Multiple Views in an Information Feed

• US 20120102420A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Fukahori, Madoka
• Application Number:
  US13/039,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for selecting updates to associated records to publish on an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, data may be provided in an information feed. Page data comprising a first user interface component and a second user interface component may be generated at a computing device. The first and second user interface components may each be capable of displaying updates in an information feed. One or more of the updates may be compared with a first criterion associated with the first user interface component. When a first one or more updates are identified as meeting the first criterion, the first identified one or more updates may be designated as a first one or more candidates for presentation in the first user interface component.

Claims

1. A method of providing data in an information feed, the method comprising:

generating, at a computing device, page data comprising a first user interface component and a second user interface component, the first and second user interface components each being capable of displaying updates in an information feed, the updates stored in a database;

comparing one or more of the updates with a first criterion associated with the first user interface component;

when a first one or more updates are identified as meeting the first criterion, designating the first identified one or more updates as a first one or more candidates for presentation in the first user interface component; and

sending the page data comprising the first user interface component including the first presentation candidates and the second user interface component to a device capable of displaying the page.

2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the page data comprises a third user interface component capable of displaying updates in the information feed.

3. The method recited in claim 2, the method further comprising:

comparing the one or more updates with a second criterion associated with a third user interface component; and

when a second one or more updates are identified as meeting the third criterion, designating the second identified one or more updates as a second one or more candidates for presentation in the third user interface component, wherein the page data sent to the device further comprises the third user interface component including the second presentation candidates.

4. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the information feed is associated with a user account, the user account being one of a plurality of user accounts.

5. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the device comprises a client machine in communication with the computing device via a network, the method further comprising:

receiving an indication of the first criterion from the client machine.

6. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the first identified one or more updates each include a designated text string.

7. The method recited in claim 6, wherein the designated text string comprises an identifier associated with a designated user account.

8. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the updates in the information feed are each related to a designated data record in the database, the designated data record being one of a plurality of data records.

9. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the first identified one or more updates are each related to one or more designated data records in the database, the data records being designated in association with a user account.

10. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the first identified one or more updates are each related to a respective update created by a user account.

11. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the database is a multitenant database accessible to a plurality of entities via an on-demand computing services environment.

12. A computing system comprising one or more computing devices, the computing system configured to:

generate, at a computing device, page data comprising a first user interface component and a second user interface component, the first and second user interface components each being capable of displaying updates in an information feed, the updates stored in a database;

compare one or more of the updates with a first criterion associated with the first user interface component;

when one or more updates are identified as meeting the first criterion, designate the identified one or more updates as one or more candidates for presentation in the first user interface component; and

send the page data comprising the first user interface component including the presentation candidates and the second user interface component to a device capable of displaying the page.

13. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the page data comprises a third user interface component capable of displaying updates in the information feed.

14. The computing system recited in claim 13, the computing system being further configured to:

compare the one or more updates with a second criterion associated with a third user interface component; and

when a second one or more updates are identified as meeting the third criterion, designate the second identified one or more updates as a second one or more candidates for presentation in the third user interface component, wherein the page data sent to the device further comprises the third user interface component including the second presentation candidates.

15. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the information feed is associated with a user account, the user account being one of a plurality of user accounts.

16. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the device comprises a client machine in communication with the computing device via a network, the computing system being further configured to:

receive an indication of the first criterion from the client machine.

17. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the first identified one or more updates each include a designated text string.

18. The computing system recited in claim 17, wherein the designated text string comprises an identifier associated with a designated user account.

19. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the updates in the information feed are each related to a designated data record in the database, the designated data record being one of a plurality of data records.

20. The computing system recited in claim 12, wherein the first identified one or more updates are each related to one or more designated data records in the database, the data records being designated in association with a user account.

21. One or more computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method of providing data in an information feed, the method comprising:

generating, at a computing device, page data comprising a first user interface component and a second user interface component, the first and second user interface components each being capable of displaying updates in an information feed, the updates stored in a database;

comparing one or more of the updates with a first criterion associated with the first user interface component;

when one or more updates are identified as meeting the first criterion, designating the identified one or more updates as one or more candidates for presentation in the first user interface component; and

sending the page data comprising the first user interface component including the presentation candidates and the second user interface component to a device capable of displaying the page.

22. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 21, wherein the page data comprises a third user interface component capable of displaying updates in the information feed.

23. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 22, the method further comprising:

comparing the one or more updates with a second criterion associated with a third user interface component; and

when a second one or more updates are identified as meeting the third criterion, designating the second identified one or more updates as a second one or more candidates for presentation in the third user interface component, wherein the page data sent to the device further comprises the third user interface component including the second presentation candidates.

24. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 21, wherein the information feed is associated with a user account, the user account being one of a plurality of user accounts.

25. The one or more computer readable media recited in claim 21, wherein the device comprises a client machine in communication with the computing device via a network, the method further comprising:

receiving an indication of the first criterion from the client machine.