Tab navigation and page view personalization

• US 9,921,720 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2014
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Law, Margaret, Channarayapattna, Rashmi, Ellis, Jason, Agarwal, Anshu, Wang, Xuefeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US14/264,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20140237414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,421 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2457 with adaptation to user needs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

In some implementations, a system causes a set of main tabs to be displayed at a first portion of a display. The system is configured to receive a user selection of a selected main tab. In response, the system causes a set of secondary tabs to be displayed at a second portion of the display. The system is configured to receive user input to manipulate the secondary tabs causing a rearrangement of the secondary tabs into a new order and/or causing one or more of the secondary tabs to be hidden. Based on the user input, the system causes the manipulated set of secondary tabs to be displayed and stores information defining the manipulated set of secondary tabs. Upon a subsequent access by the user of a database object associated with the selected main tab, the system causes the manipulated set of secondary tabs to be displayed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

in a first computing session;

causing a set of main tabs to be displayed at a first portion of a display;

receiving a user selection of one of the main tabs, the selected main tab linked with an associated database object stored in a database;

in response to the user selection, causing a first set of two or more secondary tabs to be displayed in a first order at a second portion of the display, each of the secondary tabs linked with at least a portion of the database object associated with the selected main tab;

receiving a user input comprising an indication of drag-and-drop manipulation of one or more of the secondary tabs;

causing a hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more secondary tabs, wherein the drag-and-drop manipulation comprises;

receiving a user order selection indicating a reconfiguring of the first set, and

dropping one or more of the secondary tabs to the hide container;

in response to the user order selection, causing first set to be arranged to define a second set of secondary tabs in which the second set of secondary tabs are in a different order than in the first set of secondary tabs and the one or more tabs of the first set of secondary tabs are hidden at the display;

storing information identifying the second set of secondary tabs in the database in association with information identifying the user; and

in a second computing session after the first computing session;

causing the second set of secondary tabs to be displayed at the display.

2. The method of claim 1, further including:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the secondary tabs;

causing data for the corresponding linked portion of the database object associated with the corresponding main tab to be displayed at a third portion of the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, after the user input, the hide container is caused to be removed from the display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein upon selection of the hide container, one or more of the hidden secondary tabs are caused to be displayed and are user-selectable.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the secondary tabs includes a set of two or more sub-tabs, each sub-tab linked with one or more child database objects of the database object associated with the selected main tab.

6. The method of claim 5, further including:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the sub-tabs;

causing data for the corresponding child database object associated with the corresponding sub-tab to be displayed at a third portion of the display.

7. The method of claim 5, further including:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the secondary tabs;

in response to the user selection of the selected secondary tab, causing a first set of two or more sub-tabs to be displayed in a second order at a third portion of the display;

receiving additional user input comprising an indication of drag-and-drop manipulation of one or more of the sub-tabs;

causing a hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the additional user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more sub-tabs, wherein the drag-and-drop manipulation comprises receiving a second user order selection indicating a reconfiguring of the one or more sub-tabs;

in response to the second user order selection, causing the two or more sub-tabs to be arranged to define a second set of sub-tabs in which the second set of sub-tabs are in a different order than in the first set of sub-tabs and/or one or more tabs of the first set of secondary tabs are hidden at the display;

storing information identifying the second set of sub-tabs in the database in association with information identifying the user; and

causing the second set of sub-tabs to be displayed at the display.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

causing a second hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the additional user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more sub-tabs, the additional user input including user input to move one or more of the sub-tabs to the hide container; and

causing one or more moved sub-tabs to be hidden at the display in response to the user input to move the one or more of the sub-tabs to the hide container.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, after the additional user input, the hide container is caused to be removed from the display.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein upon selection of the hide container, one or more of the hidden sub-tabs are caused to be displayed and are user-selectable.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause operations to be performed including;

in a first computing session;

causing a set of main tabs to be displayed at a first portion of a display;

receiving a user selection of one of the main tabs, the selected main tab linked with an associated database object stored in a database;

in response to the user selection, causing a first set of two or more secondary tabs to be displayed in a first order at a second portion of the display, each of the secondary tabs linked with at least a portion of the database object associated with the selected main tab;

receiving a user input comprising an indication of drag-and-drop manipulation of one or more of the secondary tabs;

causing a hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more secondary tabs, wherein the drag-and-drop manipulation comprises;

receiving a user order selection indicating a reconfiguring of the first set, and

dropping one or more of the secondary tabs to the hide container;

in response to the user order selection, causing the one or more secondary tabs to be arranged to define a second set of secondary tabs in which the second set of secondary tabs are in a different order than in the first set of secondary tabs and one or more tabs of the first set of secondary tabs are hidden at the display;

storing information identifying the second set of secondary tabs in the database in association with information identifying the user; and

in a second computing session after the first computing session;

causing the second set of secondary tabs to be displayed at the display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further include:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the secondary tabs;

causing data for the corresponding linked portion of the database object associated with the corresponding main tab to be displayed at a third portion of the display.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein, after the second user input, the operations cause the hide container to be removed from the display.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein upon selection of the hide container, the operations cause one or more of the hidden secondary tabs to be displayed and wherein the hidden secondary tabs are user-selectable.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the secondary tabs includes a set of two or more sub-tabs, each sub-tab linked with one or more child database objects of the database object associated with the selected main tab.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the sub-tabs;

causing data for the corresponding child database object associated with the corresponding sub-tab to be displayed at a third portion of the display.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

receiving a user selection of a selected one of the secondary tabs;

in response to the user selection of the selected secondary tab, causing a first set of two or more sub-tabs to be displayed in a second order at a third portion of the display;

receiving additional user input comprising an indication of drag-and-drop manipulation of one or more of the sub-tabs;

causing a hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the additional user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more sub-tabs, wherein the drag-and-drop manipulation comprises receiving a second user order selection indicating a reconfiguring of the one or more sub-tabs;

in response to the second user order selection, causing the two or more sub-tabs to be arranged to define a second set of sub-tabs in which the second set of sub-tabs are in a different order than in the first set of sub-tabs and/or one or more tabs of the first set of secondary tabs are hidden at the display;

storing information identifying the second set of sub-tabs in the database in association with information identifying the user; and

causing the second set of sub-tabs to be displayed at the display.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

causing a second hide container to be displayed at the display in response to the additional user input during drag-and-drop manipulation of the one or more sub-tabs, the additional user input including user input to move one or more of the sub-tabs to the hide container; and

causing one or more moved sub-tabs to be hidden at the display in response to the user input to move the one or more of the sub-tabs to the hide container.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein, after the additional user input, the operations cause the hide container to be removed from the display.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein upon selection of the hide container, the operations cause one or more of the hidden sub-tabs to be displayed and to be user-selectable.