History component for single page application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11042270-B2
Application number	US-201916678711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating the presentation of a personalized user history component in a graphical user interface (GUI), where the history component identifies primary tabs and associated sub-tabs that have been recently accessed by the user. Upon selection of one of the primary tabs, information pertaining to data records associated with the selected primary tab is presented using a link that includes identifiers of the selected primary tab and associated sub-tabs. The link may be saved or shared, enabling the primary tab and associated sub-tabs to be accessed by the user or another user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a database system implemented using a server system, the database system configurable to cause:
during execution of a web-based application, providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a client device, the GUI including a history component, the history component including a hierarchical structure identifying one or more primary tabs and a set of sub-tabs, each sub-tab being identified in association with a corresponding primary tab;
obtaining an indication of a user selection, via a selection component of the GUI, of a primary tab, the selection component being external to the history component; and
responsive to obtaining the indication of the user selection,
providing information pertaining to one or more data objects associated with the selected primary tab, the data objects being stored in at least one database of the database system; and
updating the history component of the GUI such that only a single instance of the selected primary tab is included in the one or more primary tabs, and an indicator of how recent the selected primary tab was accessed is provided.

2. The system of claim 1 , the primary tabs and sub-tabs of the history component being accessed by the user during execution of the web-based application.

3. The system of claim 2 , the primary tabs of the history component being listed in the history component in an order indicating recency of access by the user during execution of the web-based application.

4. The system of claim 1 , the history component being independent from the selection component.

5. The system of claim 1 , the database system further configurable to cause:
providing the information using a link, the selected primary tab having an associated one or more selectable sub-tabs, the link including an identifier of the selected primary tab and an identifier of each of the associated one or more selectable sub-tabs of the selected primary tab, the link indicating a hierarchy of the selected primary tab and the associated one or more selectable sub-tabs.

6. The system of claim 5 , the database system further configurable to cause:
processing an indication that the user has requested that the link be added to a virtual clipboard or shared with a second user; and
responsive to processing the indication, updating the virtual clipboard to include the link or sharing the link with the second user.

7. The system of claim 1 , the database system further configurable to cause:
listening to tab events during the execution of the web-based application in association with the user;
detecting a tab event during execution of the web-based application;
broadcasting the tab event to one or more components configured to update the GUI.

8. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code capable of being executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions configurable to cause:
during execution of a web-based application, providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a client device, the GUI including a history component, the history component including a hierarchical structure identifying one or more primary tabs and a set of sub-tabs, each sub-tab being identified in association with a corresponding primary tab;
obtaining an indication of a user selection, via a selection component of the GUI, of a primary tab, the selection component being external to the history component; and
responsive to obtaining the indication of the user selection,
providing information pertaining to one or more data objects associated with the selected primary tab, the data objects being stored in at least one database of a database system; and
updating the history component of the GUI such that only a single instance of the selected primary tab is included in the one or more primary tabs, and an indicator of how recent the selected primary tab was accessed is provided.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , the primary tabs and sub-tabs of the history component being accessed by the user during execution of the web-based application.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , the primary tabs of the history component being listed in the history component in an order indicating recency of access by the user during execution of the web-based application.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , the history component being independent from the selection component.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , the program code further comprising instructions configurable to cause:
providing the information using a link, the selected primary tab having an associated one or more selectable sub-tabs, the link including an identifier of the selected primary tab and an identifier of each of the associated one or more selectable sub-tabs of the selected primary tab, the link indicating a hierarchy of the selected primary tab and the associated one or more selectable sub-tabs.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , the program code further comprising instructions configurable to cause:
processing an indication that the user has requested that the link be added to a virtual clipboard or shared with a second user; and
responsive to processing the indication, updating the virtual clipboard to include the link or sharing the link with the second user.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , the program code further comprising instructions configurable to cause:
listening to tab events during the execution of the web-based application in association with the user;
detecting a tab event during execution of the web-based application;
broadcasting the tab event to one or more components configured to update the GUI.

15. A method, comprising:
during execution of a web-based application, providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a client device, the GUI including a history component, the history component including a hierarchical structure identifying one or more primary tabs and a set of sub-tabs, each sub-tab being identified in association with a corresponding primary tab;
obtaining an indication of a user selection, via a selection component of the GUI, of a primary tab, the selection component being external to the history component; and
responsive to obtaining the indication of the user selection,
providing information pertaining to one or more data objects associated with the selected primary tab, the data objects being stored in at least one database of a database system; and
updating the history component of the GUI such that only a single instance of the selected primary tab is included in the one or more primary tabs, and an indicator of how recent the selected primary tab was accessed is provided.

16. The method of claim 15 , the primary tabs and sub-tabs of the history component being accessed by the user during execution of the web-based application.

17. The method of claim 16 , the primary tabs of the history component being listed in the history component in an order indicating recency of access by the user during execution of the web-based application.

18. The method of claim 15 , the history component being independent from the selection component.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising: providing the information using a link, the selected primary tab having an associated one or more selectable sub-tabs, the link including an identifier of the selected primary tab and an identifier of

Assignees

• Salesforce Com Inc

Inventors

• Vasudev Gautam
• Desai Avaneesh
• Tiwari Megha
• Lu Maxwell
• Wang Ji
• Kruk Nicolas

Classifications

• G06F16/252 Primary

  between a Database Management System and a front-end application · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0483 Primary

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F16/2379

  Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing · CPC title