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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Narayan Bharadwaj, Fremont, CA (US);
Narayan Bharadwaj, Fremont, CA (US);
salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing machine status information via an enterprise social network is disclosed. The method embodiment includes receiving by a server a status update message from a machine where the status update message includes an identifier of the machine and an indication of a status update of the machine. The server is configured to determine information identifying a first user from a database system, where the first user follows a status of the machine, and to post a notification message in a feed on a web page associated with the first user. In an embodiment, the notification message identifies the machine and includes the status update of the machine. By posting the status update on the first user's web page, the first user is notified of the status of the machine.