Device abstraction for page generation

• US 9,223,892 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Calvin, Phil N., Zotter, Brian, Dorgelo, Eric G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Khanh
• Application Number:
  US13/248,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,552 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/238, 709/220, 709/246, 703/13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Device Abstraction for Page Generation. A request is received for information to be provided as a page of content, the page provided by a server device to a remote requesting device. The page of content is dynamically constructed in response to the request based on metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request. The dynamically constructed page of content is transmitted to the requesting device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for information to be provided as a page of content, the page provided by a server device communicatively coupled to receive the request from a remote requesting device;

determining a requesting source generating the request, wherein the requesting source comprises a requesting physical device or a requesting site;

dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on the requesting source metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request by dynamically assembling a response comprising wrapping the page of content into a specified target object that is compatible with the requesting source, wherein the specified target object is selected from a plurality of target objects corresponding to the requesting physical device or the requesting site;

transmitting the dynamically constructed page of content to the requesting device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the server device provides a plurality of hierarchical classes of objects, each of the classes representing one characteristic of the page, and the classes of objects are stored as a traversable tree that is utilized to dynamically construct the page.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the characteristic comprises one of a storage requirement, a rendering requirement, and logic to be provided by the page.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the context information comprises a device type of the remote requesting device and a site through which the request is generated.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the device type and the source type are represented by a single object type.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request comprises dynamically assembling the page by wrapping requested content into a specified target object that is compatible with the remote requesting device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the server device is part of a database environment comprising a multitenant database environment, wherein the multitenant database environment stores data for multiple client entities each identified by a tenant identifier (ID) having one of one or more users associated with the tenant ID, wherein users of each of multiple client entities can only access data identified by a tenant ID associated with the respective client entity, and wherein the multitenant database is a hosted database provided by an entity separate from the client entities, and provides on-demand database service to the client entities.

8. A system comprising:

a content storage system;

a server coupled with the content storage system, the server to receive a request for information to be provided as a page of content, the page provided by a server device communicatively coupled to receive the request from a remote requesting device, to determine a requesting source generating the request, wherein the requesting source comprises a requesting physical device or a requesting site, to dynamically construct the page of content in response to the request based on the requesting source metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request by dynamically assembling a response comprising wrapping the page of content into a specified target object that is compatible with the requesting source, wherein the specified target object is selected from a plurality of target objects corresponding to the requesting physical device or the requesting site, and to transmit the dynamically constructed page of content to the requesting device.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the content storage system comprises at least a content management system.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the server manages a plurality of hierarchical classes of objects, each of the classes representing one characteristic of the page, and the classes of objects are stored as a traversable tree that is utilized to dynamically construct the page.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the characteristic comprises one of a storage requirement, a rendering requirement, and logic to be provided by the page.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the context information comprises a device type of the remote requesting device and a site through which the request is generated.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the device type and the source type are represented by a single object type.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request comprises dynamically assembling the page by wrapping requested content into a specified target object that is compatible with the remote requesting device.

15. The system of claim 8 wherein the server is part of a database environment comprising a multitenant database environment, wherein the multitenant database environment stores data for multiple client entities each identified by a tenant identifier (ID) having one of one or more users associated with the tenant ID, wherein users of each of multiple client entities can only access data identified by a tenant ID associated with the respective client entity, and wherein the multitenant database is a hosted database provided by an entity separate from the client entities, and provides on-demand database service to the client entities.

16. An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request for information to be provided as a page of content, the page provided by a server device communicatively coupled to receive the request from a remote requesting device;

determine a requesting source generating the request, wherein the requesting source comprises a requesting physical device or a requesting site;

dynamically construct the page of content in response to the request based on the requesting source metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request by dynamically assembling a response comprising wrapping the page of content into a specified target object that is compatible with the requesting source, wherein the specified target object is selected from a plurality of target objects corresponding to the requesting physical device or the requesting site;

transmit the dynamically constructed page of content to the requesting device.

17. The article of claim 16 wherein the server device provides a plurality of hierarchical classes of objects, each of the classes representing one characteristic of the page, and the classes of objects are stored as a traversable tree that is utilized to dynamically construct the page.

18. The article of claim 17 wherein the characteristic comprises one of a storage requirement, a rendering requirement, and logic to be provided by the page.

19. The article of claim 16 wherein the context information comprises a device type of the remote requesting device and a site through which the request is generated.

20. The article of claim 19 wherein the device type and the source type are represented by a single object type.

21. The article of claim 16 wherein dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request comprises dynamically assembling the page by wrapping requested content into a specified target object that is compatible with the remote requesting device.

22. The article of claim 16 wherein the server device is part of a database environment comprising a multitenant database environment, wherein the multitenant database environment stores data for multiple client entities each identified by a tenant identifier (ID) having one of one or more users associated with the tenant ID, wherein users of each of multiple client entities can only access data identified by a tenant ID associated with the respective client entity, and wherein the multitenant database is a hosted database provided by an entity separate from the client entities, and provides on-demand database service to the client entities.

23. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a request for information to be provided as a page of content, the page provided by a server device communicatively coupled to receive the request from a remote requesting device;

means for determining a requesting source generating the request, wherein the requesting source comprises a requesting physical device or a requesting site;

means for dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on the requesting source metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request by dynamically assembling a response comprising wrapping the page of content into a specified target object that is compatible with the requesting source, wherein the specified target object is selected from a plurality of target objects corresponding to the requesting physical device or the requesting site;

means for transmitting the dynamically constructed page of content to the requesting device.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein the means for dynamically constructing the page of content in response to the request based on metadata stored on the server device and context information corresponding to the request comprises means for dynamically assembling the page by wrapping requested content into a specified target object that is compatible with the remote requesting device.