System, method and computer program product for publicly providing web content using a multi-tenant system

• US 9,491,180 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2016
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Cinarkaya, Bulent, Tamm, Steven, Sureshchandra, Jayesh, Warshavsky, Alex, Bulumulla, Irandi Upeka, Fry, Benjamin, Scott, Kenneth Douglas, Brooks, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Hershley, Mark E
• Application Number:
  US15/065,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 707/778
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/282 Hierarchical databases, e.g. IMS, LDAP data stores or Lotus Notes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• 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: G06F 21/1012 to domains
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• 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: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service can allow the web content to be published by a tenant using the multi-tenant on-demand database service for use by non-tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database service.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are capable of causing, when executed by a computing device, operations comprising:

providing, by a multi-tenant system having a database system, a multi-tenant service accessible to a plurality of subscribers;

receiving, by the multi-tenant system, information from one of the subscribers, the information including web content and security settings for the web content, wherein the security settings include at least one rule indicating portions of the web content that are allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service;

receiving, by the multi-tenant system from the subscriber, a definition of a universal resource locator (URL) to be used for accessing the web content and a request to register the URL in association with the web content;

in response to receipt of the definition and the request from the subscriber, registering, through the multi-tenant system, the URL in association with the web content;

after registering the URL in association with the web content, receiving, by the multi-tenant system, a request from one of the non-subscribers for the web content, the request including the URL;

extracting, by the multi-tenant system, the URL from the request;

identifying, by the multi-tenant system, the web content utilizing the extracted URL;

identifying, by the multi-tenant system, the security settings for the identified web content;

determining, by the multi-tenant system, the portions of the web content that the security settings allow to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber;

providing, by the multi-tenant system, the portions of the web content to the non-subscriber in response to determining, based on the security settings, which portions of the web content are allowed to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber; and

preventing, by the multi-tenant system, remaining portions of the web content that are not indicated by the security settings as allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service from being provided to the non-subscriber.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule includes a rule for at least one of:

database tables that are allowed to be publicly accessed by the non-subscriber, a level of access to the database tables by the non-subscriber, fields of the database tables that are allowed to be publicly accessed by the non-subscriber, and records of the database tables that are allowed to be publicly accessed by the non-subscriber.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the information is received utilizing a graphical user interface of the multi-tenant system.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the web content includes a website.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the web content includes a web service.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein upon receipt of the request by the multi-tenant system from the non-subscriber, it is determined whether the web content is stored in cache of a content delivery network integrated with the multi-tenant system.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the security settings are stored in association with the web content such that the security settings are applied to the web content in response to the request for the web content by the non-subscriber.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories having program instructions stored thereon that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

providing a multi-tenant service accessible to a plurality of subscribers;

receiving information from one of the subscribers, the information including web content and security settings for the web content, wherein the security settings include at least one rule indicating portions of the web content that are allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service;

receiving, from the subscriber, a definition of a universal resource locator (URL) to be used for accessing the web content and a request to register the URL in association with the web content;

in response to receipt of the definition and the request from the subscriber, registering the URL in association with the web content;

after registering the URL in association with the web content, receiving a request from one of the non-subscribers for the web content, the request including the URL;

extracting the URL from the request;

identifying the web content utilizing the extracted URL;

identifying the security settings for the identified web content;

determining the portions of the web content that the security settings allow to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber;

providing the portions of the web content to the non-subscriber in response to determining, based on the security settings, which portions of the web content are allowed to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber; and

preventing remaining portions of the web content that are not indicated by the security settings as allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service from being provided to the non-subscriber.

9. A method, comprising:

providing, by a multi-tenant computing system that includes a database, a multi-tenant service accessible to a plurality of subscribers;

receiving, by the multi-tenant system, information from one of the subscribers, the information including web content and security settings for the web content, wherein the security settings include at least one rule indicating portions of the web content that are allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service;

receiving, by the multi-tenant system from the subscriber, a definition of a universal resource locator (URL) to be used for accessing the web content and a request to register the URL in association with the web content;

in response to receipt of the definition and the request from the subscriber, registering, through the multi-tenant system, the URL in association with the web content;

after registering the URL in association with the web content, receiving, by the multi-tenant system, a request from one of the non-subscribers for the web content, the request including the URL;

extracting, by the multi-tenant system, the URL from the request;

identifying, by the multi-tenant system, the web content utilizing the extracted URL;

identifying, by the multi-tenant system, the security settings for the identified web content;

determining, by the multi-tenant system, the portions of the web content that the security settings allow to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber;

providing, by the multi-tenant system, the portions of the web content to the non-subscriber in response to determining, based on the security settings, which portions of the web content are allowed to be publicly provided to the non-subscriber; and

preventing, by the multi-tenant system, remaining portions of the web content that are not indicated by the security settings as allowed to be publicly accessed by non-subscribers of the multi-tenant service from being provided to the non-subscriber.