least a portion of a registration process with the integration layer but not with a browser, wherein the registration process comprises registering a first mechanism that invokes the first data processing service from the integration layer, and registering a second mechanism that invokes the second data processing service from the integration layer.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the registration process comprises at least one of a registration of the first or the second data processing service with the integration layer, a registration of a mechanism to invoke the first or the second data processing service from the integration layer, a registration with the integration layer of a function of the first or the second data processing service, a registration of one or more first characteristics of a separate input to the first data processing service or an input to the second data processing service, or a registration of one or more second characteristics of the first output from the first data processing service or a second output from the second data processing service.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the registration of one or more characteristics of the separate input to the first data processing service comprises a specification of a file format for the separate input and a function-to-file format mapping between a function of the first data processing service and the file format.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when stored in memory and executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform a set of acts for deploying a data processing service, the set of acts comprising:
receiving a first description of a first data processing service and a second description of a second data processing service to be performed on at least one content item stored in a collaboration platform; and
generating a collection of executable instructions for chaining first performance of the first data processing service and second performance of the second data processing service, wherein execution of the collection of executable instructions causes a system at least to:
configure at least a first portion of the collection of executable instructions to allow multiple clients to collaborate on the at least one content item;
configure at least a second portion of the collection of executable instructions to execute upon invocation of the first data processing service from an

Assignees

• Box Inc

Inventors

• Coven Andrew
• Kus Benjamin John
• Buzdar Faizan Nabi
• Self Matthew

Classifications

• G06F18/285

  Selection of pattern recognition techniques, e.g. of classifiers in a multi-classifier system · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• G06F18/251

  of input or preprocessed data · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• H04L67/1014

  based on the content of a request · CPC title