RICH TEXT BOX FOR LIVE APPLICATIONS IN A CLOUD COLLABORATION PLATFORM

• US 20200134002A1
• Filed: 01/31/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: TUNG, Julie, NAYAK, Rajeev, GIBBS, Kevin, TAYLOR, Bret, SU, Yang, BOTWICK, Nate, RAZAVI, Pedram, GOODFRIEND, Scott, MAHDI, Nikrad, CHUNG, Andy, HAMLIN, Drew, LINEHAN, Patrick, WESTWOOD, Sophia, SIMON, Lindsey, BANGA, Shrey, BERLIN, Diana
• Granted Patent: US 11,169,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0871 Allocation or management of cache space
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 : for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 : for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 : Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 : above the transport layer
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 : where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a rich text box to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The rich text box component may extend styles and functions performed within a document editor in the cloud collaboration platform to customizable live applications. This extension ensures a consistent user experience where the behavior of text-editing in live application mirrors that of the standardized document editor. Additional functionality, such as mentions and auto-completions, may be performed by the rich text boxes embedded in a live application without adding to the code base of the live application, complicating design decisions, and/or circumventing the security requirements of a live application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing, by a cloud collaboration platform, a rich text box component to a live application, wherein the rich text box component extends functions and styles available in a document editor in the cloud collaboration platform to the live application;

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, a call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the call comprises properties applicable to a rich text box in the live application; and

rendering, by the cloud collaboration platform, the rich text box within the live application based on the properties and the styles; and

processing, by the cloud collaboration platform, an input in the rich text box via the functions with an input handler deployed in the cloud collaboration platform, wherein the providing, receiving, rendering, and processing are performed by one or more computers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, a second call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the second call comprises second properties applicable to a second rich text box in the live application; and

rendering, by the cloud collaboration platform, the second rich text box within the live application based on the second properties and the styles.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, an editing notification from a first account accessing the rich text box in the live application in the document editor; and

preventing, by the cloud collaboration platform, a second account from editing the rich text box.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, a takeover notification from the second account,

preventing, by the cloud collaboration platform, the first account from editing the rich text box; and

allowing, by the cloud collaboration platform, the second account to edit the rich text box.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying, by the cloud collaboration platform, a profile picture related to the first account and a lock icon for the second account in association with the rich text box.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud collaboration platform, an editing-completed notification from the first account;

allowing, by the cloud collaboration platform, the second account to edit the rich text box.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing, by the cloud collaboration platform, the input to determine auto-complete values; and

rendering, by the cloud collaboration platform, a response to the input in the frame including the auto-complete values.

8. The method of claim 7, where the auto-complete values are determined from among accounts in the cloud collaboration platform.

9. The method of claim 7, where the auto-complete values are determined from among documents in the cloud collaboration platform.

10. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

provide a rich text box component to a live application in a cloud collaboration platform, wherein the rich text box component extends functions and styles available in a document editor in the cloud collaboration platform to the live application;

receive a call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the call comprises properties applicable to a rich text box in the live application; and

render the rich text box within the live application based on the properties and the styles; and

process an input in the rich text box via the functions with an input handler deployed in the cloud collaboration platform, wherein the providing, receiving, rendering, and processing are performed by one or more computers.

11. The system of claim 10, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive a second call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the second call comprises second properties applicable to a second rich text box in the live application; and

render the second rich text box within the live application based on the second properties and the styles.

12. The system of claim 10, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive editing notification from a first account accessing the rich text box in the live application in the document editor; and

prevent a second account from editing the rich text box.

13. The system of claim 10, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive a takeover notification from the second account,

prevent the first account from editing the rich text box; and

allow the second account to edit the rich text box.

14. The system of claim 11, the at least one processor further configured to:

display a profile picture related to the first account and a lock icon for the second account in association with the rich text box.

15. The system of claim 14, the at least one processor further configured to:

receive an editing-completed notification from the first account;

remove the profile picture and the lock icon from display; and

allow the second account to edit the rich text box.

16. The system of claim 10, the at least one processor further configured to:

process the input to determine auto-complete values; and

render a response to the input in the frame including the auto-complete values.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

providing a rich text box component to a live application in a cloud collaboration platform, wherein the rich text box component extends functions and styles available in a document editor in the cloud collaboration platform to the live application;

receiving a call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the call comprises properties applicable to a rich text box in the live application; and

rendering the rich text box within the live application based on the properties and the styles; and

processing an input in the rich text box via the functions with an input handler deployed in the cloud collaboration platform, wherein the providing, receiving, rendering, and processing are performed by one or more computers.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

receiving a second call to the rich text box component from the live application running in the document editor, wherein the second call comprises second properties applicable to a second rich text box in the live application; and

rendering the second rich text box within the live application based on the second properties and the styles.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

receiving an editing notification from a first account accessing the rich text box in the live application in the document editor; and

preventing a second account from editing the rich text box.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

processing the input to determine auto-complete values; and

rendering a response to the input in the frame including the auto-complete values.