METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOCATING NETWORK FILES

• US 20120060097A1
• Filed: 11/08/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Dayon, Alexandre
• Application Number:
  US13/292,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20120060097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for accessing web pages on a network are provided. In use, different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of a file selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the file selected by the different users. In particular, a user is conditionally provided access to a section of a file selected by the user, based on a comparison of a user value indicating a community with which the user is associated to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the section of the file selected by the user.

Claims

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

transferring at least a portion of a web page from a server computer for display on a display device of a user computer over a network, wherein the at least a portion of the web page includes a selector for allowing a user to select two or more of the following categories;

geographic location, corporate department, employee classification, and time period;

detecting a selection of the user in association with signals initiated utilizing a user input device of the user computer that indicate one or more of the categories that are chosen by the user;

identifying one or more documents that meets the chosen categories; and

sending information about the identified documents to the user computer.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the selector includes pull-down lists, one for each category.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the information sent to the user computer is used to display a list of the identified documents.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising associating the user with one of the categories.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein each category has sub-categories, and further comprising defining a theme for associating documents with the categories.

6. A apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

transferring at least a portion of a web page from a server computer for display on a display device of a user computer over a network, wherein the at least a portion of the web page includes a selector for allowing a user to select two or more of the following categories;

geographic location, corporate department, employee classification, and time period;

detecting a choice of the user in association with signals initiated utilizing a user input device of the user computer that indicate one or more of the categories that are chosen by the user;

identifying one or more documents that meets the chosen categories; and

sending information about the identified documents to the user computer.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the selector includes pull-down lists, one for each of the categories.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the information sent to the user computer is used by the user computer to display a list of the identified documents.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is further operable for associating the user with a category.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each category has sub-categories, and the processor is further operable for defining a theme for associating documents with categories.

11. A method, comprising:

transferring at least a portion of a web page from a server computer for display on a display device of a user computer over a network, wherein the at least a portion of the web page includes a selector for allowing a user to select two or more of the following categories;

geographic location, corporate department, employee classification, and time period;

detecting a choice of the user in association with signals initiated utilizing a user input device of the user computer that indicate one or more of the categories that are chosen by the user;

identifying one or more documents that meets the chosen categories; and

sending information about the identified documents to the user computer, utilizing a processor.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the selector includes pull-down lists, one for each category.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information sent to the user computer is used to display a list of the identified documents.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising associating the user with a category.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein each category has sub-categories, and further comprising defining a theme for associating documents with categories.