Patents Assigned to salesforce.com, inc.
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE TO AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE
    Publication number: 20120317495
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to provide a user interface designed by a tenant of the on-demand database service. The customization can include including third party content into the customized user interface, overriding a standard object, and providing content inline at a specified location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Ballard, Doug Chasman, Eric Bezar, Mary Scotton
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VALIDATING ONE OR MORE METADATA OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20120317146
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • SECURE CROSS-DOMAIN COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20120317238
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for obtaining information from third-party domains over a network in a secure manner. One exemplary approach involves loading, by a first domain on a first computing system, a second domain in an inline frame within the first domain and providing a script location on a third domain to the second domain. The second domain executes the script location on the third domain, for example, by generating a cross-domain function call such as a JSONP request, to obtain object data and provides the object data to the first domain. In one embodiment, a virtual application on the first domain presents at least a portion of the object data from the third domain within a web browser on a client device concurrently to presenting tenant data obtained from a multi-tenant database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventor: Evan Beard
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING DISTRIBUTED MEMORY AND SET OPERATIONS TO PROCESS SOCIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20120317121
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing and evaluating a social network. The social network is represented as a graph structure and stored in distributed memory. A viable path from one node that is not directly connected to another node in the graph structure may be determined by traversing the graph in stages, moving outward from each node in stages until common midpoint nodes are found providing a connection between the nodes. When midpoint nodes are found, the paths connecting the one node to the other node may be reconstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Fuchs, Arun Kumar Jagota
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING GRAPHS USING DISTRIBUTED MEMORY AND SET OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20120317149
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a database using distributed memory and set operations, and for evaluating graphs stored in the database. Any system may be represented as a graph structure having nodes and edges. The graph structure is stored in a distributed memory system using a key/value schema wherein each node is stored as a key and a set of neighbor nodes is stored as the corresponding value. A short path from one node to another may be determined by traversing the graph in stages, moving outward from each node in stages until common midpoint nodes are found indicating connections between the nodes. When the midpoint nodes are found, the paths connecting the nodes may be reconstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Arun Kumar Jagota, Matthew Fuchs
  • Method, system, and computer program product for managing a multi-tenant database system
    Patent number: 8332387
    Abstract: More efficient querying of a multi-tenant database using dynamic tuning of database indices. A layer of meta-data associates data items with tenants, e.g., via tags, and the meta-data is used to optimize searches by channeling processing resources during a query to only those pieces of data bearing the relevant tenant's unique tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Dave Moellenhoff, Simon Wong, Paul Nakada
  • Method and system for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service
    Patent number: 8332436
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to provide a user interface designed by a tenant of the on-demand database service. The customization can include including third party content into the customized user interface, overriding a standard object, and providing content inline at a specified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ballard, Doug Chasman, Eric Bezar, Mary Scotton
  • Method and system for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service
    Patent number: 8332435
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to provide a user interface designed by a tenant of the on-demand database service. The customization can include including third party content into the customized user interface, overriding a standard object, and providing content inline at a specified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ballard, Doug Chasman, Eric Bezar, Mary Scotton
  • Method and system for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service
    Patent number: 8332437
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to provide a user interface designed by a tenant of the on-demand database service. The customization can include including third party content into the customized user interface, overriding a standard object, and providing content inline at a specified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ballard, Doug Chasman, Eric Bezar, Mary Scotton
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING TEXT SEARCHES OVER STRUCTURED DATA IN A MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120310931
    Abstract: Search systems and methods for searching structured data and enhancing the relevancy of search results provided to a requesting user or application. Enhanced search results are provided by searching a cache of a user's most recently used items to eliminate or reduce search indexing latency. Also, more relevant search results are provided by re-ranking results based on use history, data security models and/or hierarchical user role models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Oliver, Scott Hansma, Craig Weissman, Paul Nakada, Jeanine Walters
  • CUSTOM ENTITIES AND FIELDS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120310989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Simon Wong
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND COMMUNITIES
    Publication number: 20120311054
    Abstract: In an embodiment, communities are generated on demand. In this specification a community is a group of webpages in which users share ideas with one another by posting ideas and sending messages for one another to read. An on-demand community is a community that may be created via tools specialized for creating communities, with just a few keys strokes and/or mouse clicks and by adding information (e.g., about the members and/or the topic or set of topics that the community is focused upon), such that a community may be established within a short amount of time, such as a few minutes or a few hours. Optionally, the communities may be initially populated with ideas related to a particular topic or set of topics. Optionally, each member may be provided with tools for establishing one or more profile page and/or one or more friend pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yoshida, Jamie Veere Coleman Grenney, Likuo Lin, Justin Lin
