Abstract: Techniques for initiating system actions based on text content are disclosed. A system applies a semantic analysis model at run-time to human-understandable text to identify actionable content within the human-understandable text. The system analyzes metadata associated with the text to identify a mapping between one or more data objects associated and the semantic content in the text. The system identifies one or more contact lists associated, respectively, with the one or more data objects. Using a database schema, the system analyzes the contact lists to determine whether to modify the contact lists.

Abstract: Techniques for modifying rules for completing requests using a conversational interface are disclosed. A conversational interface receives a user request to perform a particular function. A system extracts semantic content from the request and obtains contextual metadata associated with the request. Using the semantic content and contextual metadata, the system generates a data set of attribute values. The system determines whether the data set matches a data set of required data attributes associated with the request. If the provided data set is different than the required data set, the system determines whether to modify a set of rules associated with the request. The set of rules specifies which attribute values are required to complete the request. When the system modifies the rules associated with the request, the system also determines whether to apply the rule modification to subsequent requests by the same user and other users.

Abstract: Some embodiments process data as defined by a polymorphic data model. A server may provide the polymorphic data model to a client application from a datastore. The functionality or features of the client application may be controlled as a function of the polymorphic data model. The client application may thus provide different functionalities when provided with different polymorphic data models. Updates to the polymorphic data model may be used to update the client application's functionality without any updates to the client application's executable code.

Abstract: Some embodiments optimize a local, pending transaction queue of transactions locally executed by a client application to be synchronized with a server. Multiple transactions, which may be executed by the client application for a same local object, need to be synchronized with a server. The transactions, in queue for synchronization with the server, may include transactions to add, delete, or modify objects. Each set of transactions for a particular object in queue for synchronization with the server corresponds to a particular net effect on the server if synchronized individually to the server. The client application may replace the set of transactions for the particular object with a reduced set of transactions corresponding to the net effect, or entirely removed without replacement if there is no net effect of the set of transactions on the server.

Abstract: Some embodiments improve object accessibility within a user interface based on a set of access patterns associated with the object. Improving accessibility for an object may include positioning a shortcut for the object to allow for quick access to the object. Another example includes executing commands to traverse a user interface, without receiving user input, to display a screen for accessing the object. Another example includes establishing a connection for accessing the object prior to receiving a request to access the object. A trigger for improving the accessibility for the object may be programmed based on a set of conditions detected when the object was previously accessed. Thereafter, detection of the same set of conditions triggers an improvement in the accessibility for the object. When the set of conditions corresponding to the trigger is no longer detected, the system may revert back to the default accessibility for the object.

Abstract: Techniques for modifying rules for completing requests using a conversational interface are disclosed. A conversational interface receives a user request to perform a particular function. A system extracts semantic content from the request and obtains contextual metadata associated with the request. Using the semantic content and contextual metadata, the system generates a data set of attribute values. The system determines whether the data set matches a data set of required data attributes associated with the request. If the provided data set is different than the required data set, the system determines whether to modify a set of rules associated with the request. The set of rules specifies which attribute values are required to complete the request. When the system modifies the rules associated with the request, the system also determines whether to apply the rule modification to subsequent requests by the same user and other users.

Abstract: Some embodiments process data as defined by a polymorphic data model. A server may provide the polymorphic data model to a client application from a datastore. The functionality or features of the client application may be controlled as a function of the polymorphic data model. The client application may thus provide different functionalities when provided with different polymorphic data models. Updates to the polymorphic data model may be used to update the client application's functionality without any updates to the client application's executable code.

Abstract: Some embodiments process data as defined by a polymorphic data model. A server may provide the polymorphic data model to a client application from a datastore. The functionality or features of the client application may be controlled as a function of the polymorphic data model. The client application may thus provide different functionalities when provided with different polymorphic data models. Updates to the polymorphic data model may be used to update the client application's functionality without any updates to the client application's executable code.

Abstract: Techniques for modifying application behavior at run-time are disclosed. The application behavior is controlled as a function of an application definition schema that is deployed and maintained independently of the application. The application definition schema maps tasks to operations, object types, layouts, and/or fields. A change in the application definition schema results in a change, for example, in the operations performed by an application to complete a task.

Abstract: Some embodiments locally cache search results received from a server in an object-agnostic data structure for the local execution of subsequent queries by a client application. The object-agnostic data structure stores objects returned, from a server, in a set of query results corresponding to one or more initial queries. The locally cached objects correspond to a partial set of the objects stored at a server. The object-agnostic data structure allows for the local execution of a subsequent query on the partial set of objects to generate a partial result set corresponding to the subsequent query. The partial result set for the subsequent query may be desired when the server is inaccessible or query executions on the server take longer than a threshold amount of time. The client application may update the partial result set with the complete result set received from the server upon availability of the complete result set.

