Additive independent object modification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017206098-A1
Application number	US-201715476609-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Dec 31, 2012
Publication date	Jul 20, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, a system and a computer readable medium for additive independent object modification. The method includes determining an association between an independent object modification and a base object of a software application, modifying at least one element of the base object based on the associated independent object modification, and configuring the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
determining an association between an independent object modification and a base object of a software application; modifying at least one element of the base object based on the associated independent object modification; and configuring the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the association between the independent object modification and the base object is stored in an independent configuration file.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein
the independent configuration file is a record set in a database, and determining the association between the independent object modification and the base object includes querying the database based on at least one of the application and the base object.

4 . The method of claim 1 , modifying at least one element of the base object includes one of adding a permission to the base object, removing a permission from the base object and changing a permission of the base object.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least one element of the base object includes,
determining a permission associated with a user of the software application, determining a permission list associated with the independent object modification, and modifying the at least one element of the base object if the user is in the permission list.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least one element of the base object includes,
determining a list of characteristics associated with the base object, determining a characteristic modification based on the associated independent object modification, and modifying at least one of the characteristics in the list of characteristics with the characteristic modification.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least one element of the base object includes,
determining a list of characteristics associated with the base object, determining a characteristic modification based on the associated independent object modification, determining a time period constraint associated with the characteristic modification, and modifying at least one of the characteristics in the list of characteristics with the characteristic modification based on the time period constraint.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining if there are a plurality of independent object modifications associated with the base object; determining a grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications associated with the base object; and modifying the at least one element of the base object includes modifying the at least one element of the base object based on the grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications includes,
determining if the grouping includes at least one of a parallel group and a sequential group, if the grouping includes a sequential group, modifying the at least one element of the base object includes a hierarchical modification of the at least one element of the base object, and if the grouping includes a parallel group, modifying the at least one element of the base object includes modifying the at least one element of the base object by a plurality of independent object modifications at a same priority level.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein
the act of configuring the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object is performed responsive to a request to execute the software application by a first user having a first permission, and the act of configuring the software application to execute in the computer system using the modified base object is performed responsive to a request to execute the software application by a second user having a second permission.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
executing the software application in the computer system such that the execution results in a different execution for each of the first user and the second user based on the first permission, the second permission and a permission associated with the independent object modification.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
upgrading the base object, wherein the independent object modification continues to operate on the upgraded base object.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified base object does not replace the base object.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including code segments that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
determine an association between an independent object modification and a base object of a software application; modify at least one element of the base object based on the associated independent object modification; and configure the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein
the association between the independent object modification and the base object is stored in an independent configuration file, the independent configuration file is a record set in a database, and the processor is configured to determine the association between the independent object modification and the base object includes querying the database based on at least one of the application and the base object.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein modifying at least one element of the base object includes,
determining a permission associated with a user of the software application, determining a permission list associated with the independent object modification, and modifying the at least one element of the base object if the user is in the permission list.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the code segments further cause the processor to:
determine if there are a plurality of independent object modifications associated with the base object; determine a grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications associated with the base object; and modify the at least one element of the base object includes modifying the at least one element of the base object based on the grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein determining the grouping associated with the plurality of independent object modifications includes,
determining if the grouping includes at least one of a parallel group and a sequential group, if the grouping includes a sequential group, modifying the at least one element of the base object includes a hierarchical modification of the at least one element of the base object, and if the grouping includes a parallel group, modifying the at least one element of the base object includes modifying the at least one element of the base object by a plurality of independent object modifications at a same priority level.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein
the act of configuring the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object is performed responsive to a request to execute the software application by a first user having a first permission, the act of configuring the software application to execute in the comput

Assignees

• Bmc Software Inc

Inventors

• Mueller Douglas
• Mousseau Charles

Classifications

• G06F9/44505 Primary

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F8/71

  Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management · CPC title