Granted Patent B2

US 12,216,716 · App. 18/049,063 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventors: Stefan Hesse (Dresden, DE); Matthias Vogel (Saarbrücken, DE)

Assignee: SAP SE

G06F16/93G06F21/33

Abstract

Claims (80)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from a requestor and by an application agent associated with an application, a request for one or more attachment

s stored in an application document store;

for each attachment identified in the request, the application agent:

requests the attachment from a data privacy integration (DPI) kernel service, wherein the DPI kernel service comprises a DPI integrated personal data retrieval (iPDR) agent and a DPI iPDR attachment repository;

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the DPI iPDR attachment repository, metadata describing a download source of an attachment in the application document store;

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, the metadata;

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a download link to the attachment in the application document store, wherein the download link is received by the DPI kernel service directly from the application document store;

downloads, using the download link and directly from the application document store, the attachment;

informs the DPI kernel service that a download of the attachment is complete; and

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a message that the download link has been deactivated, wherein the message that the download link has been deactivated is received directly from the application document store; and

returning, by the application agent the one or more attachments to the requestor.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the download link includes credentials, tokens, or certificates for authentication.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining, in the DPI iPDR attachment repository, the download source of the attachment in the application document store; and

generating the metadata describing the download source of the attachment in the application document store.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, the download link; and

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store the download link.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, deactivation of the download link; and

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store, an indication that the download link has been deactivated.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , comprising:

deactivating, by the application document store, the download link; and

generating, by the application document store, the indication that the download link has been deactivated.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:

requesting, from the application agent and to the application document store, a download of the attachment from the application document store using the download link.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a requestor and by an application agent associated with an application, a request for one or more attachments stored in an application document store;

for each attachment identified in the request, the application agent:

requests the attachment from a data privacy integration (DPI) kernel service, wherein the DPI kernel service comprises a DPI integrated personal data retrieval (iPDR) agent and a DPI iPDR attachment repository;

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the DPI iPDR attachment repository, metadata describing a download source of an attachment in the application document store;

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, the metadata;

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a download link to the attachment in the application document store, wherein the download link is received by the DPI kernel service directly from the application document store;

downloads, using the download link and directly from the application document store, the attachment;

informs the DPI kernel service that a download of the attachment is complete; and

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a message that the download link has been deactivated, wherein the message that the download link has been deactivated is received directly from the application document store; and

returning, by the application agent the one or more attachments to the requestor.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the download link includes credentials, tokens, or certificates for authentication.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , comprising:

determining, in the DPI iPDR attachment repository, the download source of the attachment in the application document store; and

generating the metadata describing the download source of the attachment in the application document store.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, the download link; and

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store the download link.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, deactivation of the download link; and

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store, an indication that the download link has been deactivated.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12 , comprising:

deactivating, by the application document store, the download link; and

generating, by the application document store, the indication that the download link has been deactivated.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , comprising:

requesting, from the application agent and to the application document store, a download of the attachment from the application document store using the download link.

15. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

one or more computers; and

one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising:

receiving, from a requestor and by an application agent associated with an application, a request for one or more attachments stored in an application document store;

for each attachment identified in the request, the application agent:

requests the attachment from a data privacy integration (DPI) kernel service, wherein the DPI kernel service comprises a DPI integrated personal data retrieval (iPDR) agent and a DPI iPDR attachment repository;

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the DPI iPDR attachment repository, metadata describing a download source of an attachment in the application document store;

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, the metadata;

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a download link to the attachment in the application document store, wherein the download link is received by the DPI kernel service directly from the application document store;

downloads, using the download link and directly from the application document store, the attachment;

informs the DPI kernel service that a download of the attachment is complete; and

receives, from the DPI kernel service, a message that the download link has been deactivated, wherein the message that the download link has been deactivated is received directly from the application document store; and

returning, by the application agent the one or more attachments to the requestor.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , wherein the download link includes credentials, tokens, or certificates for authentication.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , comprising:

determining, in the DPI iPDR attachment repository, the download source of the attachment in the application document store; and

generating the metadata describing the download source of the attachment in the application document store.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, the download link; and

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store the download link.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , comprising:

requesting, by the DPI iPDR agent and to the application document store, deactivation of the download link;

receiving, by the DPI iPDR agent, and from the application document store, an indication that the download link has been deactivated;

deactivating, by the application document store, the download link; and

generating, by the application document store, the indication that the download link has been deactivated.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 15 , comprising:

requesting, from the application agent and to the application document store, a download of the attachment from the application document store using the download link.

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