System and method for signaling through data storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9948703-B2
Application number	US-201615154700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

An application platform system and method. A data synchronization instance manages a reference state object for a data synchronization system (DSS) account. A first local state object is stored at a first application system. The first application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. A second local state object is stored at a second application system. The second application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. An application instruction of the first application system is transformed into a state update, and the first local state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the DSS via a local update notification. The reference state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the second application system via a reference update notification. The second local state object is modified to include the state update.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising: at an application platform system that includes a first application system of a first user, a second application system of a second user, and a multi-tenant data synchronization system (DSS):
the DSS configuring a first data synchronization instance for a first account of the DSS, responsive to a request provided by a chat application server system of the first account, wherein the first data synchronization instance manages a first reference state representation object for the first account at the DSS;
the first application system storing a first local state representation object that corresponds to the first reference state representation object of the DSS, wherein the first application system is constructed to receive first reference state representation object update notifications provided by the DSS;
the second application system storing a second local state representation object that corresponds to the first reference state representation object of the DSS, wherein the second application system is constructed to receive first reference state representation object update notifications provided by the DSS;
the first application system of the first user transforming a first chat instruction of the first user of the first application system into a first state update, and modifying the first local state representation object to include the first state update of the first chat instruction;
the first application system providing at least the first state update of the modified first local state representation object to the DSS via a first local state representation object update notification;
responsive to the first state update, the DSS determining whether to modify the first reference state representation object of the DSS to include the first state update;
responsive to a determination by the DSS to modify the first reference state representation object to include the first state update: the DSS modifying the first reference state representation object to include the first state update, and the DSS providing at least the first state update of the first chat instruction to the second application system of the second user via a first reference state representation object update notification;
responsive to the first state update of the first chat instruction, the second application system of the second user modifying the second local state representation object to include the first state update of the first chat instruction,
wherein state of a first chat channel of the chat application server system specifies the first user and the second user as participants of the first chat channel,
wherein the first application system of the first user and the second application system of the second user communicate via the first chat channel of the chat application server system by providing to the DSS state updates of chat instructions to add chat messages to the first chat channel of the chat application server system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
the second application system of the second user transforming a second chat instruction of the second user of the second application system into a second state update, and modifying the second local state representation object to include the second state update;
the second application system providing at least the second state update of the modified second local state representation object to the DSS;
wherein the DSS determining whether to modify the first state representation object of the DSS to include the first state update comprises:
the DSS determining whether the first state update conflicts with the second state update; and
responsive to a determination that the first state update conflicts with the second state update, the DSS resolving the conflict between the first state update and the second state update.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application system is a client system that includes a first client application, and wherein the second application system is a client system that includes a second client application.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first client application and the second client application are chat client applications of a chat service provided by the chat application server system of the first account, wherein the chat service is constructed to receive first reference state representation object update notifications, and wherein the first chat instruction is an instruction to add a message of the first user to the first chat channel.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second chat instruction is an instruction to add a message of the second user to the first chat channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first client application and the second client application are chat client applications of a chat service provided by the chat application server system of the first account, wherein the chat service is constructed to receive first reference state representation object update notifications, and wherein the first chat instruction is an instruction to add the first user to the first chat channel.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second chat instruction is an instruction to add the second user to the first chat channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chat application server system of the first account provides the request to configure the first data synchronization instance via at least one of an administrator user interface and a programmatic interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DSS configuring the first data synchronization instance comprises: the DSS configuring at least one option of the first data synchronization instance, wherein the at least one option includes at least one of: a geographic data storage option, a data encryption setting, and a permission of the data synchronization instance.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application system stores the first local state representation object responsive to at least one of: a communication provided by the second application system, a communication provided by the DSS, a communication provided by the chat application server system of the first account, and an application instruction of a first application of the first application system.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application system storing the first local state representation object comprises: storing the first local state representation object in association with an identifier of the first data synchronization instance, and wherein the second application system storing the second local state representation object comprises: storing the second local state representation object in association with the identifier of the first data synchronization instance.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application system storing the first local state representation object comprises: storing the first local state representation object in association with an identifier of the first state representation object of the DSS, and wherein the second application system storing the second local state representation object comprises: storing the second local state representation object in association with the identifier of the first state representation object of the DSS.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DSS is external to each of the first application system, the second application system, and the chat application server system.

14. A method comprising: at a chat system:
a first chat client system of the chat system:
transforming a first chat client application instruction to join a first chat channel into a first request state

Assignees

• Twilio Inc

Inventors

• Olivier Carl
• Zolotarjov Sergei
• Velenko Mihails
• Liik Devid
• Tyazhelov Artyom

Classifications

• H04L67/1095 Primary

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title