US 12,013,819 B2
Asynchronous method for provisioning a service using file distribution technology
Dustin Stewart Silverman, Richardson, TX (US); Patrick Stephen Trantham, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Robert Jamison White, Pensacola, FL (US); Philippe-Jacques Thomas Green, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Bryan Adam Joyner, Sachse, TX (US); Cara Joy Drye, Pensacola, FL (US); and Michael Patrick Bower, Milton, FL (US)
Assigned to ZixCorp Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by ZixCorp Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,049.
Application 17/874,049 is a continuation of application No. 17/080,163, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,436,197.
Application 17/080,163 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/942,202, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,611,473.
Application 16/942,202 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/896,569, filed on Feb. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,102,192, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Application 16/942,202 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/154,755, filed on Jan. 14, 2014, granted, now 10,742,717, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358092 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/178 (2019.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/178 (2019.01) [G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:
generate a configuration file indicating how to provision a service instance utilized for electronic mail based on provisioning data from a provisioning database;
commit the configuration file to a repository, wherein by committing the file to the repository the configuration file is made available to the service instance;
determine that the configuration file applies to the service instance; and
send a notification associated with the configuration file for that service instance to the service instance by queuing the notification in a message queue associated with that service instance.