Device abstraction for page generation

• US 9,635,090 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2015
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Calvin, Philip N., Zotter, Brian, Dorgelo, Eric G.
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, KHANH Q
• Application Number:
  US14/954,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709220, 709224
• 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

A request for information to be provided as a page of content is received. The page is provided by a server device communicatively coupled to receive the request from a remote requesting device. A requesting physical device class corresponding to the remote requesting device is determined. The server device is configurable to utilize a plurality of styles to be selected by device class. The page of content is constructed with the server device in response to the request based on the device class by dynamically assembling a response by providing device-specific styles that are compatible with the requesting device are selected from the plurality of styles that can be used to provide the content. 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 object based on a request source site and a device type for the remote requesting device, wherein the server device is configurable to utilize a plurality of styles to be selected based on the requesting object;

constructing the page of content with the server device in response to the request based on the requesting object by dynamically assembling a response by providing object-specific styles that are compatible with the requesting device that are selected from the plurality of styles that can be used to provide the content by wrapping requested content into one or more specified target objects that are compatible with the requesting object; and

transmitting, with the server device, the dynamically constructed page of content as the one or more specified target objects to the remote 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 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.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising persisting the target object as a unique target object that can be applied to any subset of content within a page.

6. 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 object based on a request source site and a device type for the remote requesting device, wherein the server device is configurable to utilize a plurality of styles to be selected based on the requesting object, to construct the page of content with the server device in response to the request based on the requesting object by dynamically assembling a response by providing object-specific styles that are compatible with the requesting device that are selected from the plurality of styles that can be used to provide the content by wrapping requested content into one or more specified target objects that are compatible with the requesting object, and to transmit the dynamically constructed page of content as the one or more specified target objects to the remote requesting device.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the content storage system comprises at least a content management system.

8. The system of claim 6 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.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the characteristic comprises one of a storage requirement, a rendering requirement, and logic to be provided by the page.

10. The system of claim 6 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.

11. The system of claim 6, the server further to persist the target object as a unique target object that can be applied to any subset of content within a page.

12. 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 provide an operating environment configurable 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 object based on a request source site and a device type for the remote requesting device, wherein the server device is configurable to utilize a plurality of styles to be selected based on the requesting object;

construct the page of content with the server device in response to the request based on the requesting object by dynamically assembling a response by providing object-specific styles that are compatible with the requesting device that are selected from the plurality of styles that can be used to provide the content by wrapping requested content into one or more specified target objects that are compatible with the requesting object; and

transmit the dynamically constructed page of content as the one or more specified target objects to the remote requesting device.

13. The article of claim 12 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.

14. The article of claim 13 wherein the characteristic comprises one of a storage requirement, a rendering requirement, and logic to be provided by the page.

15. The article of claim 12 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.

16. The article of claim 12 further comprising further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configurable to cause the one or more processors to persist the target object as a unique target object that can be applied to any subset of content within a page.