US 12,222,905 B2Granted

Bridging heterogeneous sets of cloud applications and storage

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsGokul Thiruchengode Vajravel, Srinivasa Ragavan Rajagopalan, Vivekanandh Narayanasamy Rajagopalan

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Abstract

Heterogeneous sets of cloud applications and storage can be bridged. Cloud services can be configured to include a Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) abstractor, multiple WOPI servers corresponding to respective multiple WOPI clients of cloud applications that may be used to access files, and a cloud storage abstractor that functions as an intermediary between the multiple WOPI servers and multiple cloud storages in which the files may be stored. The cloud services allow a user to access a single webpage or other interface to obtain access to his or her files stored in the multiple cloud storages via any of the multiple cloud applications.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for bridging heterogeneous sets of cloud applications and storage, the method comprising:

establishing, by a Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) abstractor, a connection with a cloud storage abstractor and with each of a plurality of WOPI servers, wherein the WOPI servers have a one-to-one relationship with a plurality of WOPI clients that are implemented by a respective plurality of cloud applications corresponding to a plurality of cloud storages;
obtaining, by the WOPI abstractor, administrator configurations;
providing, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to the cloud storage abstractor;
receiving, at the WOPI abstractor and from a user device of a user, a request to view the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine that the user is authorized to use a first cloud application of the plurality of cloud applications;
in response to determining that the user is authorized to use the first cloud application, routing the request to a first WOPI server of the plurality of WOPI servers that corresponds with a first WOPI client implemented by the first cloud application;
sending, by the first WOPI server and to the cloud storage abstractor, a request for a list of the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the cloud storage abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine which of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
obtaining, by the cloud storage abstractor, a list of the user's files from each of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
receiving, at the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
receiving, by the WOPI abstractor and from the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
and
causing, by the WOPI abstractor, the list of the user's files to be presented to the user via the user device.

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One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed implement a method for bridging heterogeneous sets of cloud applications and storage, the method comprising:

establishing, by a Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) abstractor, a connection with a cloud storage abstractor and with each of a plurality of WOPI servers, wherein the WOPI servers have a one-to-one relationship with a plurality of WOPI clients that are implemented by a respective plurality of cloud applications corresponding to a plurality of cloud storages;
obtaining, by the WOPI abstractor, administrator configurations;
providing, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to the cloud storage abstractor;
receiving, at the WOPI abstractor and from a user device of a user, a request to view the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine that the user is authorized to use a first cloud application of the plurality of cloud applications;
in response to determining that the user is authorized to use the first cloud application, routing the request to a first WOPI server of the plurality of WOPI servers that corresponds with a first WOPI client implemented by the first cloud application;
sending, by the first WOPI server and to the cloud storage abstractor, a request for a list of the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the cloud storage abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine which of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
obtaining, by the cloud storage abstractor, a list of the user's files from each of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
receiving, at the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
receiving, by the WOPI abstractor and from the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
and
causing, by the WOPI abstractor, the list of the user's files to be presented to the user via the user device.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed implement a method for bridging heterogeneous sets of cloud applications and storage, the method comprising:
establishing, by a Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) abstractor, a connection with a cloud storage abstractor and with each of a plurality of WOPI servers, wherein the WOPI servers have a one-to-one relationship with a plurality of WOPI clients that are implemented by a respective plurality of cloud applications corresponding to a plurality of cloud storages;
obtaining, by the WOPI abstractor, administrator configurations;
providing, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to the cloud storage abstractor;
receiving, at the WOPI abstractor and from a user device of a user, a request to view the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the WOPI abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine that the user is authorized to use a first cloud application of the plurality of cloud applications;
in response to determining that the user is authorized to use the first cloud application, routing the request to a first WOPI server of the plurality of WOPI servers that corresponds with a first WOPI client implemented by the first cloud application;
sending, by the first WOPI server and to the cloud storage abstractor, a request for a list of the user's files that are stored in the plurality of cloud storages;
using, by the cloud storage abstractor, the administrator configurations to determine which of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
obtaining, by the cloud storage abstractor, a list of the user's files from each of the plurality of cloud storages the user is authorized to use;
receiving, at the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
receiving, by the WOPI abstractor and from the first WOPI server, the list of the user's files;
and
causing, by the WOPI abstractor, the list of the user's files to be presented to the user via the user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.