KR102063834B1 - Collaboration system using cloud infrastructure and Method for providing event-driven collaboration task flow management in the same system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an event-based large-scale collaboration flow control method that can easily define a collaboration flow and automate collaboration in a collaboration system utilizing cloud technology.
The event-based collaboration flow control method in the collaboration system according to the present invention includes analyzing a collaboration flow definition statement describing a collaboration flow, generating a collaboration flow chart, monitoring an active event occurring in the system; Determining whether all events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred based on the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart; and if it is determined that all of the necessary events have occurred, deriving the next action based on the collaboration flowchart; And controlling the derived action to be automatically performed.

Description

Collaboration system using cloud infrastructure and Method for providing event-driven collaboration task flow management in the same system}

The present invention relates to collaborative flow control, and more particularly, to an event-based large scale collaborative flow control method for easily defining a collaborative flow and automating collaboration in a collaborative system using cloud technology.

In large scale collaboration, it is difficult for the user to control the whole process of the collaboration. To assist with this, systems have been developed that define and automate collaboration, including business process management (BPM), and are used in many collaboration systems. In addition, a content-based collaboration platform was developed to further simplify the collaboration process and reduce unnecessary network load. Content-based collaboration platform reduces the unnecessary communication between users by creating a virtual collaboration space by storing the content that collaborative users use for collaboration in a central public content repository. However, existing collaboration systems can assist with universal collaboration, but do not efficiently provide additional functions for specialized fields.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a collaboration system and event-based collaboration flow control method applied thereto that can easily define a collaboration flow and automate collaboration.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a collaboration system and method that can efficiently use a variety of additional functions for collaboration using cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in assisting large-scale collaboration.

Event-based collaboration flow control method in a collaboration system according to an aspect of the present invention, the step of analyzing the collaboration flow definition statement to generate a collaboration flow chart, monitoring the active events occurring in the system, and the collaboration Determining whether all active events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred based on the current step rules of the flowchart; and if it is determined that all of the required active events have occurred, deriving the next action based on the collaboration flowchart; And controlling the derived action to be automatically performed.

A collaboration system utilizing a cloud infrastructure according to an aspect of the present invention includes a content controller, a content controller for controlling a task of storing or reading content in the content repository, and generating information on the task; An event maker that generates an active event using the task information generated by the user, and a collaboration flow controller that derives the next action according to the active event based on the collaboration flow defined in the collaboration flow definition statement and controls the next action to be automatically performed. And an external application processor for requesting a virtual resource capable of processing the action and performing the action on the virtual resource when the derived action is not processable in the system.

According to the present invention, a system user can configure a desired collaboration flow in a short time desired without using cumbersome agreement with a separate collaborator and use it for collaboration.

It also automates collaboration according to a predefined collaboration flow, greatly reducing the waste of unnecessary time in the process of collaboration.

In addition, virtual machine resources provided through cloud infrastructure (IaaS) can be used to flexibly support professional collaboration.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a collaboration system utilizing a cloud infrastructure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an event-based collaboration flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention may be variously modified and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms used in the description of the present specification, such as the first and the second, are merely identification symbols for distinguishing one component from another component.

In addition, in the present specification, when one component is referred to as "connected" or "connected" with another component, the one component may be directly connected or directly connected to the other component, but in particular It is to be understood that, unless there is an opposite substrate, it may be connected or connected via another component in the middle.

Also, the singular forms used in the specification and claims are to be construed as generally meaning "one or more", unless stated otherwise.

In addition, among the terms used herein, "module", "unit", "group", "child", "interface" and the like generally mean computer-related objects, for example, hardware, software, and combinations thereof. It may mean.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a collaboration system utilizing a cloud infrastructure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the collaboration system 100 may include a content repository 110, a content controller 120, an event maker 130, a collaboration flow controller 140, and an external application processor 150.

The content store 110 is a store that stores content used for collaboration. Virtual collaboration spaces are created by storing content that collaborative users use for collaboration in a common content repository.

The content controller 120 may control a task of storing or reading the content in the content store 110 and generate information about the task. In one embodiment, the collaborative user can access the content repository 130 through the content controller 120, so that the content controller 120 knows all the operations for the content repository 130 and obtains information about these operations. Can be generated.

