METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCEMENTS TO A BUSINESS NETWORKING FEED

• US 20120239619A9
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Hersh, Jonathan, Rocha, Helder
• Granted Patent: US 9,817,637 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/628
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/78 for changing the order of data flow, e.g. matrix transposition or LIFO buffers; Overflow or underflow handling therefor

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus facilitate social and business networking in a multi-tenant database. An application can provide each user with the ability view targeted data of interest. The data of interest can be supplied in a feed associated with the user created list, which compiles the feed items, e.g., comments, posts, stories, etc., of the object feeds subscribed to by the list. Lists can include entity feeds of objects, on the database well as child records associated with those objects. Accordingly, a user can create tailored feeds and can organize related information into feed for that list. In further embodiments, applications are provided which allow users are able to view filtered selections of other users and objects on the database system. In one embodiments, a connector application allows users to modify subscriptions to other users and objects, a dashboard application allows users to view user profiles and analytics regarding the user profile, and a search application allows users to perform field based searches on the records of the users and objects. Additional applications which allow users to navigate and view records on the database system are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for providing a feed containing feed items associated with records stored in a database system, the method comprising:

initiating a creation of a list to be stored on the database system;

receiving a selection of a plurality of records, each record associated with a respective record feed that is capable of containing one or more feed items;

associating the selected records with the list, wherein one or more users of the database system are capable of subscribing to the list; and

generating a feed containing feed items of the record feeds of the records associated with the list, the feed for providing to a subscriber of the list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected plurality of records are associated with one or more of an object on the database system and a user profile on the database system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more objects and user profiles are members of the list.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising deleting one or more members of list.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising adding one or more members to the list.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the plurality of records associated with the list; and

associating the plurality of records with a second list.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more users of the database system capable of subscribing to the list include the owner of the list and wherein the list is a private list.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more users of the database capable of subscribing to the list includes users which have received an invitation to subscribe to the list by the owner of the list.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more users of the database capable of subscribing to the list includes any user on the database system capable of viewing the members of the list.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the one or more users on the database system subscribe to a selected record associated with the list, automatically subscribing the one or more users to the list.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more identifiers for the list; and

storing the one or more identifiers in one or more fields associated with a list record on the database system.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update to the list;

generating a story for the update; and

posting the story to a feed associated with a subscriber of the list.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving comments on the feed items in the generated feed of the list.

14. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a processor to perform an operation for providing a feed containing feed items associated with records stored in a database system, the instructions comprising the method of claim 1.

15. A database system comprising:

one or more processors configured to perform the method of claim 1; and

a database for storing the plurality of records.

16. A method for browsing a plurality of lists associated with records stored on a database system, the method comprising:

receiving one or more criteria for searching a plurality of lists, wherein each list is associated with a plurality of records stored on the database system and each record is associated with a respective record feed that is capable of containing one or more feed items;

searching the plurality of lists based on the criteria to identify lists matching the criteria, wherein each list includes at least one field capable of storing data for comparing to the criteria; and

generating a set of lists that include the data matching the criteria.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the criteria includes lists associated with a predetermined group of users on the database system.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the criteria includes lists owned by a specified user on the database system.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the criteria includes one or more alphanumeric strings.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the criteria includes a numerical quantity for determining a display of the lists in a user interface.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the numerical quantity is a number of lists displayed to a user per page.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the numerical quantity is a number of subscribers to the list.