Patents by Inventor Mary Kathryn Scotton

Mary Kathryn Scotton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Custom application creation in multi-tenant systems
    Patent number: 8966440
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for creating custom applications that integrate custom objects in a multi-tenant system. One exemplary method for creating a custom application involves an application server providing a graphical user interface on a client device. The graphical user interface includes a graphical user interface element for receiving an input value for an attribute of the custom application, wherein the application server generates the custom application having the attribute equal to the input value indicated by the graphical user interface element to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Jamie No, Daniel Jacob Donovan, Evan Michael Moses, Mary Kathryn Scotton, Michelle Cheng Jowitt
  • CONFIGURING DATABASE OBJECTS IN MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130055118
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for configuring objects in a multi-tenant system. One exemplary method for configuring objects involves providing a graphical user interface including a display region corresponding to the object, identifying an object type for the object, determining a possible configuration action for the object based at least in part on the object type, and providing a graphical user interface element corresponding to the possible configuration action within the graphical user interface. In one embodiment, the graphical user interface is a tabbed interface display corresponding to an instance of virtual customer relationship management application provided by an application server in a multi-tenant system and the object is maintained in a multi-tenant database, wherein the tabbed interface display includes a tab for the object and the display region corresponds to the object when the tab is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Jacob Donovan, Evan Michael Moses, Mary Kathryn Scotton
  • CUSTOM APPLICATION CREATION IN MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130055201
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for creating custom applications that integrate custom objects in a multi-tenant system. One exemplary method for creating a custom application involves an application server providing a graphical user interface on a client device. The graphical user interface includes a graphical user interface element for receiving an input value for an attribute of the custom application, wherein the application server generates the custom application having the attribute equal to the input value indicated by the graphical user interface element to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Jamie No, Daniel Jacob Donovan, Evan Michael Moses, Mary Kathryn Scotton, Michelle Cheng Jowitt