Patent ID: 8478782
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, from a first tenant an indication of permission to share a portion of first tenant information with a second tenant, the first tenant information managed using a multi-tenant on-demand database service, wherein the second tenant is otherwise blocked from accessing the portion of first tenant information absent the indication of permission, wherein the first tenant information includes at least one of custom objects, tables, tasks, accounts, contacts, products, opportunities, cases, and comments; and permitting, by the processor, the second tenant to access the portion of first tenant information based on the indication of permission by permitting the second tenant to store the portion of first tenant information in association with information of the second tenant managed using the multi-tenant on-demand database service; wherein an operation by which the portion of the first tenant information is stored in association with the information of the second tenant is based on a configuration provided by the second tenant indicating the operation by which the portion of the first tenant information is to be stored in association with the information of the second tenant, wherein the configuration provided by the second tenant indicating the operation by which the portion of the first tenant information is to be stored in association with the information of the second tenant includes determining whether to: wherein the indication of permission to share the portion of the first tenant information with the second tenant is received by the first tenant, selecting an identifier of the second tenant using user control elements displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI) of the multi-tenant on-demand database service; and wherein, after receiving the indication of permission, the graphical user interface (GUI) allows the first tenant to subsequently block the second tenant from accessing the portion of first tenant information.