The event maker 130 may generate an active event using the task information generated by the content controller 120.

The collaboration flow controller 140 derives the next action according to the active event based on the collaboration flow defined in the collaboration flow definition statement and controls the next action to be automatically performed. A collaboration flow definition statement is a document in which a collaboration administrator defines a collaboration. In one embodiment, the collaboration flow definition statement may be stored in the content repository 110.

In one embodiment, the collaboration flow controller 140 may include a collaboration flow definition statement analyzer 141, an event analyzer 142, and a collaboration automation processor 143. In addition, it may further include an active event store (not shown) for storing the active events occurring in the collaboration system, and an event verifier for verifying whether the active event is an event applicable to the current step rule.

The collaboration flow definition statement analyzing unit 141 analyzes the collaboration flow definition statement defining the collaboration flow stored in the content repository 110 and generates a collaboration flow chart. In one embodiment, the collaboration flow definition statement analysis unit 141 grasps the number of rules that define events, actions, and relationships between the events and actions described in the collaboration flow definition statement, and the temporary events, actions, and rule items as many as the number of rules. And generating the collaborative flowchart by inputting the characteristics described in the definition sentence into each of the items.

The event analyzer 142 may derive the next action by applying a plurality of active events occurring in the collaboration system to the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart. In one embodiment, the event analyzer 142 determines whether all of the plurality of active events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred, based on the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart, and determines that all of the plurality of active events have occurred. If so, the next action to be performed in the collaboration process may be derived based on the collaboration flowchart.

The collaboration automation processor 143 may control the action derived from the event analyzer 142 to be automatically performed in the collaboration system 100. In one embodiment, the collaborative automation processing unit 143 controls the derived action to be processed in the system if it can be processed by the collaboration system 100 itself, otherwise, processing the action to the external application processor 150. Can be indicated.

If the action derived from the collaboration flow controller 140 is not processable in the collaboration system, the external application processor 150 requests a virtual resource capable of processing the action from the cloud infrastructure and executes the action in the virtual resource. Can be controlled to perform. In one embodiment, the external application processor 150 communicates with the virtual resources provided by the cloud infrastructure, transmits a task to be performed, receives the result, and returns the result to the collaborative automation processor 143. The collaborative automation processor 143 stores the result in the content repository 110 through the content maker 120 and terminates the result.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an event-based collaboration flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 210, the collaboration flow definition statement is analyzed to generate a collaboration flow chart. To define the collaboration, the collaboration manager creates a collaboration flow definition statement describing the collaboration flow and stores the content in the content repository 110 through the content controller 120. The collaboration flow definition statement 121 analyzes the collaboration definition statement stored in the content repository 110 to generate an active collaboration flow chart. In one embodiment, the generation of the active collaboration flow chart, the number of rules that define the events, actions and relationships between the events and actions described in the collaboration flow definition statement, and generates the temporary events, actions and rule items by the number of rules, It is created by inputting the property associated with each item described in the definition statement in each generated item.

In step 220, active events occurring in the collaboration system are monitored. The active collaboration flow waits for the occurrence of a new active event and when the active event occurs, verifies that the generated active event is an event applicable to the current rules of the collaboration flow diagram generated in step 210 and verifies as an applicable event. Active events are stored in the repository for derivation of the next action. On the other hand, when it is determined that the event is not applicable to the collaboration flow, it waits for the next event to occur. Wait for the event to occur in the collaboration space (eg, a common content repository) until all the events necessary to determine the next action to proceed with the collaboration occur.

In step 230, it is determined whether all active events necessary to derive the next action have occurred based on the current step rules of the collaboration flow chart.

In step 240, if it is determined that all active events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred, the next action is derived based on the collaboration flowchart, and the derived action is controlled to be automatically performed. In one embodiment, if the derived action is processable within the system, the collaborative automation processor 143 immediately processes the action via the content controller 110 and finishes the work for one flow. On the other hand, if the action is impossible to process in the system, the external application processor 150 requests a virtual resource for performing the action to the cloud infrastructure.

