SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONDITIONALLY ENABLING AN INSTALLATION ASPECT

• US 20110231835A1
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Dvinov, Danil, Smith, Andrew, Weissman, Craig
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/52 during program execution, e.g. stack integrity ; Preventing unwanted data erasure; Buffer overflow
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for conditionally enabling an installation aspect. These mechanisms and methods for conditionally enabling an installation aspect can enable an improved determination of boundaries associated with the code, improved communication between code developers and users, improved security and access restriction, etc.

Claims

1. A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for identifying code to be installed within a multi-tenant on-demand database system;

computer code for identifying an aspect required with respect to the code; and

computer code for conditionally enabling the aspect, based on one or more criteria.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the code includes an application.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the code is drafted by a developer associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes data that is required to be accessed by the code when the code is installed and run within the multi-tenant on-demand database system.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes accessing data within the multi-tenant on-demand database system.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes communicating data outside of the multi-tenant on-demand database system by the code when the code is installed and run.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes operations that are performed on data that is accessed by the code when the code is installed and run.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes whether data accessed by the code is read by the code, updated by the code, and deleted by the code.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the aspect includes one or more methods of accessing data that are required by the code.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the aspect is identified by analyzing the code.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the code is statically introspected in order to determine what data is being accessed by the code and how such access is occurring.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the identified aspect is presented to an entity associated with the code.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein enabling the aspect includes allowing the code to access particular data.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein enabling the aspect includes allowing the code to perform one or more operations on data within the multi-tenant on-demand database system.

15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein enabling the aspect includes installing the code within the multi-tenant on-demand database system.

16. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein a user is presented with the aspect required with respect to the code.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising receiving input from the user in response to the presentation of the aspect to the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the aspect is conditionally enabled, based on the input from the user.

19. A method, comprising:

identifying code to be installed within a multi-tenant on-demand database system;

identifying an aspect required with respect to the code; and

conditionally enabling the aspect, based on one or more criteria.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

identifying code to be installed within a multi-tenant on-demand database system;

identifying an aspect required with respect to the code; and

conditionally enabling the aspect, based on one or more criteria.

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

transmitting code for identifying code to be installed within a multi-tenant on-demand database system;

transmitting code for identifying an aspect required with respect to the code; and

transmitting code for conditionally enabling the aspect, based on one or more criteria.