Systems and methods for content management in an on demand environment

US8990958B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990958-B2
Application numberUS-201313844203-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 15, 2013
Priority dateAug 31, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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The technology disclosed relates to hosting legacy data sources in a cloud environment. In particular, it relates to providing users with flyweight access to content stored in legacy content repositories from within cloud based applications. It uses full-duplex secure transport tunnels and repository-specific connectors to traverse security layers and access the content repositories. It also creates virtual objects representing the content in the content repositories and embeds them in the cloud based applications.

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What is claimed: 1. A method for providing flyweight access within a cloud environment to a content object stored in an external content repository, the method including: receiving a content object identifier for a content object that a user or a system has selected to access from a cloud or web-based software system, wherein the content object is stored on the external content repository; passing the content object identifier to a content hub that identifies a data source from…

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What does patent US8990958B2 cover?
The technology disclosed relates to hosting legacy data sources in a cloud environment. In particular, it relates to providing users with flyweight access to content stored in legacy content repositories from within cloud based applications. It uses full-duplex secure transport tunnels and repository-specific connectors to traverse security layers and access the content repositories. It also cr…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Salesforce Com Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/08. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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