Method, apparatus, and computer program product for initiating and executing a group based communication browser session and rendering a group based communication interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12250183-B2
Application number	US-202217588608-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2022
Priority date	Jun 15, 2018
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a computing device of a group based communication system configured to initiate and execute a group-based communication browser session. An example computing device is configured to receive a group-based communication browser session initiation request. After receiving a group-based communication browser session initiation request, the example computing device will determine whether the computing is connected to an Internet. If the computing device is determined to be connected to the Internet, the example computing device determine whether a group-based communication service cache is available. If the group-based communication service cache is available, the example computing device will fetch a group-based application asset set from the group-based communication service cache. Then the example computing device will determine whether a group-based communication browser cache is available. If the group-based communication browser cache is available, the example computing device will fetch a group-based communication object set from the group-based communication browser cache based on a group-based communication browser cache hydration policy. Then the computing device will render a group-based communication interface using the fetched group-based application asset set and the fetched group-based communication object set.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for efficiently initiating a group-based communication client session on a group-based communication client device from cached group-based communication system objects within a group-based communication system, the method comprising:
responsive to a transition by the group-based communication client device from online status to offline status or from offline status to online status, determining whether a group-based communication system service cache and group-based communication system client cache are available;
in accordance with a determination that the group-based communication system service cache is available, fetching a group-based application asset set from the group-based communication system service cache;
in accordance with a determination that the group-based communication system client cache is available:
fetching a group-based object set from the group-based communication system client cache in accordance with a data retrieval policy that defines a plurality of conditions for retrieving the group-based object set and one or more data types of data to be retrieved based on the plurality of conditions, wherein the data retrieval policy indicates a prioritization of retrieval of the group-based object set based at least in part on the group-based object set being a most-recently utilized group-based object set, and
storing the fetched group-based object set to a group-based communication store;

determining that one or more stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache are stale based at least in part on a quantity of connections made to the group-based communication system without refreshing the one or more stale objects; and
rendering a group-based communication interface at the group-based communication client device using the group-based application asset set and the group-based object set without reference to the one or more stale objects.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein determining that the one or more stale objects are stale comprises:
querying the group-based communication system to obtain respective version indicators of the one or more stale objects.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein determining that the one or more stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache is stale involves checking an indication regarding a previous fetch action corresponding to when the one or more stale objects were fetched.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 3 , wherein the previous fetch action is based on one or more of:
a timestamp;
a connection count indicating the quantity of connections made to the group-based communication system; and
respective version indicators of the one or more stale objects.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
in response to determining that one or more non-stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache has already been fetched, rendering at least a portion of the group-based communication interface using the one or more non-stale objects.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
in response to determining that one or more non-fetched objects in the group-based communication system client cache has not yet been fetched, rendering at least a portion of the group-based object set using a place holder object; and
fetching an updated object set from the group-based communication system.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein:
the most-recently utilized group-based object set is associated with a device previously used by a user.

8. A method for efficiently initiating a group-based communication client session on a group-based communication client device from cached group-based communication system objects within a group-based communication system, the method comprising:
responsive to a transition by the group-based communication client device from online status to offline status or from offline status to online status, determining whether a group-based communication system service cache and group-based communication system client cache are available;
in accordance with a determination that the group-based communication system service cache is available, fetching a group-based application asset set from the group-based communication system service cache;
in accordance with a determination that the group-based communication system client cache is available:
fetching a group-based object set from the group-based communication system client cache in accordance with a data retrieval policy that defines a plurality of conditions for retrieving the group-based object set and one or more data types of data to be retrieved based on the plurality of conditions, wherein the data retrieval policy indicates a prioritization of retrieval of the group-based object set based at least in part on the group-based object set being a most-recently utilized group-based object set, and
storing the fetched group-based object set to a group-based communication store;

determining that one or more stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache are stale based at least in part on a quantity of connections made to the group-based communication system without refreshing the one or more stale objects; and
rendering a group-based communication interface at the group-based communication client device using the group-based application asset set and the group-based object set without reference to the one or more stale objects.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining that the one or more stale objects are stale comprises:
querying the group-based communication system to obtain respective version indicators of the one or more stale objects.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining that the one or more stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache is stale involves checking an indication regarding a previous fetch action corresponding to when the one or more stale objects were fetched.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the previous fetch action is based on one or more of:
a timestamp;
a connection count indicating the quantity of connections made to the group-based communication system; and
respective version indicators of the one or more stale objects.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
in response to determining that one or more non-stale objects in the group-based communication system client cache has already been fetched, rendering at least a portion of the group-based communication interface using the one or more non-stale objects.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
in response to determining that one or more non-fetched objects in the group-based communication system client cache has not yet been fetched, rendering at least a portion of the application group-based object set using a place holder object; and
fetching an updated object set from the group-based communication system.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein:
the most-recently utilized group-based object set is associated with a device previously used by a user.

15. A system for initiating a group-based communication system client session, the system comprising:
a data store;
a processor; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, that when exec

Assignees

• Salesforce Inc

Inventors

• Christian Mark
• Rodgers John
• Whimpey James

Classifications

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L67/568

  Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L12/1818

  Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title