MANIFEST SCHEMA TO PROVIDE APPLICATION FLOWS

• US 20150121239A1
• Filed: 10/01/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Juillard, Loic
• Granted Patent: US 10,257,259 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Embodiments regard manifest schema to provide application flows. An embodiment of a method includes: loading a manifest schema on a device, the manifest schema including a parent manifest and one or more application manifests; making a call to a server to populate a user interface of the device based on the manifest schema; upon receiving a message at the mobile device, utilizing the parent manifest to automatically select an application for routing of the message, the selection of the application being based on contents of the message; and utilizing an application manifest for the selected application to automatically select a process for routing of the message, the selection of the process being based on the contents of the message using an application manifest for the selected application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

loading a manifest schema on a device, the manifest schema including a parent manifest and one or more application manifests;

making a call to a server to populate a user interface of the device based on the manifest schema;

upon receiving a message at the device, utilizing the parent manifest to automatically select an application for routing of the message, the selection of the application being based on contents of the message; and

utilizing an application manifest for the selected application to automatically select a process for routing of the message, the selection of the process being based on the contents of the message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the parent manifest drives a main menu wallet used to facilitate a display of a user interface of the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the parent manifest includes an ordered list of application notification nodes for routing of messages to applications.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a first most specific match of application notification node for the message is used to route the message to an application.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected application manifest includes an ordered list of process notification nodes for routing of messages to processes.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a first most specific match of process notification node for the message is used to route the message to a process.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying an error message if no matching notification node is found.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is in a multi-tenant environment.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a memory for the storage of data;

a processor, the processor to load a manifest schema into the memory, the manifest schema including a parent manifest and one or more application manifests;

a network interface for receipt of a message, the processor to route the message to an application and process, the processor to;

select the application based on contents of the message using the parent manifest, and

select the process based on the contents of the message using an application manifest for the selected application; and

a display to display a user interface, wherein the processor is to populate the user interface based on the manifest schema.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein populating the user interface includes making one or more calls to a server.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is to utilize the manifest schema to establish applications and processes for the apparatus without restructuring the computing environment of the apparatus.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the parent manifest drives a main menu wallet used to facilitate the display of the user interface of the device.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the parent manifest includes an ordered list of application notification nodes for routing of messages to applications.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a first most specific match of application notification node for the message is used to route the message to an application.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the selected application manifest includes an ordered list of process notification nodes for routing of messages to processes.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a first most specific match of process notification node for the message is used to route the message to a process.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus is to display an error message if no matching application notification node is found.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is a mobile device.

20. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is in a multi-tenant environment.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

loading a manifest schema on a device, the manifest schema including a parent manifest and one or more application manifests;

making a call to a server to populate a user interface of the device based on the manifest schema;

upon receiving a message at the device, utilizing the parent manifest to automatically select an application for routing of the message, the selection of the application being based on contents of the message; and

utilizing an application manifest for the selected application to automatically select a process for routing of the message, the selection of the process being based on the contents of the message.

22. The medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

routing the message to a final destination based on the contents of the message.

23. The medium of claim 21, wherein the parent manifest drives a main menu wallet used to facilitate a display of a user interface of the device.

24. The medium of claim 21, wherein the parent manifest includes an ordered list of application notification nodes for routing of messages to applications.

25. The medium of claim 24, wherein a first most specific match of application notification node for the message is used to route the message to an application.

26. The medium of claim 24, wherein the selected application manifest includes an ordered list of process notification nodes for routing of messages to processes.

27. The medium of claim 26, wherein a first most specific match of process notification node for the message is used to route the message to a process.

28. The medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying an error message if no matching notification node is found.