Application update system, method and computer program product

• US 8,949,185 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Barker, Timothy J., Lissack, Ryan, Pletter, Daniel L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean M
• Application Number:
  US13/647,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20130036142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 707/608, 707/699, 707/769, 707/783, 707/785, 707/786, 707/792, 715/255
• US Class Current: 707/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for storing documents that are being tracked in an on-demand service. These mechanisms and methods for storing documents in an on-demand service can enable embodiments to provide the sharing of documents and the storing of the documents in association with a tag. The ability of embodiments to provide the sharing of documents and the storing can enable an efficient searching for a shared document. In an embodiment, the shared document is categorized upon being stored.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing an account for a user with an on-demand database system;

providing access to a document management storage of the on-demand database system by the user;

automatically limiting access to the document management storage to the user;

identifying a document stored on a device of the user;

uploading the identified document from the device of the user to the document management storage;

storing the uploaded document in the document management storage;

receiving from the user an indication of a group authorized to access the document management storage;

after a member joins the group;

automatically downloading the document from the document management storage to a device of the member,

allowing the member to at least edit the document, and

allowing the member to store the document that was edited as a master copy of the document in the document management storage;

periodically identifying an update made to the document in the document management storage, and in response to the identification of the update, synchronizing the document in the document management storage to the device of the user and the device of each member in the group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein historical versions of the document are stored for providing access thereto.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing to the user a webpage having a version tab that brings the user to another webpage that allows the user to view the historical versions of the document.

4. The method of claim 1, and further wherein after the member joins the group:

downloading an application to the device of the member.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the application is executable by the device of the member for the synchronizing of the document in the document management storage to the device of the member.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the application is downloaded to the device of the member by the on-demand database system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising prior to identifying the document stored on the device of the user:

providing a webpage to the device of the user, the webpage including an upload option selectable by the user;

receiving from the device of the user a request to start a process for uploading the document, wherein the request is received via selection by the user of the upload option;

providing to the device of the user a field for entering a location of the document stored on the device of the user;

receiving via the field the location of the document stored on the device of the user;

wherein the document is identified for the uploading thereof using the received location of the document stored on the device of the user.

8. The method of claim 1, and further wherein after the member joins the group:

providing to the device of the member a field for entering one or more search terms,

receiving the one or more search terms from the member via the field,

searching documents stored in the document management storage using the received one or more search terms,

determining search results from the searching, and

providing the search results to the device of the member.

9. The method of claim 1, and further wherein after the member joins the group:

identifying notification settings for the member, wherein the notification settings are configurable by the member, and

automatically sending a notification to the member in accordance with the notification settings.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing to the user a webpage having an option for adding one or more additional members to the group and removing one or more members from the group.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the option for adding additional members to the group includes a link that causes an invitation to be sent to the one or more additional members.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the option for removing the one or more members from the group includes a link that disables the one more members in the group.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing to the user and the members of the group an option to preview the document, wherein selection of the option to preview the document results in an excerpt from the document stored in the document management storage being shown.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing to the user and the members of the group a link to the document stored in the document management storage.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon one or more instructions causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

establishing an account for a user with an on-demand database system;

providing access to a document management storage of the on-demand database system by the user;

automatically limiting access to the document management storage to the user;

identifying a document stored on a device of the user;

uploading the identified document from the device of the user to the document management storage;

storing the uploaded document in the document management storage;

receiving from the user an indication of a group authorized to access the document management storage;

after a member joins the group;

automatically downloading the document from the document management storage to a device of the member,

allowing the member to at least edit the document, and

allowing the member to store the document that was edited as a master copy of the document in the document management storage;

periodically identifying an update made to the document in the document management storage, and in response to the identification of the update, synchronizing the document in the document management storage to the device of the user and the device of each member in the group.

16. A system, comprising:

a host system having at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon one or more instructions causing the at least one processor to implement a method, the method comprising;

establishing an account for a user with an on-demand database system;

providing access to a document management storage of the on-demand database system by the user;

automatically limiting access to the document management storage to the user;

identifying a document stored on a device of the user;

uploading the identified document from the device of the user to the document management storage;

storing the uploaded document in the document management storage;

receiving from the user an indication of a group authorized to access the document management storage;

after a member joins the group;

automatically downloading the document from the document management storage to a device of the member,

allowing the member to at least edit the document, and

allowing the member to store the document that was edited as a master copy of the document in the document management storage;

periodically identifying an update made to the document in the document management storage, and in response to the identification of the update, synchronizing the document in the document management storage to the device of the user and the device of each member in the group.