System, method and computer program product for creating mobile custom views for tenants of an on-demand database service

• US 9,348,910 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2013
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Forsberg, Eric, Mazyan, Bagrat, Schroeder, Jason, Kothule, Deepak
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Henry, Marie Georges
• Application Number:
  US13/887,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: 707/634, 709/220, 715/744
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating mobile custom views for tenants of an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for creating mobile custom views for tenants of an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to allow tenants to create and push instructions for generating user-defined views to mobile devices, etc. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may allow tenants to efficiently and effectively create interfaces on mobile devices.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system from a mobile device of a user via a network, a command to define a view for the mobile device of the user, the view having at least one mobilized object that includes one or more fields and that is configurable for the mobile device such that the view is customized for the mobile device including retrieving at least one value corresponding to the one or more fields of the at least one mobilized object;

in response to receiving the command, generating, by the system, at least one instruction adapted to being utilized by the mobile device for retrieving from the system a configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device; and

in response to the system generating the at least one instruction, automatically pushing, by the system, the at least one instruction to the mobile device via the network;

wherein the at least one instruction, when utilized by a processor of the mobile device, retrieves from the system the configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one instruction includes at least one controller instruction for a user interface controller on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface controller includes logic for displaying a user interface corresponding to the view for the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one value is capable of being processed to provide the view for the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the at least one instruction in a storage location associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one instruction includes at least one unique identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one unique identifier is utilized for validation of the at least one instruction.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile device utilizes the at least one unique identifier for performing the validation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device utilizes the at least one instruction, at least substantially upon receipt thereof, to retrieve from the system the configuration for the mobilized object.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

receiving, by a system from a mobile device of a user via a network, a command to define a view for the mobile device of the user, the view having at least one mobilized object that includes one or more fields and that is configurable for the mobile device such that the view is customized for the mobile device including retrieving at least one value corresponding to the one or more fields of the at least one mobilized object;

in response to receiving the command, generating, by the system, at least one instruction adapted to being utilized by the mobile device for retrieving from the system a configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device; and

in response to the system generating the at least one instruction, automatically pushing, by the system, the at least one instruction to the mobile device via the network;

wherein the at least one instruction, when utilized by a processor of the mobile device, retrieves from the system the configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;

receiving, by a system from a mobile device of a user via a network, a command to define a view for the mobile device of the user, the view having at least one mobilized object that includes one or more fields and that is configurable for the mobile device such that the view is customized for the mobile device including retrieving at least one value corresponding to the one or more fields of the at least one mobilized object;

in response to receiving the command, generating, by the system, at least one instruction adapted to being utilized by the mobile device for retrieving from the system a configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device; and

in response to the system generating the at least one instruction, automatically pushing, by the system, the at least one instruction to the mobile device via the network;

wherein the at least one instruction, when utilized by a processor of the mobile device, retrieves from the system the configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device.

12. A method for transmitting code for use in a multi-tenant database system on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

transmitting code for receiving, by a system from a mobile device of a user via a network, a command to define a view for the mobile device of the user, the view having at least one mobilized object that includes one or more fields and that is configurable for the mobile device such that the view is customized for the mobile device including retrieving at least one value corresponding to the one or more fields of the at least one mobilized object;

transmitting code for, in response to receiving the command, generating, by the system, at least one instruction adapted to being utilized by the mobile device for retrieving from the system a configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device; and

transmitting code for, in response to the system generating the at least one instruction, automatically pushing, by the system, the at least one instruction to the mobile device via the network;

wherein the at least one instruction, when utilized by a processor of the mobile device, retrieves from the system the configuration for the mobilized object which customizes the view for the mobile device.