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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Ganesh Mathrubootham, Fremont, CA (US);
Qian LU, San Francisco, CA (US);
LU Ping Chen, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Shahid H. Khatri, Fremont, CA (US);
Hui Fung Herman Kwong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kayvaan Ghassemieh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ganesh Mathrubootham, Fremont, CA (US);
Qian Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lu Ping Chen, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Shahid H. Khatri, Fremont, CA (US);
Hui Fung Herman Kwong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kayvaan Ghassemieh, San Francisco, CA (US);
salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for associating objects in a database. An exemplary method involves identifying one or more objects in the database that are likely to be related to a first object in the database that is based on data obtained from a local application associated with a user and displaying the identified objects on a client device associated with the user. In exemplary embodiments, the identified objects are displayed in response to selection of a graphical user interface element enabling indication of a second object from among the one or more objects, wherein the first object is associated with the second object in the database after receiving indication of the second object. In one or more exemplary embodiments, the database is a multi-tenant database in a multi-tenant system providing instances of a virtual application to multiple tenants.