Social files

• US 9,171,180 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Prabaker, Madhu, Alfandary, Shai, Johnson, James, Snell, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US14/268,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• 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: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for creating and sharing social files in a feed system. In one embodiment, a request is received to perform an action related to a social file. The social file may provide access to a first document file within a social networking system. The first document file may be capable of being displayed on a display device. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with a permission configuration record associated with the social file. The permission configuration record may identify one or more user accounts permitted to access the social file.

Claims

1. An enterprise level information networking system implemented using a database system, the enterprise level information networking system comprising:

database system software stored on a non-transitory data storage medium for execution by at least one computing device of the enterprise level information networking system, the database system software operable to cause;

processing, using the database system, a request to share a first rights-managed file with at least one user, the first rights-managed file being stored as one of a plurality of rights-managed files in a library as securable data objects in the database system, the library capable of restricting access of the at least one user to the first rights-managed file according to a library permission policy, the library permission policy configured to control authorization of offline actions regarding the first rights-managed file and of online actions regarding the first rights-managed file by users in relation to interacting with the rights-managed files stored in the library;

determining, using the database system, that the request complies with a plurality of access rights, the access rights comprising at least one access right associated with the library permission policy, the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy configured to provide an identical level of access to each of the rights-managed files stored in the library; and

storing or updating, using the database system, a data object in the database system to associate the at least one user as having access to the requested rights-managed file according to the access rights.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the library permission policy further identifies one or more further users as having access to the requested rights-managed file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the library is associated with the rights-managed files.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one rights-managed file is associated with a second library, the second library having a second library permission policy.

5. The system of claim 1,

wherein the at least one user comprises a group of one or more users;

and

wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy identify each user of the group.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the group is an organization.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one user is authorized to change the requested rights-managed file.

8. The system of claim 1, the database system software further operable to cause:

initiating a digital conversation between at least the at least one user and a second user, wherein the digital conversation provides access to data items of the requested rights-managed file to the at least one user via a user interface displayable on a display device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the digital conversation is a private conversation between the at least one user and the second user.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the digital conversation is a public conversation accessible to other users within the enterprise level information networking system.

11. The system of claim 10,

wherein the at least one user and the second user are allowed to contribute to the public conversation and the other users are allowed to view the public conversation.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy provide limited access to one or more file objects of the first rights-managed file.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein determining that the request complies with the access rights comprises:

identifying the at least one user; and

determining that the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy of the rights-managed file identifies the at least one user.

14. A method of sharing a file within an enterprise level information networking system implemented using a database system, the method comprising:

processing, using the database system, a request to share a first rights-managed file with at least one user, the first rights-managed file being stored as one of a plurality of rights-managed files in a library as securable data objects in the database system, the library capable of restricting access of the at least one user to the first rights-managed file according to a library permission policy, the library permission policy configured to control authorization of offline actions regarding the first rights-managed file and of online actions regarding the first rights-managed file by users in relation to interacting with the rights-managed files stored in the library;

determining, using the database system, that the request complies with a plurality of access rights, the access rights comprising at least one access right associated with the library permission policy, the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy configured to provide an identical level of access to each of the rights-managed files stored in the library; and

storing or updating, using the database system, a data object in the database system to associate the at least one user as having access to the requested rights-managed file according to the access rights.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the library permission policy further identifies one or more further users as having access to the requested rights-managed file.

16. The method of claim 14,

wherein the library is associated with the rights-managed files.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one rights-managed file is associated with a second library, the second library having a second library permission policy.

18. The method of claim 14,

wherein the at least one user comprises a group of one or more users;

and

wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy identify each user of the group.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the group is an organization.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one user is authorized to chance the requested rights-managed file.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising initiating a digital conversation between at least the at least one user and a second user, wherein the digital conversation provides access to data items of the requested rights-managed file to the at least one user via a user interface displayable on a display device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the digital conversation is a private conversation between the at least one user and the second user.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the digital conversation is a public conversation accessible to other users within the enterprise level information networking system.

24. The method of claim 22,

wherein the at least one user and the second user are allowed to contribute to the public conversation and the other users are allowed to view the public conversation.

25. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy provide limited access to one or more file objects of the rights-managed file.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein determining that the request complies with the access rights comprises:

identifying the at least one user; and

determining that the at least one access rights associated with the library permission policy of the rights-managed file identifies the at least one user.

27. A computer program product comprising program code to be executed by at least one processor when retrieved from one or more non-transitory computer-readable medium in a database system of an enterprise level information networking system, the program code comprising instructions configured to cause:

processing, using the database system, a request to share a first rights-managed file with at least one user, the first rights-managed file being stored as one of a plurality of rights-managed files in a library as securable data objects in the database system, the library capable of restricting access of the at least one user to the first rights-managed file according to a library permission policy, the library permission policy configured to control authorization of offline actions regarding the first rights-managed file and of online actions regarding the first rights-managed file by users in relation to interacting with the rights-managed files stored in the library;

determining, using the database system, that the request complies with a plurality of access rights, the access rights comprising at least one access right associated with the library permission policy, the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy configured to provide an identical level of access to each of the rights-managed files stored in the library; and

storing or updating, using the database system, a data object in the database system to associate the at least one user as having access to the requested rights-managed file according to the access rights.

28. The computer program product of claim 27,

wherein the library permission policy further identifies one or more further users as having access to the requested rights-managed file.

29. The computer program product of claim 27,

wherein the library is associated with the rights-managed files.

30. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the at least one rights-managed file is associated with a second library, the second library having a second library permission policy.

31. The computer program product of claim 27,

wherein the at least one user comprises a group of one or more users;

and

wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy identify each user of the group.

32. The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the group is an organization.

33. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the at least one user is authorized to change the requested rights-managed file.

34. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause initiating a digital conversation between at least the at least one user and a second user, wherein the digital conversation provides access to data items of the requested rights-managed file to the at least one user via a user interface displayable on a display device.

35. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the digital conversation is a private conversation between the at least one user and the second user.

36. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the digital conversation is a public conversation accessible to other users within the enterprise level information networking system.

37. The computer program product of claim 36,

wherein the at least one user and the second user are allowed to contribute to the public conversation and the other users are allowed to view the public conversation.

38. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy provide limited access to one or more file objects of the first rights-managed file.

39. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein determining that the request complies with the access rights comprises:

identifying the at least one user; and

determining that the at least one access right associated with the library permission policy of the rights-managed file identifies the at least one user.