US 2026/0187221 A1Published application

Group management

AssigneeCitrix Systems, Inc.

InventorsYuan Zhang, Zongpeng Qiao, Ke Xu

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for managing groups are described herein. A group management service may centrally manage a plurality of applications such that group information in the plurality of applications may stay up to date with changes in the group information. The group management service may monitor/receive different types of messages from different classes of users (e.g., a group member, a group creator/owner, a system administrator, etc.) and may synchronize, based on the messages, the group information across the plurality of applications. A group member may send, to the group management service and via an application, a message (e.g., quit membership from a group) for changes in the group information. A system administrator may send, to the group management service and via a graphical user interface, a message (e.g., cancel/add a member of a group, create a new group, etc.) for changes in the group information.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

authenticating, by a primary group management service layer associated with a server and based on user information, a computing device;
granting the computing device, based on the authenticating, access to a plurality of applications managed by a secondary group management service layer associated with the server;
receiving, from the computing device via a graphical management service user interface associated with the secondary group management service layer, a message indicating to update data associated with a user group;
updating, based on the message, data stored in a centralized data storage managed by the secondary group management service layer;
identifying, based on the data stored in the centralized data storage, one or more applications, of the plurality of applications, associated with the user group;
synchronizing, by the secondary group management service layer associated with the server, data stored in one or more distributed data storages with the data stored in the centralized data storage, each distributed data storage associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications of the plurality of applications;
and
based on the synchronized data and via one or more graphical application user interfaces, each associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications, sending, to one or more members of the user group, a notification of updated data associated with the user group.

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An apparatus comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
authenticate, by a primary group management service layer associated with the apparatus and based on user information, a computing device;
grant the computing device, based on the authentication, access to a plurality of applications managed by a secondary group management service layer associated with the apparatus;
receive, from the computing device via a graphical management service user interface associated with the secondary group management service layer, a message indicating to update data associated with a user group;
update, based on the message, data stored in a centralized data storage managed by the secondary group management service layer;
identify, based on the data stored in the centralized data storage, one or more applications, of the plurality of applications, associated with the user group;
synchronize, by the secondary group management service layer associated with the apparatus, data stored in one or more distributed data storages with the data stored in the centralized data storage, each distributed data storage associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications of the plurality of applications;
and
based on the synchronized data and via one or more graphical application user interfaces, each associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications, send, to one or more members of the user group, a notification of updated data associated with the user group.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions thereon that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

authenticating, by a primary group management service layer associated with the computer and based on user information, a user device;
granting the user device, based on the authenticating, access to a plurality of applications managed by a secondary group management service layer associated with the computer;
receiving, from the user device via a graphical management service user interface associated with the secondary group management service layer, a message indicating to update data associated with a user group;
updating, based on the message, data stored in a centralized data storage managed by the secondary group management service layer;
identifying, based on the data stored in the centralized data storage, one or more applications, of the plurality of applications, associated with the user group;
synchronizing, by the secondary group management service layer associated with the computer, data stored in one or more distributed data storages with the data stored in the centralized data storage, each distributed data storage associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications of the plurality of applications;
and
based on the synchronized data and via one or more graphical application user interfaces, each associated with respective one of the identified one or more applications, sending, to one or more members of the user group, a notification of updated data associated with the user group.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.