System, method, and apparatus for generating a third-party resource usage map in a group based communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023156096-A1
Application number	US-202217953147-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2022
Priority date	Dec 15, 2017
Publication date	May 18, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for generating a third-party resource usage map in a group based communication system, where the third-party resource usage map comprises a plurality of third party resource usage records and each third-party resource usage record comprises a user identifier, a third-party resource provider identifier, and a third-party resource access token.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method, implemented at least in part by a server computing device associated with a communication platform, comprising:
receiving, from a first third-party resource provider, a first third-party resource access token; receiving, from a first client device associated with a first user, a first third-party resource access request, the first third-party resource access request comprising a first user identifier and a first third-party resource provider identifier; searching a third-party resource usage map for an indicative third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier, the indicative third-party resource usage record comprising the first third-party resource provider identifier; and transmitting, in a first instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is not located in the third-party resource usage map, a first third-party user account creation request to the first third-party resource provider, wherein the first third-party user account creation request comprises the first third-party resource access token.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising transmitting, in a second instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is located in the third-party resource usage map, the first third-party resource access token to the first third-party resource provider to enable the first client device to access a first third-party resource.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising returning, as a result of searching the third-party resource usage map, the indicative third-party resource usage record.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first third-party user account creation request is a request to create a first third-party user account on behalf of the first client device.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving, in response to the first third-party user account creation request, a first third-party user account creation approval.

7 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating a new third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising including the new third-party resource usage record in the third-party resource usage map.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the new third-party resource usage record comprises one or more of the first third-party resource provider identifier and the first third-party resource access token.

10 . A system comprising:
one or more processors; and computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first third-party resource provider, a first third-party resource access token;
receiving, from a first client device associated with a first user, a first third-party resource access request, the first third-party resource access request comprising a first user identifier and a first third-party resource provider identifier;
searching a third-party resource usage map for an indicative third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier, the indicative third-party resource usage record comprising the first third-party resource provider identifier; and
transmitting, in a first instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is not located in the third-party resource usage map, a first third-party user account creation request to the first third-party resource provider,
wherein the first third-party user account creation request comprises the first third-party resource access token.

11 . The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising transmitting, in a second instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is located in the third-party resource usage map, the first third-party resource access token to the first third-party resource provider to enable the first client device to access a third-party resource.

12 . The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising returning, as a result of searching the third-party resource usage map, the indicative third-party resource usage record.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the first third-party user account creation request is a request to create a first third-party user account on behalf of the first client device.

14 . The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising receiving, in response to the first third-party user account creation request, a first third-party user account creation approval.

15 . The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising generating a new third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier.

16 . One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first third-party resource provider, a first third-party resource access token; receiving, from a first client device associated with a first user, a first third-party resource access request, the first third-party resource access request comprising a first user identifier and a first third-party resource provider identifier; searching a third-party resource usage map for an indicative third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier, the indicative third-party resource usage record comprising the first third-party resource provider identifier; and transmitting, in a first instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is not located in the third-party resource usage map, a first third-party user account creation request to the first third-party resource provider, wherein the first third-party user account creation request comprises the first third-party resource access token.

17 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting, in a second instance where the indicative third-party resource usage record is located in the third-party resource usage map, the first third-party resource access token to the first third-party resource provider to enable the first client device to access a first third-party resource.

18 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17 , the operations further comprising returning, as a result of searching the third-party resource usage map, the indicative third-party resource usage record.

19 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , wherein the first third-party user account creation request is a request to create a first third-party user account on behalf of the first client device.

20 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , the operations further comprising receiving, in response to the first third-party user account creation request, a first third-party user account creation approval.

21 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , the operations further comprising generating a new third-party resource usage record associated with the first user identifier.

Assignees

• Slack Tech Llc

Inventors

• Gamache Meagan
• Benson Buster

Classifications

• H04L63/0807

  using tickets, e.g. Kerberos (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213) · CPC title

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04L67/53 Primary

  using third party service providers · CPC title