Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc.

Travis D Terry

Thomas Dacre Drapeau

James M Long, Iii

A resource host transmits a payload to a client device. The payload includes a first asset hosted by the resource host, and the first asset is associated with a first reference tag indicating a versioning status of the first asset. The resource host receives an Add Ref Instruction, wherein the Add Ref Instruction, which includes a custom reference tag indicating a user-selected versioning status of the first asset. The resource host associates a second reference tag with the first asset based on the custom reference tag.

Custom reference tag for versioning

A processing device includes processing circuitry and non-volatile storage configured to store management information that identifies supervisor-subordinate relationships among users. The processing circuitry receives a request from a first user, wherein the request includes a request to alter access rights of a second user to a network resource. The processing circuitry establishes authorization of the first user to request access to the network resource based on information included in a directory services database, and retrieves management information associated with the first user and the second user from the non-volatile storage. The processing circuitry determines whether a supervisor-subordinate relationship exists between the first user and the second user based on the management information associated with the first user and the second user, and alters the access rights of the second user to the network resource, at least partly in response to determining that the supervisor-subordinate relationship between the first user and the second user exists.

Resource access based on supervisory-subordinate relationship

A proxy device receives a resource request from a requestor via a client device. The resource request is associated with a hosted resource, and the hosted resource is associated with a version-control tag. The proxy device determines, based on the version-control tag, information indicating a current state of the hosted resource. The proxy device obtains user management information associated with the requestor, and conditionally dispatches a processed resource request from the proxy device to a resource host based, at least in part, on the current state of the hosted resource and the user management information.

Proxy device that selectively dispatches resource requests

A device acting as a proxy for an asset host receives a message from a requesting device. The message includes an access request specifying an asset hosted by the asset host. The message includes embedded pipeline language parameters specifying desired asset characteristics of the hosted asset. The proxy routes the access request to the asset host. The asset received in response to the request has characteristics. The proxy compares the asset characteristics of the asset to the desired asset characteristics specified by the embedded pipeline language parameters. In response to a result of the comparison indicating that the asset's characteristics do not match the first desired asset characteristics specified by the embedded pipeline language parameters, the proxy transmits a transformed asset back to the requesting device.

Selectively transforming assets returned by a proxy device

A system includes a proxy device, a requestor device that communicates with the proxy via a first communications link, and an asset host that communicates with the proxy via a second communications link. The proxy receives receive an access request from a user of the requestor device via the first communication link. The access request is associated with a requested asset hosted by the asset host, and includes pipeline language parameters. Routing information associated with the asset host is determined, and the access request is routed to the asset host in response to verifying that the user is authorized to access the requested asset. The proxy device obtains the requested asset from the asset host, transforms the requested asset based on the pipeline language parameters, and transmits the transformed asset to the requestor device.

Servicing asset requests via proxy

A system includes a proxy device, a requestor device that communicates with the proxy via a first communications link, and an asset host that communicates with the proxy via a second communications link. The proxy receives an access request from a user of the requestor device via the first communication link. The access request includes a request to access a resource hosted by the asset host. The proxy obtains access authorization information associated with the user, and determines whether the user is authorized to access the resource based on the access authorization information. The proxy determines routing information associated with the asset host, and conditionally routes the access request to the asset host via the second communications link based, at least in part, on the access authorization information. The; asset host provides the resource to the requestor device via a third communications link that bypasses the proxy device.

Proxy-controlled request routing

When a user sends a request to access an asset or resource, for example a program code file or a media file, the access request can be processed by a proxy device. The proxy can use directory information obtained from a directory, for example a company-wide Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory, to determine whether or not the request is from an authorized network user listed in the directory. The proxy can use management information obtained from another database to determine roles, subordinate assignment information, and access authorization information associated with the requesting user. The proxy can conditionally route the request to a resource host based on the directory information and the management information. The proxy can also transform a resource returned in response to the request by using pipeline language parameters included in a URL associated with the access request.

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Travis D Terry