Patent ID: 9747388
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing, through a database system, one or more middleware components in communication with a plurality of content management data sources external to the database system, the content management data sources being identifiable in a list in a user interface, each of the content management data sources in the list having an associated selection enabling authorization of the content management data source, each of at least a subset of authorized content management data sources in the list having an associated selection enabling customization of search settings for searching content of the content management data source; processing information retrieved from the content management data sources using the one or more middleware components, the information identifying a plurality of content objects stored in the content management data sources; generating and storing a plurality of persistent objects to represent the identified content objects in one or more databases of the database system; receiving a user-submitted search query; causing a search according to the search query to be performed on: receiving a search result identifying at least a first one of the persistent objects as satisfying the search query, the first persistent object representing a first one of the identified content objects; and enabling user composition and sharing of a post comprising a first selectable component identifying and graphically representing the first persistent object, the post shared as a feed item of a social network feed to be displayed in user interfaces of user devices of users of a social networking system implemented using the database system, the feed item configured to provide selection of the first selectable component for access to functionality associated with the first persistent object and associated with the first content object, the feed item further configured to be commented on by the users of the social networking system.