US 2008/0301685 A1 · Identity-aware scheduler service

Abstract

In a computing environment, clients and scheduling services are arranged to coordinate time-based services. Representatively, the client and scheduler engage in an http session whereby the client creates an account (if the first usage) indicating various identities and rights of the client for use with a scheduling job. Thereafter, one or more scheduling jobs are registered including an indication of what payloads are needed, where needed and when needed. Upon appropriate timing, the payloads are delivered to the proper locations, but the scheduling of events is no longer entwined with underlying applications in need of scheduled events. Monitoring of jobs is also possible as is establishment of appropriate communication channels between the parties. Noticing, encryption, and authentication are still other aspects as are launching third party services before payload delivery. Still other embodiments contemplate publishing an API or other particulars so the service can be used in mash-up applications.

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Dependent claims

In a computing system environment having a computing device arranged together per each of a client and a scheduling service, a method of scheduling time-based services, comprising:

by the client, creating an account with the scheduling service based on an identity of the client;
by the client, registering a time-based scheduling job with the scheduling service including indicating a location of delivery for a payload upon arrival of a time occasion;
by the scheduling service, determining whether the time occasion of the registered scheduling job has arrived;
and
if arrived, delivering the payload to the location indicated.

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Identity-aware scheduler service

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