Method and system for sharing documents between on-demand services

• US 9,588,982 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Barker, Timothy J., Levine, Jonathan, Johnson, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US14/447,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/706, 707/707, 707/759, 707/770, 707/781, 707/782, 707/785, 709/217, 709/219, 709/220
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A method for sharing documents between on-demand services is provided. In an embodiment, a user of a first on-demand service may be able to view a list of content that includes content stored at the first on-demand service and content stored at a second on-demand service. The content of the second on-demand service may be associated with information about the content, allowing the content to be shared among multiple users of the first on-demand service. The user wanting to view the content, select or click on an indicator identifying the content, a connection to the second on-demand service is established, and images of the content are sent from the second on-demand service to the first on-demand service.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to cause a computer to implement a method comprising:

providing, by a first service of a first system, a webpage associated with an account of a user with the first service, the webpage having first content that is stored by the first service of the first system;

providing, by the first service of the first system, an option to make second content stored by a second service of a second system viewable on the webpage, the second content associated with an account of the user with the second service;

receiving, by the first service of the first system from the user via the option, a configuration of the webpage that makes the second content stored by the second service of the second system viewable on the webpage;

after receiving the configuration, receiving by the first service of the first system from the user, a request to view the webpage; and

sending, from the first service of the first system in response to the request, the webpage having the first content that is stored by the first service of the first system and the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first content that is stored by the first service of the first system is specific to the user.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system is specific to the user.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first service of the first system includes a web based database.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the first service of the first system from the user via the option, a configuration of the webpage includes receiving, from the user, account information for the account of the user with the second service.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the account information includes a username and password for the account of the user with the second service.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system is associated with the account of the user with the second service.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

after receiving the request to view the webpage, automatically logging the user into the second service.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

after receiving the request to view the webpage, retrieving, by the first service of the first system, the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein receiving the configuration of the webpage that makes the second content stored by the second service of the second system viewable on the webpage includes:

receiving a selection, by the first service of the first system from the user, of the option, and configuring, by the first service of the first system, the webpage to make the content stored by the second service of the second system viewable on the webpage.

11. A method, comprising:

performing, by at least one processor of a first system;

providing, by the first system through a first service of the first system, a webpage associated with an account of a user with the first service, the webpage having first content that is stored by the first service of the first system;

providing, by the first system through the first service, an option to make second content stored by a second service of a second system viewable on the webpage, the second content associated with an account of the user with the second service;

receiving, by the first system through the first service from the user via the option, a configuration of the webpage that makes the second content stored by the second service of the second system viewable on the webpage;

after receiving the configuration, receiving by the first system through the first service from the user, a request to view the webpage; and

sending, from the first system through the first service in response to the request, the webpage having the first content that is stored by the first service of the first system and the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system.

12. A system, comprising:

a first system having at least one processor for;

providing, by a first service of the first system, a webpage associated with an account of a user with the first service, the webpage having first content that is stored by the first service of the first system;

providing, by the first service of the first system, an option to make second content stored by a second service of a second system viewable on the webpage, the second content associated with an account of the user with the second service;

receiving, by the first service of the first system from the user via the option, a configuration of the webpage that makes the second content stored by the second service of the second system viewable on the webpage;

after receiving the configuration, receiving by the first service of the first system from the user, a request to view the webpage; and

sending, from the first service of the first system in response to the request, the webpage having the first content that is stored by the first service of the first system and the second content that is stored by the second service of the second system.