Method, system, and computer program product for identifying web pages

• US 8,078,620 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Dayon, Alexandre
• Primary Examiner(s): Colin, Carl
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rashid, Harunur
• Application Number:
  US12/773,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 709/218, 707/802, 715/234
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for accessing web pages on a network are provided. In use, different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of a web page selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the web page selected by the different users. In particular, a user is conditionally provided access to a section of a web page selected by the user, based on a comparison of a user value indicating a community with which the user is associated to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the section of the web page selected by the first user.

Claims

1. A method for accessing web pages on a network, the method comprising:

transferring a portion of a first web page, wherein the portion of the first web page includes a selector allowing a user to concurrently select respective content values for two or more content dimensions;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from a user input device to indicate the content value selected by the user of a computer for each content dimension;

identifying one or more second web pages associated with information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions;

sending information about the identified second web pages to the computer;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device indicating one of the second web pages selected by the user of the computer from the identified second web pages; and

sending to the computer the one of the second web pages selected by the user;

wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users by;

identifying a first user value for at least one community dimension to which a first user is associated, the first user value indicating a first community with which the first user is associated;

for a first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

for a second section of the one of the second web pages, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

identifying a second user value for at least one community dimension to which a second user is associated, the second user value indicating a second community with which the second user is associated;

for the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

conditionally providing the second user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

for the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; and

conditionally providing the second user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is implemented using a plurality of instances of a software program, and wherein a plurality of server computers are executing at least one instance of the software program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of content dimensions and the content dimension values are defined by a system administrator.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring a portion of a third web page from a server computer to a display device over the network, wherein the portion of the third web page allows the user to select a theme;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device to indicate the theme selected by the user;

wherein the identifying the one or more second web pages associated with the information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions further comprises only identifying the second web pages associated with the theme selected by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the information about the identified second web pages to the computer further comprises grouping the information about the identified second web pages by theme.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second web pages is part of a face book.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user is provided access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user in response to a determination from the comparison that the first user value matches the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user is denied access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user in response to a determination from the comparison that the first user value does not match the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first community to which the first user is associated is a community to which the first user is assigned.

10. The method of claim 1, for each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the user, a file creator selects the community value for the at least one community dimension, such that the selection creates the assignment of the community value for the at least one community dimension to the section of the one of the second web pages selected by the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the sections of the one of the second web pages selected by the user is assigned multiple different sets of a community value for the at least one community dimension.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the sets of a community value for the at least one community dimension indicates a different community.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein for each section of the one of the second web pages, the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the section of the one of the second web pages is specified for granting access to the section of the one of the second web pages to users associated with the community value.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein for each section of the one of the second web pages, the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the section of the one of the second web pages is specified for denying access to the section of the one of the second web pages to users associated with the community value.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the community dimensions include a geographic location category, a department category and a time period category.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a community to which each section of the one of the second web pages is assigned categorizes the section of the one of the second web pages according to a corporate structure using the geographic location category and the department category, and further categorizes the section of the one of the second web pages according to a timeframe using the time period category.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein a community to which each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user is assigned and the first community to which the first user is associated are within a corporate structure.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein a community to which each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user is assigned and the first community to which the first user is associated includes a geographic location and a department.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the department includes a department of the corporate structure to which each section of the one of the second web pages concerns.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages defines a publication date associated with the section of the one of the second web pages.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the community to which each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user is assigned and the first community to which the first user is associated each include a group of people.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising accepting signals provided by a file creator via another user input device to assign a theme to each section of the one of the second web pages, the theme associated with at least one of the community values for the at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein for the section of the one of the second web pages associated with the theme, the at least one of the community values associated with the theme is automatically assigned to the section of the one of the second web pages based on the assignment of the theme to the section of the one of the second web pages.

24. A system for accessing web pages on a network comprising:

a processor for;

transferring a portion of a first web page, wherein the portion of the first web page includes a selector allowing a user to concurrently select respective content values for two or more content dimensions;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from a user input device to indicate the content value selected by the user of a computer for each content dimension;

identifying one or more second web pages associated with information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions;

sending information about the identified second web pages to the computer;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device indicating one of the second web pages selected by the user of the computer from the identified second web pages; and

sending to the computer the one of the second web page selected by the user;

wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users by;

identifying a first user value for at least one community dimension to which a first user is associated, the first user value indicating a first community with which the first user is associated;

for a first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

for a second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

identifying a second user value for at least one community dimension to which a second user is associated, the second user value indicating a second community with which the second user is associated;

for the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

conditionally providing the second user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

for the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; and

conditionally providing the second user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is implemented using a plurality of instances of a software program, and wherein the system is operable such that a plurality of server computers are executing at least one instance of the software program.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is operable such that the plurality of content dimensions and the content dimension values are defined by a system administrator.

27. The system of claim 24, further comprising:

transferring a portion of a third web page from a server computer to a display device over the network, wherein the portion of the third web page allows the user to select a theme;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device to indicate the theme selected by the user;

wherein the system is operable such that the identifying the one or more second web pages associated with the information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions further comprises only identifying the second web pages associated with the theme selected by the user.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is operable such that the sending the information about the identified second web pages to the computer further comprises grouping the information about the identified second web pages by theme.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein at least one of the second web pages is part of a face book.

30. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for accessing web pages on a network, the method comprising:

transferring a portion of a first web page, wherein the portion of the first web page includes a selector allowing a user to concurrently select respective content values for two or more content dimensions;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from a user input device to indicate the content value selected by the user of a computer for each content dimension;

identifying one or more second web pages associated with information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions;

sending information about the identified second web pages to the computer;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device indicating one of the second web pages selected by the user of the computer from the identified second web pages; and

sending to the one of the second computer the web pages selected by the user;

wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users by;

identifying a first user value for at least one community dimension to which a first user is associated, the first user value indicating a first community with which the first user is associated;

for a first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

for a second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

conditionally providing the first user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user;

identifying a second user value for at least one community dimension to which a second user is associated, the second user value indicating a second community with which the second user is associated;

for the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

conditionally providing the second user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user;

for the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; and

conditionally providing the second user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user.

31. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the computer program product is implemented using a plurality of instances of a software program, and wherein a plurality of server computers are executing at least one instance of the software program.

32. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the plurality of content dimensions and the content dimension values are defined by a system administrator.

33. The computer program product of claim 30, further comprising:

transferring a portion of a third web page from a server computer to a display device over the network, wherein the portion of the third web page allows the user to select a theme;

detecting a user'"'"'s choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device to indicate the theme selected by the user;

wherein the identifying the one or more second web pages associated with the information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions further comprises only identifying the second web pages associated with the theme selected by the user.

34. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the sending the information about the identified second web pages to the computer further comprises grouping the information about the identified second web pages by theme.

35. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein at least one of the second web pages is part of a face book.