Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for deploying a service bus artifact from a local development environment to a service bus instance in a cloud environment. A deployment API can be plugged into the local development environment to perform a plurality of steps required for deploying the service bus artifact, including enabling communication from the local development environment to pass through a corporate firewall. The plurality of steps can be wrapped in a single service call to the service bus instance; and can include creating a session, uploading the service bus artifact, importing the uploaded service bus artifact, executing customization, and activating the session. In the event of a failure of any step, the service call can abort. The deployment API is generic and can be plugged into a plurality of development products.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing inter-SCO navigation, for example, in SCORM-based courseware. In an embodiment, a method of navigating a course is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing a permissions manager capable of assisting an applet, for example, in determination and/or grant of the permissions required for an operation. In an embodiment, an apparatus for managing permissions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a software application, a permissions manager coupled to the software application and receiving a request sent by the software application, and a programming environment coupled to the permissions manager. The request may indicate a permission, which may be requested by the permissions manager. The permissions manager may access the programming environment to determine a required permission corresponding to the permission and to determine how to grant the required permission.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing configurable persistence in applets. In an embodiment, an apparatus for persisting data is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a persistence manager module, a persistent element, and a stream generator module. The persistence manager module may receive a data path request from the persistent element. The persistence manager module may resolve at least one token present in a data path provided by the persistent element. The stream generator module may correspond to a type of data provided by the persistent element. The persistence manager may further activate the stream generator module. In a further embodiment, the persistent element persists data based on a result of a persistence stream request.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for provision of efficient, effective, and/or flexible data validation and/or transformation. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system for providing courseware data is disclosed. The computer system includes: a client apparatus to provide a customer data file; an LMS server to store the courseware data and receive the customer data file, the LMS server and the client apparatus communicating through a communication channel; and a customer information repository to store data corresponding to a customer ELP version and a customer ID, the customer information repository being accessible by the LMS server. In another embodiment of the present invention, a data field associated with the customer data file may be parsed to determine an output format corresponding to the customer ELP version and the customer ID.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing inter-SCO navigation, for example, in SCORM-based courseware. In an embodiment, a method of navigating a course is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing configurable persistence in applets. In an embodiment, an apparatus for persisting data is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a persistence manager module, a persistent element, and a stream generator module. The persistence manager module may receive a data path request from the persistent element. The persistence manager module may resolve at least one token present in a data path provided by the persistent element. The stream generator module may correspond to a type of data provided by the persistent element. The persistence manager may further activate the stream generator module. In a further embodiment, the persistent element persists data based on a result of a persistence stream request.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing a permissions manager capable of assisting an applet, for example, in determination and/or grant of the permissions required for an operation. In an embodiment, an apparatus for managing permissions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a software application, a permissions manager coupled to the software application and receiving a request sent by the software application, and a programming environment coupled to the permissions manager. The request may indicate a permission, which may be requested by the permissions manager. The permissions manager may access the programming environment to determine a required permission corresponding to the permission and to determine how to grant the required permission.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for efficiently providing a SCORM reader and/or progress tracker. In an embodiment, a method of displaying courseware is disclosed. The method includes: providing a content database, a course structure database, a course progress database, and a delivery component. The content database may include content data corresponding to the courseware. The course structure database may include structure data corresponding to a structure of the courseware. The course progress database may include progress data corresponding to a progress of a user through the courseware. The delivery component may display the courseware. In addition, the delivery component may communicate with the content database, the course structure database, and the course progress database to display the courseware and track the progress of the user through the courseware. In another embodiment, the method may perform its tasks without requiring direct access to an LMS.

Abstract: A method for enabling applet execution in networks using proxy servers is disclosed. An applet not requiring a Domain Name Server (DNS) lookup is embedded into a web page prior to the appearance of other applets in the web page. The web page is retrieved by a web browser and the first applet is used to verify network and web browser settings. The applet checks for the presence of a proxy server and verifies the proxy settings of the web browser. A warning is displayed to the user of the web browser if the proxy settings are not enabled.

Abstract: A method for providing an external client access to a device that is protected by a firewall. The method includes providing a tunnel mechanism and then operating the tunnel mechanism to receive an access request to the device from the external client. The tunnel mechanism verifies the external client is currently authorized to access a host device. If authorized, the method continues with routing the access request to the device. The verifying step may include determining a level of authorization and then the routing step is performed based on the determined level of authorization. The routing step includes modifying the access request to include an address of an interface of the internal device. The method continues with receiving a response to the modified access request from the internal device and then modifying the response to remove any identification information for the internal device included in the response.