Emc IP Holding Company LLC

Jichao Zhang

James Odis Pendergraft

Hao Sun

Wei Wang

Chun Wei

Chao Wang

Kenneth D Lee

Qiang Ma

Meiling Ge

Nicholas Wei

Peter Jun Peng

Yuanjie Wu

Jun Peng

Seven Duan

Link Yu

Sherman Liu

Harbee Huijing Wang

Jim Pendergraft

Described are techniques for request processing. A request may be received from a requester for first data to be returned to the requester. The request may be in accordance with an application programming interface. The first data may include a plurality of objects each including a value for a first property. The request may include a parameter of the application programming interface indicating to return the plurality of objects sorted in accordance with natural ordering based on the first property of each of the plurality of objects. The natural ordering may be performed as the default ordering. With natural ordering, one or more consecutive digits in a string are treated as a single numeric value rather than individual characters. First processing may be performed to service the request and obtain the first data. A response, including the first data, may be generated in accordance with the first processing.

Natural order API calls

A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an inquiry for a storage system from a user, wherein the inquiry concerns one or more resources/properties of the storage system. The inquiry is processed to identify one or more unavailability errors, wherein an unavailability error occurs when a resource/property identified within the inquiry is unavailable on the storage system. A database is queried to obtain information on the one or more resources/properties of the storage system, thus generating a search result. The search result is filtered to remove information corresponding to the one or more unavailability errors.

Querying system and method

An aspect includes identifying one or more dependencies, via a feature toggle component of an application programming interface (API), with respect to features associated with a set of resources. An aspect also includes populating identified dependencies within a metadata table corresponding to the API and defining a multi-level access control feature for the resource. The multi-level access control includes a top level that identifies the resource, and a mid level that identifies a first set of properties for the resource. An aspect further includes populating fields in the metadata table with the first set of properties and a corresponding mid-level indicator, and enabling access to the resource at varying levels of granularity based on the identified dependencies in the metadata table for the resource and the mid level-indicator for the first set of properties.

Expression-based feature toggle in an application programming interface (API)

Improved systems, methods, and techniques for generating representational state transfer (REST) requests from a client computer to a server computer. The disclosed techniques employ a REST application programming interface (also referred to as the 'RESTful API') for use in receiving the REST requests at the server computer from the client computer, and providing REST responses from the server computer to the client computer. The disclosed techniques further employ an intelligent REST client configured as a webpage (also referred to as the 'intelligent REST client webpage') that can be accessed by a browser running on the client computer, and transmitted or otherwise served by the server computer for display on the browser of the client computer. The intelligent REST client webpage may be employed by a user of the client computer for efficiently interacting with the RESTful API of the server computer.

Intelligent REST client for operating a data storage system

Techniques for request processing may include: receiving, at a data storage system, a plurality of requests from one or more clients, wherein the plurality of requests are in accordance with an application programming interface (API); collecting usage information regarding the plurality of requests; and periodically transmitting portions of the usage information to a data center. The usage information may include usage statistics regarding usage aspects of the API with respect to different types or classes of components in the data storage system. The usage information may be further analyzed for any suitable purpose such as to prioritize and identify existing features, services and/or commands for further development and improvement; identify unused or infrequently used features, commands, and/or parameters; and identify potential user interface enhancement.

Telemetry service

A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a language-generic message identifier from a storage system that is for a client electronic device. A preferred language is identified for the client electronic device. A database is searched using the language-generic message identifier and the preferred language to identify a language-specific notification.

Notification system and method

Natural order in API calls

Examples are generally directed towards disabling features using a feature toggle associated with an application programming interface (API). A server receives an API request including one or more elements. An element is associated with a set of features. If a feature state of every feature within the set of features is an enabled feature state, the element state is an enabled element state and the request is validated. The validated request is executed and a response to the request is returned to the client. If at least one feature state of at least one feature within the set of features is a disabled feature state or a hidden feature state, the element state is a disabled element state and the request is invalided. The invalidated request is rejected and an error message is returned to the client.

Disabling features using feature toggle

Examples are generally directed towards managing query responses. A server receives an unspecified property request associated with a resource. The request identifies a resource and omits a property field parameter. A set of instances associated with the resource is identified. An identifier for each instance in the set of instances is identified to form a set of identifiers. The server returns only the set of identifiers to the client as a response to the unspecified property request. On determining the server has received a types-feed request from the client, the server identifies all possible property types for the resource to form a list of all property types. The server returns the list of all property types to the client as a response to the types-feed request.

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