System, method and computer program product for navigating content on a single page

• US 9,117,003 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2010
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Stellanova, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, THU V
• Application Number:
  US12/978,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20110225486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,706 Days
• Field of Search: 715/234, 715/255, 715205-206, 715/241
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page. These mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page can enable optimized navigation of displayed content, more efficient content processing and resource use, increased content display speed, etc.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code for navigating content on a single page, and when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed;

retrieving the content from a database, where the content is stored in a first format;

translating the retrieved content from the first format to a second format;

cloning a template section of a hypertext markup language (HTML) page and renaming the cloned template section to identify the requested content;

adding the retrieved and translated content to the cloned and renamed template section;

pushing the cloned and renamed template section onto a navigation stack of the HTML page; and

displaying the content from the navigation stack of the HTML page.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the HTML page is displayed on a portable device.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the HTML page is displayed using a browser of the device.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the content includes content from a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the HTML page includes display information for the HTML page.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the navigation stack includes a marker that indicates a top of the stack, and wherein pushing the cloned and renamed template section on to the navigation stack includes adding the cloned and renamed template section immediately after the marker.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that prior to receiving the first request for the content, previous content is displayed to the user from the navigation stack.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program product is operable such that after the content from the navigation stack is displayed in response to the first request from the user, a second request is received from the user for the previous content to be displayed.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the second request includes the selection of a “

back”

icon on an internet browser.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer program product is operable such that in response to the second request, the content added to the navigation stack in response to the first request is removed from the navigation stack.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the previous content from the navigation stack is displayed.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer program product is operable such that a marker notes where the content was added to the navigation stack in response to the first request, and such content is removed utilizing the marker.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the cloned and renamed template section of the navigation stack is given an identifier that reflects a record type and time of creation of the cloned and renamed template section of the navigation stack.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed;

retrieving the content from a database, where the content is stored in a first format;

translating the retrieved content from the first format to a second format;

cloning a template section of a hypertext markup language (HTML) page and renaming the cloned template section to identify the requested content;

adding the retrieved and translated content to the cloned and renamed template section;

pushing the cloned and renamed template section onto a navigation stack of the HTML page; and

displaying the content from the navigation stack of the HTML page.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor and a hardware memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first request from a user for content to be displayed;

retrieving the content from a database, where the content is stored in a first format;

translating the retrieved content from the first format to a second format;

cloning a template section of a hypertext markup language (HTML) page and renaming the cloned template section to identify the requested content;

adding the retrieved and translated content to the cloned and renamed template section;

pushing the cloned and renamed template section onto a navigation stack of the HTML page; and

displaying the content from the navigation stack of the HTML page.