Customizing enterprise level business information networking
First Claim
1. A method of creating a custom feed for users of a database system for enterprise level social and business information networking, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more criteria specifying which changes are to be tracked for possible inclusion into a feed to be displayed, one of the one or more criteria specifying that a depth of a level of relationship between records be no greater than 1 level of separation in a hierarchical model of records stored in a database, the records being business records related to one or more business activities of an organization and being differentiated from a user'"'"'s profile;
receiving data indicative of a change associated with a first record;
analyzing, by the database system, the change to determine if the one or more criteria are satisfied, including determining a depth of a level of relationship between the first record and a second record;
adding at least a portion of the data to a table that tracks changes for inclusion into at least one feed for a user of a tenant when the depth of the level of relationship between the first record and the second record is no greater than 1 level of separation, the at least one feed including one or more changes to the first record and being accessible to the user as a follower of the second record; and
providing, by the database system, at least a portion of the at least one feed to a computing device associated with the user as the follower of the second record, the computing device configured to display the at least one feed in a user interface, the displayed at least one feed excluding changes not satisfying the one or more criteria.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Which updates have stories created and which stories are to be sent to which users can be configured. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. For example, actions of a user that result in an event can be tracked, where such tracking can also be configurable. Subscriptions to follow an object can be automatic, and access checks can be used to ensure that unauthorized users do not see certain data.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of creating a custom feed for users of a database system for enterprise level social and business information networking, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more criteria specifying which changes are to be tracked for possible inclusion into a feed to be displayed, one of the one or more criteria specifying that a depth of a level of relationship between records be no greater than 1 level of separation in a hierarchical model of records stored in a database, the records being business records related to one or more business activities of an organization and being differentiated from a user'"'"'s profile; receiving data indicative of a change associated with a first record; analyzing, by the database system, the change to determine if the one or more criteria are satisfied, including determining a depth of a level of relationship between the first record and a second record; adding at least a portion of the data to a table that tracks changes for inclusion into at least one feed for a user of a tenant when the depth of the level of relationship between the first record and the second record is no greater than 1 level of separation, the at least one feed including one or more changes to the first record and being accessible to the user as a follower of the second record; and providing, by the database system, at least a portion of the at least one feed to a computing device associated with the user as the follower of the second record, the computing device configured to display the at least one feed in a user interface, the displayed at least one feed excluding changes not satisfying the one or more criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of creating a custom feed for users of a database system, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more criteria specifying which feed items are to be displayed to a first user, one of the criteria specifying that only feed items associated with records below followed records be displayed, the records being in a hierarchical model of records stored in a database, the records being business records related to one or more business activities of an organization and being differentiated from a user'"'"'s profile; identifying, by the database system, records associated with feed items of one or more selected objects that match the one or more criteria, including determining a depth of a level of relationship between a first record and a second record, the feed items being stored in the database, the relationship between records being one of a parent-child relationship and a grandparent-grandchild relationship; and displaying, to the first user, in the custom feed the feed items associated with records below the followed records, the custom feed including one or more changes to the first record and being accessible to the first user as a follower of the second record, the first record being one of a child record and a grandchild record of the second record. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a processor to perform an operation of creating a custom feed for users of a database system, the instructions comprising:
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receiving one or more first criteria specifying which feed items are to be displayed to a first user, one of the one or more first criteria specifying that only feed items associated with added records below followed records be displayed, the records being in a hierarchical model of records stored in a database, the records being business records related to one or more business activities of an organization and being differentiated from a user'"'"'s profile; identifying, by the database system, feed items of one or more selected objects that match the one or more first criteria, including determining a depth of a level of relationship between a record associated with a first feed item and a record associated with a second feed item, the first feed item and the second feed item being stored in the database, the relationship between records being one of a parent-child relationship and a grandparent-grandchild relationship; and displaying, to the first user, in the custom feed any feed items associated with added records below the followed records, the custom feed including one or more changes to the record associated with the first feed item and being accessible to the first user as a follower of the record associated with the second feed item, the record associated with the first feed item being added to the database and being one of a child record and a grandchild record of the record associated with the second feed item. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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