Dynamic page previewer for a web application builder

• US 10,664,244 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Olsson, Jan Ove Kristian
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivera, Anibal
• Application Number:
  US15/683,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20190065153A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing a dynamic page previewer for a web application builder. A database system maintains a multi-tenant non-relational database associated with a number of users, web applications, and web application components. The system displays a user interface for a dynamic page previewer, consisting of a preview page for a web application containing a number of web application components and one or more component toggle buttons corresponding to the components. The system then processes a user request to select a component toggle button. One or more component visibility rules associated with the component are determined, as well as a visibility state for the component. The visibility state is modified in relation to the component visibility rules, and the system presents the preview page of the web application in the user interface with the web application component being visible or not visible based on the modified visibility state.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a database system for providing a dynamic page previewer for a server-hosted web application builder, the database system implemented using a server system comprising one or more hardware processors, the database system configurable to cause;

accessing a database associated with a plurality of users, the database storing one or more data objects identifying a plurality of web applications and a plurality of web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within the web application builder;

providing, for display in a user interface on a client device, the dynamic page previewer comprising a preview page of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications, the preview page of the one or more web applications comprising one or more of the web application components and one or more component controls corresponding to the one or more web application components;

obtaining a user request associated with a user-selected one of the component controls;

determining one or more component visibility conditions associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component control, the one or more component visibility conditions configured to control whether to include associated web application components in a page, at least one of the one or more component visibility conditions being based, at least in part, on a value of a record stored in the database relative to one or more designated threshold values;

determining a visibility state for the web application component;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility conditions and in relation to filter logic comprising a nested logical statement associated with the selected component control; and

providing, for display in the user interface on the client device and in response to the user request, the preview page of the one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications with the web application component being included or not included as controlled by the modified visibility state.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the selected component control.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise the value of the record stored in the database being equal to or above the one or more designated threshold values.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein providing the preview page in response to the user request is performed in substantially real-time after processing the first user request.

8. A method comprising:

accessing a database associated with a plurality of users, the database storing one or more data objects identifying a plurality of web applications and a plurality of web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within a web application builder;

providing, for display in a user interface on a client device, a dynamic page previewer comprising a preview page of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications, the preview page of the one or more web applications comprising one or more of the web application components and one or more component controls corresponding to the one or more web application components;

obtaining a user request associated with a user-selected one of the component controls;

determining one or more component visibility conditions associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component control, the one or more component visibility conditions configured to control whether to include associated web application components in a page, at least one of the one or more component visibility conditions being based, at least in part, on a value of a record stored in the database relative to one or more designated threshold values;

determining a visibility state for the web application component;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility conditions and in relation to filter logic comprising a nested logical statement associated with the selected component control; and

providing, for display in the user interface on the client device and in response to the user request, the preview page of the one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications with the web application component being included or not included as controlled by the modified visibility state.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the selected component control.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise the value of the record stored in the database being equal to or above the one or more designated threshold values.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the preview page in response to the user request is performed in substantially real-time after processing the first user request.

15. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code capable of being executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions configurable to cause:

accessing a database associated with a plurality of users, the database storing one or more data objects identifying a plurality of web applications and a plurality of web application components, the web application components configured to be reusable within a web application builder;

providing, for display in a user interface on a client device, a dynamic page previewer comprising a preview page of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications, the preview page of the one or more web applications comprising one or more of the web application components and one or more component controls corresponding to the one or more web application components;

obtaining a user request associated with a user-selected one of the component controls;

determining one or more component visibility conditions associated with the web application component corresponding to the selected component control, the one or more component visibility conditions configured to control whether to include associated web application components in a page, at least one of the one or more component visibility conditions being based, at least in part, on a value of a record stored in the database relative to one or more designated threshold values;

determining a visibility state for the web application component;

modifying the visibility state in relation to the one or more component visibility conditions and in relation to filter logic comprising a nested logical statement associated with the selected component control; and

providing, for display in the user interface on the client device and in response to the user request, the preview page of the one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications with the web application component being included or not included as controlled by the modified visibility state.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least determining that one or more users have permission to access the web application component.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein modifying the visibility state comprises setting the visibility state to not visible.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user request comprises a user input within the user interface, the user input comprising at least one of a click, touch, or selection gesture directed at the selected component control.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise at least one or more pieces of data from a user profile or user preferences section associated with a user.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more component visibility conditions comprise the value of the record stored in the database being equal to or above the one or more designated threshold values.