Abstract: Techniques for modifying application behavior at run-time are disclosed. The application behavior is controlled as a function of an application definition schema that is deployed and maintained independently of the application. The application definition schema maps tasks to operations, object types, layouts, and/or fields. A change in the application definition schema results in a change, for example, in the operations performed by an application to complete a task.

Abstract: Some embodiments optimize a local, pending transaction queue of transactions locally executed by a client application to be synchronized with a server. Multiple transactions, which may be executed by the client application for a same local object, need to be synchronized with a server. The transactions, in queue for synchronization with the server, may include transactions to add, delete, or modify objects. Each set of transactions for a particular object in queue for synchronization with the server corresponds to a particular net effect on the server if synchronized individually to the server. The client application may replace the set of transactions for the particular object with a reduced set of transactions corresponding to the net effect, or entirely removed without replacement if there is no net effect of the set of transactions on the server.

Abstract: Some embodiments optimize a local, pending transaction queue of transactions locally executed by a client application to be synchronized with a server. Multiple transactions, which may be executed by the client application for a same local object, need to be synchronized with a server. The transactions, in queue for synchronization with the server, may include transactions to add, delete, or modify objects. Each set of transactions for a particular object in queue for synchronization with the server corresponds to a particular net effect on the server if synchronized individually to the server. The client application may replace the set of transactions for the particular object with a reduced set of transactions corresponding to the net effect, or entirely removed without replacement if there is no net effect of the set of transactions on the server.

Abstract: One or more embodiments interpret a configuration graph to efficiently and optimally construct requests and fetch data from a datastore. The values of objects of a requested data type are used to generate additional queries for pre-fetching data from the datastore. Specifically, the values are used to query for and retrieve a corresponding subset of objects of another, related data type. Recursively querying for and retrieving objects of related data types based on already retrieved objects builds a data cache of relevant objects. The cached, relevant objects may be useful in subsequent queries that are likely to follow the initial query.

Abstract: One or more embodiments interpret a configuration graph to efficiently and optimally construct requests and fetch data from a datastore. The values of objects of a requested data type are used to generate additional queries for pre-fetching data from the datastore. Specifically, the values are used to query for and retrieve a corresponding subset of objects of another, related data type. Recursively querying for and retrieving objects of related data types based on already retrieved objects builds a data cache of relevant objects. The cached, relevant objects may be useful in subsequent queries that are likely to follow the initial query.

Abstract: In one embodiment, change handling in mobile client applications may be facilitated by intermediate storage of changes using a data-provider-agnostic change object schema. An input on a mobile device that indicates a create, update, or delete action on a data object stored in a remote datastore is received. In response to receiving the input, a description of the action on the data object in a syntax that is agnostic as to type of remote service provider used for interacting with the remote datastore is created. The description of the action to a syntax of the first remote service provider is converted to compose a command configured to cause a first remote service provider to execute the action. The command is transmitted over a network to the first remote service provider to cause the action to be performed on the data object in the remote datastore.

Abstract: A method and system for defining an offlinable model graph. In one embodiment of the method, a request is generated by a mobile device. The mobile device receives a response to the request. The mobile device updates a plurality of tables stored in memory of the mobile device, wherein the updating comprises adding a component of the response to a first table of the plurality of tables.

Abstract: Some embodiments process data as defined by a polymorphic data model. A server may provide the polymorphic data model to a client application from a datastore. The functionality or features of the client application may be controlled as a function of the polymorphic data model. The client application may thus provide different functionalities when provided with different polymorphic data models. Updates to the polymorphic data model may be used to update the client application's functionality without any updates to the client application's executable code.

Abstract: Some embodiments process data as defined by a polymorphic data model. A server may provide the polymorphic data model to a client application from a datastore. The functionality or features of the client application may be controlled as a function of the polymorphic data model. The client application may thus provide different functionalities when provided with different polymorphic data models. Updates to the polymorphic data model may be used to update the client application's functionality without any updates to the client application's executable code.

Abstract: Some embodiments locally cache search results received from a server in an object-agnostic data structure for the local execution of subsequent queries by a client application. The object-agnostic data structure stores objects returned, from a server, in a set of query results corresponding to one or more initial queries. The locally cached objects correspond to a partial set of the objects stored at a server. The object-agnostic data structure allows for the local execution of a subsequent query on the partial set of objects to generate a partial result set corresponding to the subsequent query. The partial result set for the subsequent query may be desired when the server is inaccessible or query executions on the server take longer than a threshold amount of time. The client application may update the partial result set with the complete result set received from the server upon availability of the complete result set.