Co-resident plug-ins of third party software

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017094024-A1
Application number	US-201615284132-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 3, 2016
Priority date	Sep 22, 2012
Publication date	Mar 30, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Downloadable pluggable services and methods of distributing the same are described. The downloadable pluggable services may correspond to third party-developed communication services that can be downloaded to upgrade a communication system. The downloadable pluggable services may include a number of component parts that can be distributed among various servers in the communication system being upgraded along with instructions that enable the component parts to instruct each server in the communication system to operate in a coordinated fashion so as to provide the downloaded service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving a request from a customer to obtain a downloadable pluggable service for a communication system of the customer, wherein the downloadable pluggable service is created from third-party software; in response to receiving the request, preparing the downloadable pluggable service, wherein preparing the downloadable pluggable service includes:
converting the third-party software into first and second sub-components executable in an environment of the communication system;
obtaining a first and second sub-component that are packaged into a single object, wherein the first sub-component includes instructions for operating a first server of the customer's communication system, and wherein the second sub-component includes instructions for operating a second server of the customer's communication system; and
transmitting the single object to the customer.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downloadable pluggable service further includes deployment instructions that provide instructions for installing the first and second sub-component on the first and second servers of the customer's communication system, respectively.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein preparing the downloadable pluggable service further comprises preparing a license that identifies an appropriate use of the downloadable pluggable service at the customer's communication system.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the license indicates that a first user of the customer's communication system is allowed to use the downloadable pluggable service and wherein the license does not indicate that a second user of the customer's communication system is allowed to use the downloadable pluggable service.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the license is included in a license file which is packaged into the downloadable pluggable service as a file in the single object.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the third-party software comprises;
opening a SVAR package associated with the third-party software; extracting third-party contents in the SVAR package; and running a script to convert the contents.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the service warehouse enables the customer to browse a plurality of downloadable pluggable services and potential sub-components thereof.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein running the script includes one or more of:
verifying a license associated with the third-party software; installing the converted contents; modifying a configuration file; opening a firewall; and/or starting the converted contents.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second server each comprise at least one of an application container, an applet container, a web container, and an Application Programming Interface (API).

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downloadable pluggable service further includes installation scripts for the third-party software that instructs how to convert code components of the third-party software, and wherein the downloadable pluggable service further includes configuration scripts for the third-party software that instructs how to configure the converted code components of the third-party software.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising:
an object generator configured to:
receive a request from a customer to obtain a downloadable pluggable service for a communication system of the customer, wherein the downloadable pluggable service is associated with third-party software, wherein the third party software is un-executable in the environment;
in response to receiving the request, prepare the downloadable pluggable service, wherein preparing the downloadable pluggable service includes:
converting the third-party software into first and second sub-components executable in the environment of the communication system;
obtaining the first and second sub-component that are packaged into a single object, wherein the first sub-component includes instructions for operating a first server of the customer's communication system so that the downloadable pluggable service is performed, and wherein the second sub-component includes instructions for operating a second server of the customer's communication system such that the downloadable pluggable service is performed; and

an object delivery interface configured to transmit the single object to the customer via a communication network.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein converting the third-party software comprises;
opening a SVAR package associated with the third-party software; extracting third-party contents in the SVAR package; and running a script to convert the contents.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein preparing the downloadable pluggable service further comprises preparing a license that identifies an appropriate use of the downloadable pluggable service at the customer's communication system, wherein the license indicates that a first user of the customer's communication system is allowed to use the downloadable pluggable service and wherein the license does not indicate that a second user of the customer's communication system is allowed to use the downloadable pluggable service.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the third-party software is retrieved from a service warehouse, wherein the service warehouse enables the customer to browse a plurality of downloadable pluggable services and potential sub-components thereof via a web interface.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the first server corresponds to an application server and wherein the second server corresponds to at least one of a user portal server and a system manager server.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein running the script includes one or more of:
verifying a license associated with the third-party software; installing the converted contents; modifying a configuration file; opening a firewall; and/or starting the converted contents.

17 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the downloadable pluggable service further includes installation scripts for the third-party software that instructs how to convert code components of the third-party software, and wherein the downloadable pluggable service further includes configuration scripts for the third-party software that instructs how to configure the converted code components of the third-party software.

18 . A communication system, comprising:
a communication server including a processor and memory, the memory including instructions configured to be executed by the processor, the instructions including:
instructions to execute an object unpacker, wherein the object unpacker:
receives a single object from a service warehouse, the single object comprising a plurality of sub-components that, when distributed among servers in the communication system, cause the communication system to provide a service to users of the communication system, wherein the plurality of sub-components include a first and second sub-component that are packaged into the single object, wherein the downloadable pluggable service is associated with third-party software, wherein the third party software is un-executable in an environment of the communication system; and

instructions to execute an object distributor

Assignees

• Avaya Inc

Inventors

• Braudes Robert E
• Haserodt Kurt

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• H04L67/34 Primary

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L67/20

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title