SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NAVIGATING CONTENT ON A SINGLE PAGE

• US 20110225486A1
• Filed: 12/23/2010
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Stellanova, Todd
• Granted Patent: US 9,117,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• 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 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page. These mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page can enable optimized navigation of displayed content, more efficient content processing and resource use, increased content display speed, etc.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for navigating content on a single page, the method comprising:

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed on a single page;

retrieving the content;

adding the content to a data structure associated with the single page; and

displaying the content from the data structure on the single page.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the single page includes a single HTML page.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the single page is displayed on a portable device.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the single page is displayed using a browser of the device.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the content includes content from a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the content is retrieved from a data store associated with the system.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the data structure is stored within an HTML page, where the HTML page includes display information for the single page.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data structure includes a stack.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein adding the content to the data structure includes creating a new section of the data structure.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that a new section of the data structure is cloned from a template.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein adding the content to the data structure may include adding the content to the top of the data structure by pushing a new section of the data structure with the content on to the data structure.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the data structure includes a navigation stack which includes a marker that indicates a top of the stack, and a new section of the stack containing the content is pushed onto the stack by adding the new section immediately after the marker.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that prior to receiving the first request for the content, previous content is displayed to the user from the data structure on the single page.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer program product is operable such that after the content from the data structure is displayed on the single page in response to the first request from the user, a second request is received from the user for the previous content to be displayed on the single page.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the second request includes the selection of a “

back”

icon on an internet browser.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that in response to the second request, the content added to the data structure in response to the first request is removed from the data structure.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that a marker notes where the content was added to the data structure in response to the first request, and such content is removed utilizing the marker.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the previous content from the data structure is displayed on the single page.

19. A method, comprising:

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed on a single page;

retrieving the content;

adding the content to a data structure associated with the single page, utilizing a processor; and

displaying the content from the data structure on the single page.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed on a single page;

retrieving the content;

adding the content to a data structure associated with the single page; and

displaying the content from the data structure on the single page.

21. A method for transmitting code for use in a multi-tenant database system on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

transmitting code for receiving a first request from a user for content to he displayed on a single page;

transmitting code for retrieving the content;

transmitting code for adding the content to a data structure associated with the single page, utilizing a processor; and

transmitting code for displaying the content from the data structure on the single page.