US 11,455,166 B2Granted

Hosting event-based applications

AssigneeSlack Technologies, LLC

InventorsMichael Brevoort, Angela Kirchhof, Helen Wei Zeng, Curtis Neil Allen, Jr., Stephen Wood

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Abstract

Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for hosting an event-based application. Application instructions corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to particular events are received from a development environment. The events are associated with a group-based communication channel. An application comprising computer-executable instructions is generated based on the application instructions and metadata associated with the events. In response to detecting one or more of the events, execution of the computer-executable instructions is triggered. A response is received corresponding to output from applying the processing steps to the events. A message is posted into the respective communication channel corresponding to the response.

Claims20

Dependent claims

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for hosting an application in connection with a group-based communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a development environment, application instructions and application configuration parameters associated with the application corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to at least one group-based communication system event,
wherein the at least one group-based communication system event is associated with a group-based communication system channel of the group-based communication system;
building an application container based on the application instructions and the application configuration parameters;
deploying the application container into a third-party cloud computing environment that is distinct from the group-based communication system;
and
in response to detecting the at least one group-based communication system event in the group-based communication system channel of the group-based communication system:
transmitting, from the group-based communication system and to the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, an indication comprising the at least one group-based communication system event and metadata associated with the at least one group-based communication system event;
based on the indication, triggering execution by the third-party cloud computing environment of the application instructions, thereby generating an execution result responsive to at least one group-based communication system event;
receiving, by the group-based communication system and from the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, the execution result;
and
posting, in the group-based communication system channel, a message based on the execution result.

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A method for hosting an application in connection with a group-based communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a development environment, application instructions and application configuration parameters associated with the application corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to at least one group-based communication system event,
wherein the at least one group-based communication system event is associated with a group-based communication system channel of the group-based communication system;
building an application container based on the application instructions and the application configuration parameters;
deploying the application container into a third-party cloud computing environment that is distinct from the group-based communication system;
and
in response to detecting the at least one group-based communication system event in the group-based communication system channel of the group-based communication system:
transmitting, from the group-based communication system and to the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, an indication comprising the at least one group-based communication system event and metadata associated with the at least one group-based communication system event;
triggering execution by the third-party cloud computing environment of the application instructions based on the indication to generate an execution result responsive to at least one group-based communication system event;
receiving, by the group-based communication system and from the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, the execution result;
and
posting, in the group-based communication system channel, a message based on the execution result.

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A system comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to carry out actions comprising:

receiving, from a development environment, application instructions and application configuration parameters associated with an application corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to at least one group-based communication system event,
wherein the at least one group-based communication system event is associated with a group-based communication system channel of a group-based communication system;
building an application container based on the application instructions and the application configuration parameters;
deploying the application container into a third-party cloud computing environment that is distinct from the group-based communication system;
and
in response to detecting the at least one group-based communication system event in the group-based communication system channel of the group-based communication system:
transmitting, from the group-based communication system and to the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, an indication comprising the at least one group-based communication system event and metadata associated with the at least one group-based communication system event;
triggering execution by the third-party cloud computing environment of the application instructions based on the indication to generate an execution result responsive to at least one group-based communication system event;
receiving, by the group-based communication system and from the application container deployed into the third-party cloud computing environment, the execution result;
and
posting, in the group-based communication system channel, a message based on the execution result.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/186,854Filed 26 Feb 2021
Published: US 2022/0276859 A11 Sep 2022
Granted: 27 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 8/70
Arrangements for software engineering: software maintenance or management
H04L 51/02
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: using…
G06F 8/60
Arrangements for software engineering: software deployment
G06F 9/542
Interprogram communication: event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications