Financialforce.com, Inc.

Certinia Inc.

Other

Matthew David Wood

Stephen Paul Willcock

Graham Charles Evans

Stephen Paul Wilcock

Various embodiments concern mechanisms for facilitating communication between network-accessible platforms for developing, hosting, or running hybrid applications that utilize resources hosted across multiple platforms. Hybrid applications cause messages or 'calls' to be passed between the platforms that must be authenticated. For example, when a call is placed by a Heroku platform to a Force.com platform, the call must be authenticated for security purposes. If Heroku has not already been authenticated when the call is submitted, an authentication process is invoked. An event listener can be used to register details regarding the initial callout task, and then register or “fire” an event when the authentication process is successfully completed. Registration of the initial callout task completely separates the authentication process from the resource being invoked. Requests can be completed without requiring further user input using at least some of the details registered by the event listener.

Systems and methods for facilitating seamless authentication of application development platforms

Various techniques are disclosed, including receiving at a multiplatform management system a communication from a computing device via a groupware platform, the multiplatform management system interfacing with multiple disparate platforms including the groupware platform and an image processing platform, determining an event type based on the communication from the computing device to identify a cloud platform to be selected from among the plurality of disparate platforms based on a detection of one of the image or the text in the communication from the groupware platform; and identifying an action to be performed by the selected cloud platform based on the determined event type.

Method and system for bridging a gap between disparate platforms that remove the need for a user to switch between the disparate platforms

Various embodiments concern mechanisms for facilitating communication between network-accessible platforms for developing, hosting, or running hybrid applications that utilize resources hosted across multiple platforms. Hybrid applications cause messages or 'calls' to be passed between the platforms that must be authenticated. For example, when a call is placed by a Heroku platform to a Force.com platform, the call must be authenticated for security purposes. If Heroku has not already been authenticated when the call is submitted, an authentication process is invoked. An event listener can be used to register details regarding the initial callout task, and then register or 'fire' an event when the authentication process is successfully completed. Registration of the initial callout task completely separates the authentication process from the resource being invoked. Requests can be completed without requiring further user input using at least some of the details registered by the event listener.

Seamless authentication for an application development platform

Various techniques are disclosed, including receiving at a multiplatform management system a natural language request from a computing device, the multiplatform management system interfacing with multiple disparate platforms including a natural language processing platform, determining an event type based on the natural language request, identifying a user-requested action based on data associated with the natural language processing platform in data communication with the multiplatform management system, selecting a cloud platform to perform the user-requested action, formatting data representing the user-requested action into a formatted user-requested action, and performing the action.

Method and system for bridging disparate platforms to automate a natural language interface

Various techniques are disclosed, including receiving at a multiplatform management system a natural language request from a computing device, determining an event type based on the natural language request, identifying a user-requested action based on data associated with a natural language processing platform in data communication with the multiplatform management system, selecting a cloud platform to perform the user-requested action, formatting data representing the user-requested action into a formatted user-requested action, and performing the action.

Presented here is a system and method to bridge the gap between the disparate platforms, and to allow the user to interface with the disparate platforms using a natural language interface. The system can improve user interface for electronic devices because the user does not have to switch between the disparate platforms. Instead, the user can interact with the disparate platforms through a single natural language interface. The disparate platforms, some of which may not have a natural language user interface, can be enabled to interact with the user through the natural language interface when the system interfaces between a natural language processing platform and the remainder of the disparate platforms.

There is provided a port and perch insert for fitting into an aperture through a wall of a container of a birdfeeder. The port and perch insert comprises a port (), a perch (), and a snap fit element which flexes to snap over an edge of the aperture and retain the port and perch insert to the container (). The snap fit element comprises: a protrusion which snaps over the edge of the aperture to engage against an inside surface of the container; a flexible root portion which connects the snap fit element to a main body of the port and perch insert, and a paddle portion () which is pushable from outside the container once the port and perch insert has been fitted to the container, to allow the port and perch insert to be removed from the container.

Port and perch insert for a bird feeder

A bird feeder includes a tubular container for bird food and a removable base engageable with projections at a lower end thereof to retain it in place to form the bottom of the container. The base has an upper part in the form of a plug insertable into the container and a lower part having an annular outer part on which the upper part can rotate, and includes locking mechanism projections selectively locked into slots in the upper part by rotation. The projections can be disengaged from the slots in a first rotational position and are locked into the slots in a second rotational position, respectively. The upper and lower parts of the base can be separated from one another with a relative rotation between a first, locked position and a third, disengaged.

Bird feeder

A feeder comprising an elongate receptacle for food; a removable part; and an elongate restraining pin positioned within the feeder. The direction of elongation of the elongate restraining pin is parallel to that of the feeder. When in an engaged position, the elongate restraining pin is engaged with the removable part so as to couple the removable part to the feeder, and, in a retracted position, is disengaged with the removable part as to uncouple the removable part from the feeder.

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Matthew David Wood