METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING AN ONLINE SESSION

• US 20120158833A1
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Hopkins, Christopher D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,244,992 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2372 Updates performed during offline database operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and system for conducting an offline session simulating an online session between a client and server in a network environment. The client imports data and functional logic from the server prior to going offline. The imported functional logic is embedded into a format or document that is capable of being interpreted and performed by the local interface at the client that is used to interact with server during an online session. Whether offline or online, the user utilizes the same local interface at the client to transmit instructions to the functional logic in order to manipulate the data. in an offline session, such instructions cause the imported and embedded functional logic to execute, thereby manipulating the data that is imported at the client. Known synchronization methods may also be used in order to maintain consistency and coherency between the imported data at the client and the database at the server.

Claims

1. A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for, while in an online state, downloading data from a server;

computer code for, while in an offline state, manipulating the data and rendering a presentation of the data on a local client interface; and

computer code for, after returning to the online state from being in the offline state, communicating with the server during a synchronization process.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the server is remote.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the downloading includes importing.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data relates to customer relationship management.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising computer code for creating new data oh the local client interface.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the new data is included with the synchronization process.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising computer code for downloading functional logic associated with the server.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising computer code for downloading a directory structure to a client.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the downloading allows a client to conduct an offline session in isolation.

10. A method, comprising:

while in an online state, downloading data from a server;

while in an offline state, manipulating the data and rendering a presentation of the data on a local client interface; and

after returning to the online state from being in the offline state, communicating with the server during a synchronization process.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the server is remote.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the downloading includes importing.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the data relates to customer relationship management.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising creating new data on the local client interface.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the new data is included with the synchronization process.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising downloading functional logic associated with the server.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising downloading a directory structure to a client.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the downloading allows a client to conduct an offline session in isolation.

19. A system, comprising:

a processor for;

while in an online state, downloading data from a server;

while in an offline state, manipulating the data and rendering a presentation of the data on a local client interface; and

after returning to the online state from being in the offline state, communicating with the server during a synchronization process.