# US 10,375,072 B2 · Dashboard as remote computing services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,072 B2 - Document ID: US10375072B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/048,715 - Filed: 2016-02-19 - Published: 2017-05-11 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-09 - Assignees: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Inventors: Adam Abdelhamed; Leon Welicki; Brad Olenick; Mo Wang; Christopher Scrosati; Josh Keckley; Jon Harris; Khetthai Laksanakorn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375072B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - G06F 9/452: {Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation (protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131)} - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Various techniques for implementing computer dashboards as cloud-based services are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a dashboard file at a server via a computer network, the dashboard file identifying a dashboard having one or more graphical user interface elements individually configured to display and dynamically update data associated with a cloud-based service. The dashboard file further contains metadata indicating a cloud-based subscription. The method also includes associating the received dashboard file with the cloud-based subscription, identifying one or more entities allowed to access the dashboard based on the cloud-based subscription, and displaying, via the computer network, the dashboard identified by the dashboard file to the one or more entities upon verification of the cloud-based subscription. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a computer dashboard as a cloud-based service in a cloud computing system, comprising: receiving a dashboard file at a server via a computer network, processing of the dashboard file at the server providing a cloud-based dashboard service that collects and assembles operating conditions of a plurality of cloud-based services deployed in the cloud computing system, wherein the dashboard file identifies a dashboard having one or more graphical user interface elements individually configured to display and dynamically update data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services, wherein the dashboard file further contains metadata indicating a cloud-based subscription corresponding to the cloud-based dashboard service and two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file; associating the received dashboard file with the corresponding cloud-based subscription; identifying the two or more entities based on the cloud-based subscription; displaying, via the computer network, the cloud-based dashboard service identified by the dashboard file to the two or more entities upon verification of the cloud-based subscription, the cloud-based dashboard service having the one or more graphical user interface elements individually displaying and dynamically updating data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services included in the cloud-based subscription; and accepting one or more revisions from one of the two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file, and updating the dashboard file with the accepted one or more revisions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the one of the two or more entities, an input to the displayed dashboard at the server, the input requesting an action or data associated with a corresponding cloud-based service; determining whether the one of the two or more entities has permission for the requested action or data; and in response to determining that the one of the two or more entities has permission, allowing performance of the requested action or providing the requested data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes receiving the dashboard file at a resource manager associated with the cloud computing system via a portal of the cloud computing system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes bypassing a portal of the cloud computing system and receiving the dashboard file directly at a resource manager associated with the cloud computing system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes receiving the dashboard file in a package having one or more cloud-based applications or services. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a revision to the received dashboard file; and wherein displaying the dashboard includes displaying the dashboard based on the received revision to the dashboard file without actions from the two or more entities. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein: the metadata also indicate an allowed portion of the graphical user interface elements associated with an individual one of the two or more entities; and displaying the dashboard includes displaying the dashboard having only the allowed portion of the graphical user interface elements associated with the individual one of the two or more entities. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein: the metadata also indicate that the dashboard file is associated with a classifier; and the method further includes: receiving a user input containing the classifier; and in response to the received user input, displaying the dashboard associated with the classifier. ### Claim 9 A computer system implementing a computer dashboard as a cloud-based service in a cloud computing system, the computer system comprising: a processor and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer system to perform a process comprising: receiving a dashboard file, processing of the dashboard file by the processor providing a cloud-based dashboard service that collects and assembles operating conditions of a plurality of cloud-based services deployed in the cloud computing system, wherein the dashboard file identifying a dashboard having one or more graphical user interface elements individually configured to display data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services, wherein the dashboard file further contains metadata indicating two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file, and a cloud-based subscription corresponding to the cloud-based dashboard service; identifying the two or more entities based on the cloud-based subscription indicated in the metadata; displaying the cloud-based dashboard service identified by the dashboard file to the two or more entities upon verification of entity identification based on the cloud-based subscription in the metadata, the cloud-based dashboard service having the one or more graphical user interface elements individually displaying data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services corresponding to the two or more entities; and accepting one or more revisions from one of the two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file, and updating the dashboard file with the accepted one or more revisions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9 wherein the process performed by the processor further includes: receiving, from the one of the two or more entities, an input to the displayed dashboard, the input requesting an action or data associated with a corresponding cloud-based service; determining whether the one of the two or more entities has permission for the requested action or data; and in response to determining that the one of the two or more entities has permission, allowing performance of the requested action or providing the requested data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes receiving the dashboard file via a portal of the cloud computing system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes bypassing a portal of the cloud computing system and receiving the dashboard file directly at a resource manager associated with the cloud computing system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes receiving the dashboard file in a package having one or more cloud-based applications or services. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9 wherein: the process performed by the processor further includes: receiving a revision to the received dashboard file; and wherein displaying the dashboard includes displaying the dashboard based on the received revision to the dashboard file without actions from the two or more entities. ### Claim 15 A computer readable storage medium containing instructions executable by the processor to cause a server in a cloud computing system to perform a process comprising: receiving a request to access a dashboard file, processing of the dashboard file at the server providing a cloud-based dashboard service that collects and assembles operating conditions of a plurality of cloud-based services deployed in the cloud computing system, wherein the dashboard file identifying a dashboard having one or more graphical user interface elements individually configured to display data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services, wherein the dashboard file further contains metadata indicating two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file, and a cloud-based subscription corresponding to the cloud-based dashboard service; determining whether the received request is from the two or more entities based on the cloud-based subscription indicated in the metadata of the dashboard file; in response to determining that the received request is from the two or more entities based on the cloud-based subscription indicated in the metadata of the dashboard file, displaying the cloud-based dashboard service identified by the dashboard file to the two or more entities, the cloud-based dashboard service having the one or more graphical user interface elements individually displaying data of the collected and assembled operating conditions of the plurality of cloud-based services corresponding to the two or more entities; and accepting one or more revisions from one of the two or more entities allowed to access the dashboard and edit the dashboard file, and updating the dashboard file with the accepted one or more revisions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the process performed by the processor further includes: receiving, from the one of the two or more entities, an input to the displayed dashboard, the input requesting an action or data associated with a corresponding cloud-based service; determining whether the one of the two or more entities has permission for the requested action or data; and in response to determining that the one of the two or more entities has permission, allowing performance of the requested action or providing the requested data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein receiving the dashboard file includes receiving the dashboard file in a package having one or more cloud-based applications or services. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the process performed by the processor further includes: receiving a revision to the received dashboard file; and wherein displaying the dashboard includes displaying the dashboard based on the received revision to the dashboard file without actions from the two or more entities. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein: the metadata also indicate an allowed portion of the graphical user interface elements associated with an individual one of the two or more entities; and displaying the dashboard includes displaying the dashboard having only the allowed portion of the graphical user interface elements associated with the individual one of the two or more entities.