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System, method and computer program product for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system

  • US 9,251,240 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2012
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to cause a computer to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising:

  • providing a platform of a multi-tenant on-demand database system having hardware and software that is shared by multiple tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database system;

    providing, by the multi-tenant on-demand database system, multiple portals wherein each portal includes an interface specific to one of the multiple tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database system by being branded for the one of the multiple tenants;

    receiving, by the multi-tenant on-demand database system, a customization of the interface from the one of the multiple tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database system;

    storing, by the multi-tenant on-demand database system, the customization of the interface for the one of the multiple tenants;

    registering a user associated with a tenant with the multi-tenant on-demand database system, wherein the registering is performed via the portal specific to the tenant such that the user appears to register with a service provided by the tenant;

    storing a user object associated with the user, wherein the user object stores login information for use in authorizing a login to the portal by the user;

    receiving, from the user via the portal, a request for a set of data associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system;

    identifying a data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system that stores the set of data that is requested by the user;

    determining whether the user object is referenced by the data object, wherein the user object is referenced by the data object by storing a unique identifier of the user object in the data object; and

    allowing the user to access the data object via the portal in response to determining that the user object is referenced by the data object.

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