US 9,961,084 B2Granted

Computer readable storage media for tiered connection pooling and methods and systems for utilizing same

AssigneeDocument Storage Systems, Inc.

InventorRalph Katieb

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Abstract

Systems and methods for tiered connection pooling are disclosed herein, which may be used in a method of fulfilling user requests in an enterprise computing system. The method involving generating, by a processing unit, a first connection pool comprising one or more previously used authenticated connections with a resource; generating, by the processing unit, a second connection pool comprising one or more unused authenticated connections with the resource; and generating, by the processing unit, a third connection pool comprising one or more unauthenticated connections with the resource; receiving, by the processing unit, a request from the user device to access the resource, the resource requiring authentication for access; and fulfilling, by the processing unit, the request based on a connection from the first, second, or third connection pool.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer hardware system comprising at least one processing unit coupled to a memory, wherein the memory is encoded with computer executable instructions that when executed cause the at least one processing unit to:

receive a request from a user device to access a resource, the resource requiring authentication for access;
assign a plurality of unused authenticated connections to the user device, the plurality of unused authenticated connections including a first unused authenticated connection;
determine whether a previously used authenticated connection is available, wherein a previously used connection is a connection that has previously been used to fulfill a request provided by the user device enabling data associated with the previously fulfilled request to be buffered and more readily available to fulfill a subsequent request;
if the previously used authenticated connection is available, fulfill the request using the previously used authenticated connection;
if the previously used authenticated connection is not available, determine whether the first unused authenticated connection is available;
if the first unused authenticated connection is available, fulfill the request using the first unused authenticated connection;
if the first unused authenticated connection is not available, determine whether another of the authenticated connections of the plurality of unused authenticated connections is available;
if the another of the authenticated connections is not available, establish a first unauthenticated connection with the resource;
authenticate the first unauthenticated connection to provide an unused authenticated connection;
and
fulfill the request using the unused authenticated connection.

8 more elements

A method of fulfilling user requests in an enterprise computing system, the method comprising:

generating, by a processing unit, a first connection pool comprising one or more previously used authenticated connections with a resource, wherein the one or more previously used authenticated connections are connections that have previously been used to fulfill a previous request provided by a user device enabling data associated with the previously fulfilled request to be buffered and more readily available to fulfill a subsequent request;
generating, by the processing unit, a second connection pool comprising one or more unused authenticated connections with the resource;
and
generating, by the processing unit, a third connection pool comprising one or more unauthenticated connections with the resource;
receiving, by the processing unit, a request from the user device to access the resource, the resource requiring authentication for access;
and
fulfilling, by the processing unit, the request based on a connection from the first, second, or third connection pool.

4 more elements

A computer hardware system comprising:

a server;
a plurality of resources, wherein each of the resources is accessible by one or more devices via an authenticated connection between the server and the resource;
and
a tiered connection pool comprising:
a first connection pool comprising one or more previously used authenticated connections with a first resource of the plurality of resources, wherein the one or more previously used authenticated connections have been used to fulfill a previous request provided by a first device of the one or more devices enabling data associated with the previous request to be buffered and more readily available to fulfill a subsequent request;
a second connection pool comprising one or more unused authenticated connections with the first resource;
and
a third connection pool comprising one or more unauthenticated connections with the first resource.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/464,734Filed 21 Mar 2017 · continuation
Priority: 18 Jul 2014
Published: US 2017/0195334 A16 Jul 2017
Granted: 1 May 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 63/08
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for authentication of entities
H04L 63/0861
For authentication of entities: using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan
H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
H04W 12/062
Authentication: pre-authentication

Family

Application14/334,972Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Jul 2014
US 2017/0195334 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Jul 2017
US 9,635,005 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0021112 A1Published application
US 9,961,084 B2This patent

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