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US 9,176,720 B1Granted
Installation of third-party web applications into a container
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJohn Day-Richter, Brian Lewis Cairns, Eric Benson Schoeffler, Michael Jeffrey Procopio, Micah Lemonik, Adam Wayne Besen, Brian Edgar Eaton, Robert Eugene Wyrick
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Abstract
Techniques are shown for installing third-party applications onto a network system in appropriate containers on the network system. The containers store data and content of the same internet media type or MIME-type as the third-party applications.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method that facilitates installation of a third-party application onto a network system, the method comprising:
- receiving a selection from a user of a third-party application to be installed onto the network system;
- obtaining configuration information for the third-party application;
- based upon the obtained configuration information, selecting a container on the network system for receiving the third-party application;
- installing the third-party application into the selected container;
- storing a record of the installation of the third-party application into the selected container by linking the user with the third-party applications on the network system, wherein the record comprises an application expiration time;
- sending an authorization code from a token-grant server to a third-party application along with one or more document identifications (IDs) identifying the user resources when the user installs the third-party application;
- receiving the authorization code at a token-grant server from the third-party application along with a client secret that identifies the third-party application as the intended recipient of the authorization code;
- and
- sending an authorization access token to the third-party application after receiving the authorization code and client secret from the third-party application.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored
- thereon program instructions that facilitate installation of third-party applications onto a network system, the instructions when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication of one or more to-be-installed third-party applications;
- obtaining configuration information about the one or more to-be-installed third-party applications;
- based upon the obtained configuration information, selecting a container on the network system for receiving the one or more to-be-installed third-party applications;
- installing the one or more third-party applications into the selected container;
- storing a record of the installation of the one or more third-party applications into the
- selected container, linking the user with identifications of the one or more third-party applications installed by the user in the selected container on the network system;
- wherein
- the record of the installation comprises an application expiration time;
- sending an authorization code from a token-grant server to a third-party application along with one or more document identifications (IDs) identifying the user resources when the user installs the third-party application;
- receiving the authorization code at a token-grant server from the third-party application along with a client secret that identifies the third-party application as the intended recipient of the authorization code;
- and
- sending an authorization access token to the third-party application after receiving the authorization code and client secret from the third-party application.
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An application installation system configured to facilitate installation of third-party applications onto a network system, the application installation system comprising:
- an application description database configured to store descriptions of third-party applications, wherein the descriptions of the third-party applications enable the third-party applications to access user resources stored on the network system;
- a uniform resource locator (URL)-accessible installation utility configured to provide a URL destination address from which a user can initiate an installation action to install a third-party application on the network system;
- a record indicating a container on the network system into which a third-party application is installed;
- an application installation database configured to store a record of user installation actions including information linking a user with an identification of each third-party application installed by the user on the network system;
- a processor configured to:
- receive a user selection of a third-party application to be installed onto the network system,
- obtain configuration information for the user-selected third-party application,
- select, based upon the obtained configuration information, a container on the network system for receiving the user-selected third-party application,
- install the user-selected third-party application into the selected container,
- store a record of the installation of the third-party application in the application installation database, wherein the record comprises an application expiration time;
- and
- identify one or more third-party applications associated with a user in response to an Application Programming Interface (API) library command;
- send an authorization code and a document identification (ID) to a third-party application in response to a user installation of the third-party application for use with a resource identified by the document ID;
- receive, from the third-party application, the authorization code and a client secret that
- identifies the third-party application as the intended recipient of the authorization code;
- and
- send an authorization access token to the third-party application in response to receiving the authorization code and the client secret from the third-party application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.