APPLICATION INSTALLATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALLOWING A PACKAGE TO BE INSTALLED BY A THIRD PARTY

• US 20110202911A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Bezar, Eric David, Brooks, David, Gross, Adam, Jasik, Benji, Wong, Simon, Chasman, Douglas, Tzuo, Tien, Tucker, Lewis Wiley, Hansma, Scott, Tamm, Steven, Mason, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 9,069,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2329 using versioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/50 Circuit switching systems, i.e. systems in which the path is physically permanent during the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1433 Vulnerability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A computer implemented method of developing computer applications, the method comprising providing to multiple users access, over a network, to information on a data center, with a subgroup of the users having access to a sub-portion of the information that is different from the sub-portion accessible by the remaining tenants of the subgroup; and communicating with the data center over the network employing a computer system associated with a user of the sub-group to establish application functionality with the sub-portion that may be accessed, over the network, by additional parties authorized by the user. Also disclosed is a machine-readable medium and a data center, both of which facilitate carrying-out the steps of the method.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method, comprising:

specifying at least one metadata object, wherein the metadata object includes setup data of an application;

packaging the metadata object into a package;

verifying contents of the package; and

allowing the package to be installed by a third party;

wherein the installation includes;

importing the contents of the package, and

employing the metadata object.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the verifying is performed in response to a user request.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the verifying is performed automatically.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the package includes metadata containing a package identifier.

25. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for specifying at least one metadata object, wherein the metadata object includes setup data of an application;

computer code for packaging the metadata object into a package;

computer code for verifying contents of the package; and

computer code for allowing the package to be installed by a third party;

wherein the installation includes;

importing the contents of the package, and

employing the metadata object.

26. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the computer code for verifying is executed in response to a user request.

27. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the computer code for verifying is executed automatically.

28. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the package includes metadata containing a package identifier.

29. A system, comprising:

a processor configured for specifying at least one metadata object, wherein the metadata object includes setup data of an application;

said processor further configured for packaging the metadata object into a package, verifying contents of the package, and allowing the package to be installed by a third party;

wherein the installation includes;

importing the contents of the package, and

employing the metadata object.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the processor is further configured for performing the verifying in response to a user request.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein the processor is further configured for performing the verifying automatically.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein the package includes metadata containing a package identifier.