Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080301299 | Automatically targeting and filtering shared network resources - Embodiments are provided to automatically target shared resources in a computer network which are pertinent to a query for information from a client and/or a server through the use of a shared resources portal. In one embodiment, a query is received in the shared resources portal from a requestor. The portal may then identify a target resource server to which to route the query by filtering the information provided by a number of shared resource servers in the network against information regarding an organizational role performed by the requester. The identified target resource server may be one which provides information pertinent to the organizational role performed by the requester. The query is then processed in the identified target resource server. | 12-04-2008 |
20090006884 | AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING SYSTEM DOWNTIME IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - Embodiments are provided to automatically managing system downtime in a computer network. In one embodiment, an event is created in an application server to schedule a system downtime period for a web server. When the scheduled downtime occurs, the web server is automatically removed from the network and a downtime notification message is automatically communicated indicating that the web server is offline. In another embodiment, events may be created to schedule downtime for web-based applications, including websites. Prior to the scheduled downtime, requests to a web-based application may be automatically stopped and redirected to a specified location. In another embodiment, the operation of web servers is automatically monitored to detect the presence of a fault condition and, if a fault condition is present, then a determination may be made that the affected web servers are down and requests to the down web servers are automatically redirected to an alternate server. | 01-01-2009 |
20090007152 | MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL HARDWARE APPLIANCES IN A DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEM - Embodiments are provided to manage external hardware appliances from a distributed operating system interface in a computer network using a driver model to communicate with device drivers associated with the external hardware appliances. In one embodiment, a request to manage an external hardware appliance in the computer network may be received in a distributed web-based operating system interface. A driver model may be selected which is configured to interface with a device driver for managing configuration settings for the external hardware appliance. The driver model may be utilized to manage the external hardware appliance configuration settings from the interface. The settings may include managing domain name changes, firewall settings, proxy settings, and the like. In another embodiment, the driver model may be utilized to manage external hardware appliance settings during a network configuration operation initiated from the distributed operating system interface. | 01-01-2009 |
20110022582 | Indexing of Partitioned External Data Sources - A computing system hosts a plurality of websites, a plurality of external data sources, and a search service. External resources in each of the external data sources are partitioned among a plurality of external partitions. The search service automatically generates an index comprising index entries. The index entries are partitioned among a plurality of index partitions, each associated with one or more of the websites. For each given index partition, the index entries in the given index partition map terms to resources in the given set of resources that contain the terms. The given set of resources includes web pages in a given set of websites associated with the given index partition and external resources in external partitions used by the given set of websites. The search service uses the index entries in given index partition to identify resources in the given set of resources containing query terms. | 01-27-2011 |
20120042010 | MANAGEMENT OF COLLECTIONS OF WEBSITES - This disclosure describes techniques that enable a subscriber of a data center to manage a site collection group hosted by the data center. A site collection group is a set of site collections that belong to a single subscriber. A site collection is a collection of websites. A website is a collection of related resources. Each of the site collections is associated with an “owner”. As described herein, the data center presents management interfaces that enable owners of site collections to manage the site collections. In addition, the data center presents management interfaces that enable subscribers to manage architectural aspects of their site collection groups. | 02-16-2012 |
20140373101 | SENDING SESSION TOKENS THROUGH PASSIVE CLIENTS - A session token can be requested to be sent to a first computing service from a second computing service, and a first computing service can receive the requested session token from the second computing service. The first computing service can send a message that includes the session token through a passive client to the second computing service. The second computing service can receive the message that includes the session token from the passive client, and the second computing service can verify that the message is valid. This verification of the validity of the message can include verifying that the session token received back from the passive client matches the session token the second computing service sent to the first computing service. | 12-18-2014 |