When the external application processor 150 requests a virtual resource, the cloud infrastructure generates a virtual resource for performing an action and provides it to the external application processor 150. The external application processor 150 communicates with the provided virtual resource and transmits a task required to perform an action to the virtual resource. Thereafter, the result of performing the action of the virtual resource is received and returned to the collaborative automation processor 143, and the collaborative automation processor 143 is stored in the content repository 110 through the content controller 120, and then in one flow. Terminate the work on.

Event-based large-scale collaborative flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium. Computer-readable media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like.

The program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory and the like. In addition, the above-described medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

So far, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (12)

In the event-based collaboration flow control method in a collaboration system,
Generating a collaboration flow by analyzing a collaboration flow definition statement:
Monitoring active events occurring in the system:
Determining whether all active events necessary to derive the next action have occurred based on the current step rules of the collaboration flowchart; and
If it is determined that all of the necessary active events have occurred, deriving the next action based on the collaboration flowchart;
Characterized in that it comprises a,
Monitoring the active event occurring in the system,
Generating information about a task performed in the content repository of the system;
Generating an active event using the generated job information;
Verifying that the active event is an event applicable to the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart;
More,
In the verifying step, if it is determined that it is an applicable event, storing the verified active event in the content repository, and when it is determined that the event is not applicable in the verifying step, all events necessary for determining the next action are all present. After waiting for the next event to occur, if it is determined that all active events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred, deriving the next action based on a collaboration flowchart,
If the action derived in the deriving step can be processed in the collaboration system, the derived action is processed to be automatically performed through the content controller of the system,
If the derived action cannot be processed in the collaboration system, event-based collaboration further comprising requesting and processing a virtual resource for performing an action from a cloud infrastructure through an external application processor of the system. Flow control method. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the collaboration flowchart comprises:
Identifying the number of events, actions, and rules defining the relationship between the events and actions described in the collaboration flow definition statement;
Creating temporary events, actions, and rule items by the number of rules;
Inputting the characteristics described in the definition sentence in each of the items
Event-based collaboration flow control method further comprising. delete delete The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving result data of an action performed on a resource of the cloud infrastructure from the resource and storing the result data in a content repository of the collaboration system. In a collaboration system using cloud infrastructure,
Content repositories,
A content controller controlling a job of storing or reading content in the content repository and generating information about the job;
An event maker for generating an active event using the task information generated by the content controller;
A collaboration flow controller for deriving the next action according to the active event and controlling the next action to be automatically performed based on the collaboration flow defined in the collaboration flow definition statement;
An external application processor that requests a virtual resource capable of processing the action and performs the action on the virtual resource if the derived action is not processable in the system
Including,
The collaboration flow controller includes an active event store for storing active events occurring in the system, an event verifier for verifying whether the active event is an event applicable to the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart, and a plurality of activities generated in the collaboration system. Further comprising an event analysis unit for deriving the next action by applying the event to the current step rules of the collaboration flow chart,
The event analyzer determines whether all of the plurality of active events necessary for deriving the next action have occurred based on the current step rule of the collaboration flowchart, and if it is determined that all of the plurality of active events have occurred, based on the collaboration flowchart. Derive the next action,
The collaborative flow controller controls the processed action to be processed in the system if the derived action can be processed in the collaboration system. Otherwise, the collaborative flow controller requests a virtual resource for performing an action from a cloud infrastructure through the external application processor to process the processed action. Collaboration system utilizing a cloud infrastructure, characterized in that to control.
The method of claim 6, wherein the collaboration flow controller,
A collaboration flow definition statement analyzer configured to analyze the collaboration flow definition statement stored in the content repository and to generate the collaboration flowchart;
Collaboration automation processing unit for controlling to perform the derived action in the collaboration system
Collaboration system utilizing a cloud infrastructure further comprising. The method of claim 7, wherein the collaboration flow definition statement analyzer is further configured to determine the number of rules that define events, actions, and relationships between events and actions described in the collaboration flow definition statement, and to determine the number of temporary events, actions, and rules by the number of rules. And a cloud infrastructure for generating the collaboration flowchart by inputting the characteristics described in the definition statement to each of the items. delete delete delete The method of claim 6, wherein the external application processor receives a result of the action performed on the virtual resource from the virtual resource and returns the result to the collaboration flow controller, wherein the collaboration flow controller stores the result in the content repository. Collaboration system utilizing cloud infrastructure.

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