KR20140066611A - 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 cooperation flow control method, which is capable of simply defining a cooperation flow and automating cooperation in a cooperation system using cloud technology. The event-based cooperation flow control method of the cooperation system according to the present invention comprises the steps of creating a cooperation flow chart by analyzing a cooperation flow statement which describes a cooperation flow; monitoring an active event which occurs in the system; determining whether all events required to derive a next action have occurred on the basis of rules in the current stage of the cooperation flow chart; and deriving the next action based on the cooperation flow chart and controlling the automatic execution of the derived action when it is determined that all the required events have occurred.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a collaborative system using a cloud infrastructure and an event-based collaborative flow control method applicable to the cloud infrastructure.

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

In large-scale collaborations, there are many difficulties for users to control all the processes of collaboration. To support this, systems for defining and automating collaborations, including business process management (BPM), have been developed and used in many collaboration systems. In addition, a content-based collaboration platform has been developed to further simplify the collaboration process and reduce unnecessary network load. The content - based collaboration platform has the effect of reducing unnecessary communication between users by storing the contents used by collaborating users in a central public contents store and creating a virtual collaboration space. However, existing collaborative systems are capable of supporting universal collaboration, but they are failing to efficiently provide additional functions for the professional field.

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

It is another object of the present invention to provide a collaborative system and method that can efficiently utilize various additional functions by collaborating using a cloud infrastructure (IaaS) in assisting large-scale collaborations.

An event-based collaborative flow control method in a collaborative system according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of generating a collaborative flowchart by analyzing a collaborative flow definition statement, monitoring an active event occurring in the system, Determining whether all of the necessary active events have occurred to derive a next action based on the current step rule of the flowchart; and if it is determined that both of the necessary active events have occurred, deriving the next action based on the collaboration flowchart, And controlling the derived action to be performed automatically.

A collaborative system using a cloud infrastructure according to one aspect of the present invention includes a content repository, a content controller for controlling operations of storing and reading content in the content repository and generating information about the operations, A collaboration flow controller for deriving a next action based on the activity event based on the collaboration flow defined in the collaboration flow definition statement and controlling the next action to be performed automatically, And an external application processor for requesting a virtual resource that can process the action to the cloud infrastructure and controlling the action to be performed in the virtual resource when the derived action is not processable in the system.

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

In addition, it automates collaborative work according to predefined collaborative flow, which greatly reduces unnecessary time wasted in collaborative process.

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

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

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms first, second, etc. used in the description of the present specification are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

Also, in this specification, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" with another element, the element may be directly connected or directly connected to the other element, It should be understood that, unless an opposite description is present, it may be connected or connected via another element in the middle.

In addition, the singular phrases used in the present specification and claims should be interpreted generally to mean "one or more " unless otherwise stated.

Also, the terms "module", "part", "group", "person", "interface" and the like used in the present specification generally mean a computer-related object. For example, hardware, software, . ≪ / RTI >

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a collaboration system that utilizes 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 generator 130, a collaboration flow controller 140, and an external application processor 150.

The content store 110 is a repository for storing content used for collaboration. A virtual collaborative space is created by storing content used by collaborating users in a public content repository.

Content controller 120 may control the operation of storing or reading content in content store 110 and may generate information about such operations. In one embodiment, the collaborative user may access the content repository 130 via the content controller 120, so that the content controller 120 knows all of the operations on the content repository 130, Can be generated.

The event generator 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 performed automatically. A collaboration flow definition statement is a document defined by a collaboration manager. In one embodiment, the collaboration flow definition statement may be stored in the content store 110.

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

The collaboration flow definition analyzing unit 141 analyzes a collaboration flow definition statement defining a collaboration flow stored in the content repository 110 to generate a collaboration flow chart. In one embodiment, the cooperative flow definition statement analyzing unit 141 determines the number of rules defining the relationship between the events, actions, and events and actions described in the cooperative flow definition statement, and stores the number of rules, And generating the collaboration flow chart by entering the characteristics described in the definition in each of the items.

The event analyzer 142 may apply a plurality of active events occurring in the collaboration system to the current stage rule of the collaboration flowchart to derive the next action. In one embodiment, the event analyzer 142 determines whether all of the plurality of active events required to derive the next action have been generated based on the current stage rule of the collaboration flow chart, and determines that all of the plurality of active events have occurred , The action to be performed next in the collaboration process can be derived based on the collaboration flow chart.

The collaboration automation processing unit 143 may control the action derived from the event analysis unit 142 to be performed automatically 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 itself in the collaboration system 100, and otherwise processes the action in the external application processor 150 .

The external application processor 150 requests a virtual resource that can process the action in the cloud infrastructure, if the action derived from the collaboration flow controller 140 is not processable in the collaboration system, Can be controlled. In one embodiment, the external application processor 150 communicates with the virtual resources provided by the cloud infrastructure, transmits the work to be performed, receives the result, and returns the result to the collaboration automation processor 143. The collaborative automation processing unit 143 stores the result in the content store 110 via the content creator 120 and terminates.

