COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATION FEED AS A PLATFORM

• US 20130018955A1
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Thaxton, Carter Jon, Hanson, Timothy Scott
• Application Number:
  US13/447,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20130018955A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for presenting feed items in an information feed. In various implementations, at least one feed parameter is determined, where the at least one feed parameter identifies a characteristic of at least one feed item to be included in the information feed. In some implementations, at least one feed search strategy is determined based on the determined at least one feed parameter, where the at least one feed search strategy identifies a feed query to be issued to a database system storing the feed items. In various implementations, the at least one feed item is identified based on the determined at least one feed parameter and the at least one feed search strategy. In various implementations, a first result object is generated, where the first result object includes the identified at least one feed item.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for presentation of feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device, the method comprising:

determining at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed parameter identifying a characteristic of at least one feed item to be included in the information feed;

determining at least one feed search strategy based on the determined at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed search strategy identifying a feed query to be issued to a database system storing the feed items;

identifying the at least one feed item based on the determined at least one feed parameter and the at least one feed search strategy;

generating a first result object, the first result object including the identified at least one feed item, the first result object being a data structure including a result returned by the feed query; and

storing the first result object on the one or more storage mediums.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying contextual information and formatting information associated with the first result object; and

generating an intermediary data structure based on the first result object, the contextual information, and the formatting information, the intermediary data structure capable of being rendered for presentation at a user interface of a computer system.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein generating the intermediary data structure further comprises:

identifying features associated with the identified at least one feed item; and

translating the identified features into contextual information and formatting information.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying additional feed items based on the first result object; and

including the additional feed items in the first result object.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 2 further comprising rendering the intermediary data structure to create an image capable of being displayed as a webpage on a display device of a computer system.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feed item comprises a plurality of feed items, the plurality of feed items include a plurality of portions of feed items, and the first result object being generated based on a first one of the portions of feed items.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving a request for a second one of the portions of feed items; and

generating a second result object including a second one of the portions of feed items.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feed parameter and the at least one feed search strategy are selected from a plurality of abstract java classes.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information feed is one of a plurality of information feeds, each of the information feeds being identified by a respective identification parameter.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information feed is a part of an online social network.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one feed item includes a message.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the message includes one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

a post, a comment, audio data, video data, a status update, an uploaded file, a link to a file, a link to a web page, a link to a record, and an indication of a personal preference.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more storage mediums are included in a multi-tenant database accessible to a plurality of entities in an on-demand computing services environment.

14. One or more computing devices for presentation of feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device, the one or more computing devices comprising:

one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions to;

determine at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed parameter identifying a characteristic of at least one feed item to be included in the information feed;

determine at least one feed search strategy based on the determined at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed search strategy identifying a feed query to be issued to a database system storing feed items;

identify the at least one feed item based on the determined at least one feed parameter and the at least one feed search strategy;

generate a first result object, the first result object including the identified at least one feed item, the first result object being a data structure including a result returned by the feed query; and

store the first result object on the one or more storage mediums.

15. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, the one or more processors further operable to execute one or more instructions to:

identify contextual information and formatting information associated with the first result object; and

generate an intermediary data structure based on the first result object, the contextual information, and the formatting information, the intermediary data structure capable of being rendered for presentation at a user interface of a computer system.

16. The one or more computing devices of claim 15, the one or more processors further operable to execute one or more instructions to:

identify features associated with the identified at least one feed item; and

translate the identified features into contextual information and formatting information.

17. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, the one or more processors further operable to execute one or more instructions to:

identify additional feed items based on the first result object; and

include the additional feed items in the first result object.

18. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, wherein the at least one feed item comprises a plurality of feed items, the plurality of feed items include a plurality of portions of feed items, and the first result object being generated based on a first one of the portions of feed items.

19. The one or more computing devices of claim 18, the one or more processors further operable to execute one or more instructions to:

receive a request for a second one of the portions of feed items; and

generate a second result object including a second one of the portions of feed items.

20. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, wherein the information feed is one of a plurality of information feeds, each of the information feeds being identified by a respective identification parameter.

21. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, wherein the information feed is a part of an online social network.

22. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, wherein the at least one feed item includes a message.

23. The one or more computing devices of claim 22, wherein the message includes one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

a post, a comment, audio data, video data, a status update, an uploaded file, a link to a file, a link to a web page, a link to a record, and an indication of a personal preference.

24. The one or more computing devices of claim 14, wherein the one or more storage mediums are included in a multi-tenant database accessible to a plurality of entities in an on-demand computing services environment.

25. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing device to perform a method for providing access to an online social network, the method comprising:

determining at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed parameter identifying a characteristic of at least one feed item to be included in the information feed;

determining at least one feed search strategy based on the determined at least one feed parameter, the at least one feed search strategy identifying a feed query to be issued to a database system storing the feed items;

identifying the at least one feed item based on the determined at least one feed parameter and the at least one feed search strategy;

generating a first result object, the first result object including the identified at least one feed item, the first result object being a data structure including a result returned by the feed query; and

storing the first result object on the one or more storage mediums.

26. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, the method further comprising:

identifying contextual information and formatting information associated with the first result object; and

generating an intermediary data structure based on the first result object, the contextual information, and the formatting information, the intermediary data structure capable of being rendered for presentation at a user interface of a computer system.

27. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein generating the intermediary data structure further comprises:

identifying features associated with the identified at least one feed item; and

translating the identified features into contextual information and formatting information.

28. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, the method further comprising:

identifying additional feed items based on the first result object; and

including the additional feed items in the first result object.

29. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the at least one feed item comprises a plurality of feed items, the plurality of feed items include a plurality of portions of feed items, and the first result object being generated based on a first one of the portions of feed items.

30. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 29, the method further comprising:

receiving a request for a second one of the portions of feed items; and

generating a second result object including a second one of the portions of feed items.

31. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the information feed is a part of an online social network.

32. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25,

wherein the one or more storage mediums are included in a multi-tenant database accessible to a plurality of entities in an on-demand computing services environment.