  • Method and system for load balancing for determining a sales forecast by selecting a synchronous or asynchronous process based on a type of event affecting the sales forecast
    Patent number: 8326674
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for selecting a synchronous or asynchronous process to determine a forecast. These mechanisms and methods for such synchronous/asynchronous process selection can enable embodiments to determine forecasts for multiple users (e.g. with hierarchical relationships, etc.) over an arbitrary time interval. The ability of embodiments to provide forecasts that involve such a large amount of data in an effective way can enable forecasting that was otherwise infeasible due to resource limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Doshi, Mark Fischer, Evan Chou
  • Method and system for load balancing a sales forecast by selecting a synchronous or asynchronous process based on a type of event affecting the sales forecast
    Patent number: 8326675
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for selecting a synchronous or asynchronous process to determine a forecast. These mechanisms and methods for such synchronous/asynchronous process selection can enable embodiments to determine forecasts for multiple users (e.g. with hierarchical relationships, etc.) over an arbitrary time interval. The ability of embodiments to provide forecasts that involve such a large amount of data in an effective way can enable forecasting that was otherwise infeasible due to resource limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Doshi, Mark Fischer, Evan Chou
  • PERFORMING ASYNCHRONOUS TESTING OF AN APPLICATION OCCASIONALLY CONNECTED TO AN ONLINE SERVICES SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120304014
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for performing asynchronous testing of an application that is occasionally connected to an online services system, metadata describing at least a portion of an online services database is retrieved and the at least a portion of the online services database is authorized for replication at a software application, information is determined for an entity for an application database from the metadata, a request is sent for a database using the software application interface and the request has an asynchronous operation call to the database for the entity, an execution of the asynchronous operation call is recorded within a callback function, a response is received for the asynchronous operation call, and a result is determined for the software application performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Didier Prophete, Ronald Fischer, Sönke Rohde, Amol Hardikar, Madhav Pathak, Mark Movida, Artur Kesel
  • Synchronous Interface to Asynchronous Processes
    Publication number: 20120303698
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for selectively accessing one or more web services from a client machine, the one or more web services and the client machine being accessible over a network. A request for information is received from a client machine with a conversion engine. The request is received over a synchronous interface. The request is processed in the conversion engine. The processed request is transmitted over an asynchronous interface from the conversion engine to at least one web service. Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for converting a web service description language file for a synchronous web service into a web service description language file for an asynchronous client machine are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Taras Shkvarchuk, Alexander Lerner, Thomas Nabiel Boulos
  • Method, system, and computer program product for optimizing a multi-tenant database system
    Patent number: 8321405
    Abstract: More efficient querying of a multi-tenant database using dynamic tuning of database indices. A layer of meta-data associates data items with tenants, e.g., via tags, and the meta-data is used to optimize searches by channeling processing resources during a query to only those pieces of data bearing the relevant tenant's unique tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Dave Moellenhoff, Simon Wong, Paul Nakada
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AMONGST A PLURALITY OF PROCESSES TO SEND A MESSAGE
    Publication number: 20120290683
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for selecting amongst a plurality of processes to send a message (e.g. a message for updating an endpoint system, etc.). These mechanisms and methods for selecting amongst a plurality of processes to send a message can enable embodiments to utilize more than one queue for sending such message. The ability of embodiments to provide such multi-process feature can, in turn, prevent latency that typically accompanies a mounting number of messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Benji Jasik, Simon Fell
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A GROUP OF INSTRUCTIONS TO METADATA
    Publication number: 20120290534
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for applying a group of instructions to metadata in the context of an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for applying a group of instructions to metadata can enable embodiments that ensure that “all or none” of the operations corresponding to the grouped instructions are performed. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature can prevent a scenario where only a portion of a desired effect is accomplished which, in turn, may complicate any effort to undo the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Benji Jasik, Simon Fell, Bill Eidson, Lexi Viripaeff
  • On-demand service system, method and computer program product for linking a custom share row cause to a sharing record associated with a custom object
    Patent number: 8312013
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for linking a custom share row cause to a sharing record associated with a custom object in an on-demand service. These mechanisms and methods for linking custom share row causes to sharing records associated with an instance of a custom object in an on-demand service can enable a user or code executed by a user to share a custom object record with one or more users and to specify a custom row cause in that sharing record. The ability of embodiments to link custom share row causes to sharing records may allow users of such on-demand services to utilize custom row causes to determine why a sharing record was added and to identify the source of a sharing record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Smith, Craig Weissman, Punit Jain