US 2018/0025038 A1Published application

Enabling multiple third-party data services to update custom data objects

Assigneesalesforce.com, inc.

InventorsLatesh SEMLANI, Tarundeep BATRA, Parth Vijay VAISHNAV, Pawan NACHNANI

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Abstract

A system receives an object selection, and outputs the object. The system receives a first service selection, outputs the first service's object, receives a second service selection, and outputs the second service's object. The system receives selections of the object's first field and the first service object's field, and stores first metadata that maps between the object's first field and the first service object's field. The system receives selections of the object's second field and the second service object's field, and stores second metadata that maps between the object's second field and the second service object's field. The system updates an object instance by using the first metadata to send first request data to the first service and receive first response data from the first service, and by using the second metadata to send second request data to the second service and receive second response data from the second service.

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Dependent claims

A system for enabling multiple third-party data services to update custom data objects, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
output a data object in response to a selection of the data object;
output in response to a selection of a first third-party data service, a first data service object associated with the first third-party data service;
output in response to a selection of a second third-party data service, a second data service object associated with the second third-party data service;
store in response to a selection of a first data field and a first data service field, first metadata that maps between the first data field associated with the data object and the first data service field associated with the first data service object;
store in response to receiving a selection of a second data field and a second data service field, second metadata that maps between the second data field associated with the data object and the second data service field associated with the second data service object;
and
update an instance of the data object by using:
i) the first metadata to send first request data to the first third-party data service and to receive first response data from the first third-party data service, and ii) the second metadata to send second request data to the second third-party data service and to receive second response data from the second third-party data service.

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A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code including instructions to:

output a data object in response to a selection of the data object;
output in response to a selection of a first third-party data service, a first data service object associated with the first third-party data service;
output in response to a selection of a second third-party data service, a second data service object associated with the second third-party data service;
store in response to a selection of a first data field and a first data service field, first metadata that maps between the first data field associated with the data object and the first data service field associated with the first data service object;
store in response to receiving a selection of a second data field and a second data service field, second metadata that maps between the second data field associated with the data object and the second data service field associated with the second data service object;
and
update an instance of the data object by using:
i) the first metadata to send first request data to the first third-party data service and to receive first response data from the first third-party data service, and ii) the second metadata to send second request data to the second third-party data service and to receive second response data from the second third-party data service.

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A method for enabling multiple third-party data services to update custom data objects, the method comprising:

outputting, by a database system, a data object in response to a selection of the data object;
outputting, by the database system, in response to a selection of a first third-party data service, a first data service object associated with the first third-party data service;
outputting, by the database system, in response to a selection of a second third-party data service, a second data service object associated with the second third-party data service;
storing, by the database system, in response to a selection of a first data field and a first data service field, first metadata that maps between the first data field associated with the data object and the first data service field associated with the first data service object;
storing, by the database system, in response to receiving a selection of a second data field and a second data service field, second metadata that maps between the second data field associated with the data object and the second data service field associated with the second data service object;
and
updating, by the database system, an instance of the data object by using:
i) the first metadata to send first request data to the first third-party data service and to receive first response data from the first third-party data service, and ii) the second metadata to send second request data to the second third-party data service and to receive second response data from the second third-party data service.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.