FIG. 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 diagram. In order to define the collaboration, the collaboration manager creates a collaboration flow definition statement describing the collaboration flow and stores it in the content repository 110 via the content controller 120. [ The collaboration flow definition analyzer 121 analyzes the collaboration definition statement stored in the content store 110 to generate an active collaboration flow diagram. In one embodiment, the generation of the active collaboration flow diagram includes: identifying the number of rules defining the relationship between events, actions, and events and actions listed in the collaboration flow definition statement; generating a provisional event, an action, And by inputting the characteristic associated with each item described in the definition statement in each generated item.

At step 220, activity events occurring in the collaboration system are monitored. The active collaboration flow waits for the occurrence of a new active event and verifies that the generated active event is an applicable event to the current rule of the collaboration flow chart generated in step 210, An active event is stored in the repository for the next action. On the other hand, when it is judged that the event is not applicable to the collaboration flow, it waits for the next event to occur. And waits for an event to occur in the collaboration space (e.g., the public content store) until all the events necessary to determine the next action to proceed with the collaboration occur.

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

If it is determined in step 240 that all of the active events necessary for deriving the next action are generated, the next action is derived based on the collaboration flowchart, and the derived action is automatically controlled. In one embodiment, when the derived action is processable within the system, the collaboration automation processor 143 immediately processes the action through the content controller 110 and ends the work for one flow. On the other hand, if the corresponding action can not be processed in the system, the external application processor 150 requests the cloud infrastructure for a virtual resource for performing an action.

When the external application processor 150 requests a virtual resource, the cloud infrastructure generates a virtual resource for performing an action and provides the virtual resource to the external application processor 150. The external application processor 150 communicates with the provided virtual resource and transmits a task required for performing the action to the virtual resource. Thereafter, the result of the action execution of the virtual resource is received and returned to the collaboration automation processor 143, and the collaboration automation processor 143 stores the result in the content repository 110 through the content controller 120, And terminates the operation.

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

Program instructions to be recorded on a computer-readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Includes hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The above-mentioned medium may also be a transmission medium such as a light or metal wire, wave guide, etc., including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a data structure and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

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

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. An event-based collaborative flow control method in a collaborative system,
Analyzing the collaboration flow definition statement to generate a collaboration flow chart;
Monitoring an activity event occurring in the system;
Determining whether all the active events necessary to derive the next action have occurred based on the current step rule of the collaboration flow chart,
Deriving the next action based on the collaboration flow chart and controlling the derived action to be performed automatically when it is determined that all the necessary active events have occurred
Based collaborative flow control method. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the collaboration flow diagram further comprises:
Determining a number of rules defining a relationship between an event, an action, and an event and an action described in the collaboration flow definition statement;
Generating a temporary event, an action and a rule item by the number of rules;
Inputting a characteristic described in the definition statement in each of the items;
The event-based collaborative flow control method further comprising: 2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring active events occurring in the system comprises:
Generating information about a job performed in the content repository of the system;
Generating an active event using the generated task information;
Verifying that the activity event is applicable to the current rule of the collaboration flow chart;
Storing the verified active event in a repository
Based collaborative flow control method. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: controlling the virtual machine resource to be performed by requesting a virtual machine resource to the cloud infrastructure and assigning the action to the virtual machine resource when the derived next action is not an action that can be processed in the collaboration system Further comprising an event based collaborative flow control method. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving result data of an action performed in the resource of the cloud system from the resource and storing the resultant data in a content store of the collaboration system. In a collaborative system that utilizes a cloud infrastructure,
A content repository,
A content controller for controlling the operation of storing or reading content in the content repository and generating information about the operation;
An event generator for generating an active event using the operation information generated by the content controller;
A collaborative flow controller for deriving a next action based on the active event based on the collaboration flow defined in the cooperative flow definition statement and controlling the next action to be performed automatically;
Requesting a virtual resource capable of processing the action to the cloud infrastructure and controlling the action to be performed in the virtual resource when the derived action is not processable in the system,
A collaborative system that utilizes a cloud infrastructure. The method of claim 1,
A collaboration flow definition analyzer for analyzing a collaboration flow definition statement stored in the content repository to generate a collaboration flow diagram;
An event analyzer for applying a plurality of active events occurring in the collaboration system to a current stage rule of the collaboration flowchart to derive a next action;
A cooperative automation processing unit for controlling the cooperative system to perform the derived action
A collaborative system that utilizes a cloud infrastructure. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the collaboration flow definition analyzer analyzes the number of rules that define a relationship between an event, an action, an event and an action described in the collaboration flow definition statement, And generating the collaboration flow diagram by inputting the characteristics described in the definition statement in each of the items. 8. The system of claim 7,
An active event storage for storing an active event occurring in the system and an event verifying unit for verifying whether the active event is applicable to the current step rule. The method according to claim 9, wherein the event analyzer determines whether all of the plurality of active events required to derive a next action are generated based on a current step rule of the collaboration flowchart, And a cloud infrastructure that derives the next action based on the collaboration flow diagram. 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the cooperative flow controller controls the system to process the derived action when the cooperative work can be processed in the cooperative system, and otherwise instructs the external application processor to process the derived action A collaborative system that leverages cloud infrastructure. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the external application processor receives from the virtual resource the result of the action performed on the virtual resource and returns it to the collaboration flow controller, and the collaboration flow controller stores the result in the content repository A collaborative system that leverages cloud infrastructure.

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