Mechanism for facilitating user-controlled management of site network mapping and synchronization

• US 9,075,889 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Calvin, Philip Norman, Agrawal, Sonali, Dorgelo, Eric, Hubick, Shelby
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US13/665,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20140122649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating user-controlled mapping of sites and synchronization of their content. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving a first generation request for generating a site template in a first site network. The first generation request is received at a first computing device. The method may further include generating the site template, generating a child site based on the site template, and mapping the child site to one or more of a parent site and one or more child sites within the first site network.

Claims

1. A database system-implemented method comprising:

generating, by and incorporating into the database system, a site template in a first site network in response to a request for generating the site template, wherein the request is received at a first computing device;

generating, via the database system, a child site based on the site template, wherein the child site is populated based on first contents associated with the site template;

selecting, via the database system, one or more child sites at the first site network or a second site network to be mapped with the child site, wherein the first and second site networks communicate over a cloud network; and

mapping, over the cloud network, a parent site and the one or more child sites with the child site, wherein mapping includes dynamically synchronizing second contents of parent site and third contents of the one or more child sites with the first contents of the child site, wherein dynamically synchronizing includes resolving one or more errors between the first, second, and third contents.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a second computing device including a client computing device, the client computing device having desktop computing devices or mobile computing devices, wherein the request is placed by a representative of an organization including one or more of a business, a government agency, an educational institution, a non-profit organization.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request is received at the first computing device over a network, wherein the first computing device includes a server computing device coupled with the second computing device over the network, wherein the network comprises one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving a synchronization request to synchronize the first contents of the child site with the second contents of the parent site and the third contents of the one or more child sites;

and

synchronizing the first contents with one or more of the second contents and the third contents.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating the request prior to processing the request; and

processing the request prior to generating the site template.

6. A system comprising:

a computing device having a memory to store instructions, and a processing device to execute the instructions, the computing device further having a mechanism to;

generate, by and incorporating into the database system, a site template in a first site network in response to a request for generating the site template, wherein the request is received at a first computing device;

generate, via the database system, a child site based on the site template, wherein the child site is populated based on first contents associated with the site template;

select, via the database system, one or more child sites at the first site network or a second site network to be mapped with the child site, wherein the first and second site networks communicate over a cloud network; and

map, over the cloud network, a parent site and the one or more child sites with the child site, wherein mapping includes dynamically synchronizing second contents of parent site and third contents of the one or more child sites with the first contents of the child site, wherein dynamically synchronizing includes resolving one or more errors between the first, second, and third contents.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a second computing device including a client computing device, the client computing device having desktop computing devices or mobile computing devices, wherein the request is placed by a representative of an organization including one or more of a business, a government agency, an educational institution, a non-profit organization.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the request is received at the first computing device over a network, wherein the first computing device includes a server computing device coupled with the second computing device over the network, wherein the network comprises one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the mechanism is further to:

receive a synchronization request to synchronize the first contents of the child site with the second contents of the parent site and the third contents of the one or more child sites; and

synchronize the first contents with one or more of the second contents and the third contents.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the mechanism is further to:

authenticate the request prior to processing the request; and

process the request prior to generating the site template.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

generate, by and incorporating into the database system, a site template in a first site network in response to a request for generating the site template, wherein the request is received at a first computing device;

generate, via the database system, a child site based on the site template, wherein the child site is populated based on first contents associated with the site template;

select, via the database system, one or more child sites at the first site network or a second site network to be mapped with the child site, wherein the first and second site networks communicate over a cloud network; and

map, over the cloud network, a parent site and the one or more child sites with the child site, wherein mapping includes dynamically synchronizing second contents of parent site and third contents of the one or more child sites with the first contents of the child site, wherein dynamically synchronizing includes resolving one or more errors between the first, second, and third contents.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a second computing device including a client computing device, the client computing device having desktop computing devices or mobile computing devices, wherein the request is placed by a representative of an organization including one or more of a business, a government agency, an educational institution, a non-profit organization.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the request is received at the first computing device over a network, wherein the first computing device includes a server computing device coupled with the second computing device over the network, wherein the network comprises one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the machine is further caused to:

receive a synchronization request to synchronize the first contents of the child site with the second contents of the parent site and the third contents of the one or more child sites; and

synchronize the first contents with one or more of the second contents and the third contents.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the machine is further caused to:

authenticate the request prior to processing the request; and

process the request prior to generating the site template.