Method and system for user-designed application deployment

Abstract

Embodiments of a method and system for utilizing user-designed applications are disclosed. A user-designed application that utilizes at least one high-level API available within a system may be received. The user-designed application may be deployed server-side within the system. A user request may be processed server-side for the user-designed application in the system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 deploying a user-designed application at a system, the user-designed application causing the system to provide a feature that was not provided by the system prior to the deploying of the user-designed application;   receiving a request, from the client device, to access content from the user-designed application; and   processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on utilization levels of one or more resources of the system.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on the utilization levels of one or more of the resources of the system further comprising:
 determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application when utilization of cycles of a central processing unit (CPU) does not exceed a system threshold.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on the utilization levels of one or more of the resources of the system further comprising:
 determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application when utilization of a memory device does not exceed a system threshold.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on the utilization levels of one or more of the resources of the system further comprising:
 determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application when utilization of a number of system calls does not exceed a system threshold.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the utilization levels includes a system threshold of a resource of the system such that access to the content of the user-designed application is denied based on utilization of the resource of the system exceeding a system threshold of the resource of the system. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 in response to processing the request and determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application, providing access to the content of the user-designed application via a plurality of low-level application program interfaces (APIs) embodied as at least one high-level API.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the high-level APIs invokes API calls to some of the plurality of low-level APIs simultaneously. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a user-designed interface that is different from a standard interface provided by the system. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the user-designed interface provides access to content stored within the system and access to content available outside the system via website links or other resources. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 tracking utilization of one or more of the resources of the system.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein tracking the utilization of one or more of the resources of the system further comprising:
 tracking utilization of one or more of the resources of the system associated with the user-designed application.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining compensation associated with the user-designed application based on tracking the utilization of one or more of the resources of the system associated with the user-designed application.   
     
     
         13 . A system comprising:
 a memory device for storing instructions;   a processor, when executing the instructions, causes the system to perform operations comprising:   deploying a user-designed application at a system, the user-designed application causing the system to provide a feature that was not provided by the system prior to the deploying of the user-designed application;   receiving a request, from a client device, to access content from the user-designed application; and   processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on utilization levels of one or more resources of the system.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the utilization levels includes a system threshold of a resource of the system such that access to the content of the user-designed application is denied based on utilization of the resource of the system exceeding the system threshold of the resource of the system. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, causes the system to perform operations further comprising:
 in response to processing the request and determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application, providing access to the content of the user-designed application via a plurality of low-level APIs embodied as at least one high-level API.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, causes the system to perform the operation, in response to determining to provide access to the content through the user-designed application by processing the request, providing access to the content of the user-designed application via a plurality of low-level APIs embodied as at least one high-level API further comprising:
 invoking, by at least one of the high-level APIs, API calls to some of the plurality of low-level APIs simultaneously.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the feature includes a user-designed interface that is different from a standard interface provided by the system. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, causes the system to perform operations further comprising:
 tracking utilization of one or more of the resources of the system associated with the user-designed application.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, causes the system to perform operations further comprising:
 determining compensation associated with the user-designed application based on tracking the utilization of one or more of the resources of the system associated with the user-designed application   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
 deploying a user-designed application at a system, the user-designed application causing the system to provide a feature that was not provided by the system prior to the deploying of the user-designed application;   receiving a request, from a client device, to access content from the user-designed application; and   processing the request to determine whether to provide access or deny access to the content through the user-designed application based on utilization levels of one or more resources.