Systems and methods for content sharing through external systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11635879-B2
Application number	US-202117537783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2021
Priority date	Jul 7, 2017
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed are mechanisms for sharing content through content consumption systems. A sharing module publishes content in a share and metadata associated therewith to a content consumption system external to a managed repository. The share represents a folder or directory in the managed repository. The publication can be made through application programming interface (API) calls handled by a first sharing module API, a repository API, a second sharing module API, and a content consumption system API. These APIs together provide a one-to-one mapping of communications protocols used by the managed repository and the external system. The share in the managed repository and the share published to the content consumption system are synced and any conflict between the two is detected and resolved. The shared content can be repatriated back to the managed repository and the shared version deleted from the content consumption system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a sharing module executing on a processor through a repository adapter, an instruction to publish a share in a repository residing in an enterprise computing environment to a content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the sharing module is adapted for multiple-to-multiple connections among a plurality of repositories through repository adapters and a plurality of content consumption systems through content consumption system adapters;
retrieving, by the sharing module through the repository adapter, objects and metadata from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment;
communicating, by the sharing module through a content consumption system adapter, the objects and the metadata retrieved from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment to the content consumption system external to the repository to thereby publish the share to the content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the metadata provides context to the objects thus published;
monitoring, by the sharing module, any changes to the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment and in the content consumption system external to the repository; and
responsive to detecting a change to the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment or in the content consumption system external to the repository, syncing, by the sharing module, the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment and in the content consumption system external to the repository.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repository adapter is configured for mapping a triage language for conflict resolution, the mapping triggered by the change to the share.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the content consumption system adapter is configured for mapping a communications protocol for content consumption by the content consumption system.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repository adapter comprises a sharing module application programming interface (API) and an API specific to the repository.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the content consumption system adapter comprises a sharing module application programming interface (API) and an API specific to the content consumption system.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction is received from a rules-based engine based on a rule which specifies how the sharing module programmatically automatically publishes the share to the content consumption system external to the repository.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing tracking information in a database local to the sharing module, the tracking information including information identifying a shared object, information identifying a user of the content consumption system, information identifying a role granted to the user of the content consumption system by a user of the repository, a change to the shared object, or a combination thereof.

8. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
stored instructions translatable by the processor for causing a sharing module to perform:
receiving, through a repository adapter, an instruction to publish a share in a repository residing in an enterprise computing environment to a content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the sharing module is adapted for multiple-to-multiple connections among a plurality of repositories through repository adapters and a plurality of content consumption systems through content consumption system adapters;
retrieving, through the repository adapter, objects and metadata from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment;
communicating, through a content consumption system adapter, the objects and the metadata retrieved from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment to the content consumption system external to the repository to thereby publish the share to the content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the metadata provides context to the objects thus published;
monitoring any changes to the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment and in the content consumption system external to the repository; and
responsive to detecting a change to the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment or in the content consumption system external to the repository, syncing the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment and in the content consumption system external to the repository.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the repository adapter is configured for mapping a triage language for conflict resolution, the mapping triggered by the change to the share.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the content consumption system adapter is configured for mapping a communications protocol for content consumption by the content consumption system.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the repository adapter comprises a sharing module application programming interface (API) and an API specific to the repository.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the content consumption system adapter comprises a sharing module application programming interface (API) and an API specific to the content consumption system.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instruction is received from a rules-based engine based on a rule which specifies how the sharing module programmatically automatically publishes the share to the content consumption system external to the repository.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the stored instructions are further translatable by the processor for causing the sharing module to perform:
storing tracking information in a database local to the sharing module, the tracking information including information identifying a shared object, information identifying a user of the content consumption system, information identifying a role granted to the user of the content consumption system by a user of the repository, a change to the shared object, or a combination thereof.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor for causing a sharing module to perform:
receiving, through a repository adapter, an instruction to publish a share in a repository residing in an enterprise computing environment to a content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the sharing module is adapted for multiple-to-multiple connections among a plurality of repositories through repository adapters and a plurality of content consumption systems through content consumption system adapters;
retrieving, through the repository adapter, objects and metadata from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment;
communicating, through a content consumption system adapter, the objects and the metadata retrieved from the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment to the content consumption system external to the repository to thereby publish the share to the content consumption system external to the repository, wherein the metadata provides context to the objects thus published;
monitoring any changes to the share in the repository residing in the enterprise computing environment and in the content consumption system external to the repository; and
responsive to detecti

Assignees

• Open Text Corp

Inventors

• Rao Mahesh Bangalore Shankar
• Kumar Pardeep
• Pramod Panchakshrappa
• Hanumanthappa Prashantha
• Sharma Vikash
• Gukanti Minu

Classifications

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