Patent Publication Number: US-11042270-B2

Title: History component for single page application

Description:
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     BACKGROUND 
     “Cloud computing” services provide shared network-based resources, applications, and information to computers and other devices upon request. In cloud computing environments, services can be provided by servers to users&#39; computer systems via the Internet and wireless networks rather than installing software locally on users&#39; computer systems. A user can interact with database systems, social networking systems, email systems, and instant messaging systems, by way of example, in a cloud computing environment. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The included drawings are for illustrative purposes and serve only to provide examples of possible structures and operations for the disclosed systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for leveraging and managing assessment environments in an assessment hub. These drawings in no way limit any changes in form and detail that may be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosed implementations. 
         FIG. 1  shows a system diagram of an example of a server system  100  for providing a user interface including a history component, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 2  shows an example of a user interface  200  in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI) presenting a history component, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 3  shows an example of a user interface  300  in the form of a GUI presenting a history component having a hierarchical structure, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 4  shows an example user interface  400  in the form of a GUI supporting the copying of a link to a clipboard, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 5  shows an example user interface  500  in the form of a GUI presenting a minimized history component, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 6  shows an example user interface  600  in the form of a GUI presenting a history component within the context of a console, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 7  shows an example of a method  700  for presenting a history component, in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 8A  shows a block diagram of an example of an environment  10  in which an on-demand database service can be used in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 8B  shows a block diagram of an example of some implementations of elements of  FIG. 8A  and various possible interconnections between these elements. 
         FIG. 9A  shows a system diagram of an example of architectural components of an on-demand database service environment  900 , in accordance with some implementations. 
         FIG. 9B  shows a system diagram further illustrating an example of architectural components of an on-demand database service environment, in accordance with some implementations. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products according to the disclosed implementations are described in this section. These examples are being provided solely to add context and aid in the understanding of the disclosed implementations. It will thus be apparent to one skilled in the art that implementations may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, certain operations have not been described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring implementations. Other applications are possible, such that the following examples should not be taken as definitive or limiting either in scope or setting. 
     In the following detailed description, references are made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the description and in which are shown, by way of illustration, specific implementations. Although these implementations are described in sufficient detail to enable one skilled in the art to practice the disclosed implementations, it is understood that these examples are not limiting, such that other implementations may be used and changes may be made without departing from their spirit and scope. For example, the operations of methods shown and described herein are not necessarily performed in the order indicated. It should also be understood that the methods may include more or fewer operations than are indicated. In some implementations, operations described herein as separate operations may be combined. Conversely, what may be described herein as a single operation may be implemented in multiple operations. 
     Various implementations of the disclosed systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products are configured for providing a history component within a graphical user interface (GUI). The history component is user-specific and may be maintained across multiple sessions, which may be established via different browsers or computing devices. In some implementations, the history component is specific to a particular application. For example, the history component may be maintained by an application such as Salesforce&#39;s Lightning Console application, which is configured to support access to organizational data. 
     In accordance with various implementations, an application maintains a history component that includes a history of data records that have recently been accessed by the user during execution of the application. Data records may be accessed by a user via the selection of tabs and sub-tabs presented within a GUI. In some implementations, the history component includes a hierarchical structure that identifies the tabs and sub-tabs that have been selected by the user during execution of the application. Example data records that may be accessed via tabs and sub-tabs include cases, accounts, opportunities, leads, contacts, and activities. 
     In some implementations, the user can save a link to a tab by copying the link to a virtual clipboard. In some implementations, the user may transmit the link to another user who has permission to access the organizational data via the application. The link may be generated to include a hierarchy that identifies the tab and associated sub-tabs. When a user receives the link, the user may click on the link to access the tab and any associated sub-tabs. 
     By way of illustration, John is a customer support employee at an organization, Pyramid Construction, Inc. John logs in to access a Console, which enables employees of the organization to access and update data records. John accesses a particular case record, Case 10000, by selecting a corresponding tab from a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Upon accessing the case record, John may access further information pertaining to the case via various sub-tabs. For example, the sub-tabs may correspond to contact(s) associated with the case. The system presents information pertaining to the case record associated with the tab using a link that includes a hierchical structure that identifies the tab and sub-tabs. As John clicks on tabs and sub-tabs presented within the GUI, a first history component is updated and presented via John&#39;s computing device. The first history component visually represents tabs and sub-tabs recently accessed by John. The first history component may be stored using a hierarchical data structure, and the first history component rendered via a display may similarly represent the tabs and sub-tabs via a hierarchical structure. 
     John decides to share the link with a co-worker, Jane. Jane receives the link and accesses the case by clicking on the link. Jane may then click on the sub-tabs to access information pertaining to the contacts associated with the case. As Jane clicks on the tab and sub-tabs, a second history component is updated and presented via Jane&#39;s computing device. The second history component visually represents tabs and sub-tabs recently accessed by Jane. The second history component may be stored using a hierarchical data structure, and may be rendered such that the tabs and sub-tabs recently accessed by Jane are visually represented by a corresponding hierarchical structure. 
     In some but not all implementations, the disclosed methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media may be configured or designed for use in a multi-tenant database environment or system. The term “multi-tenant database system” can refer to those systems in which various elements of hardware and software of a database system may be shared by one or more customers. For example, a given application server may simultaneously process requests for a great number of customers, and a given database table may store rows of data corresponding to data records for a potentially much greater number of customers. 
       FIG. 1  shows a system diagram of an example of a server system  100  for providing a user interface including a history component, in accordance with some implementations. Server system  100  includes a variety of different hardware and/or software components that are in communication with each other. In the non-limiting example of  FIG. 1  server system  100  includes at least one server  120 , which is communicatively coupled to at least one content service database  116 . Content service database  116  may be internal to server system  100  or external to server system  100 . As shown in this example, server  120  may communicate with content service database  116  via a network  114 . In accordance with various implementations, users  102   a ,  102   b  may access and/or update data records in content service database  116  via a GUI accessed via their respective client computing devices  124 ,  126 . Updates to content service database  116  may include, for example, modifying data within a field of a data record, deleting a data record, or generating a new data record. Content service database  116  may include at least one relational database and/or at least one non-relational database. 
     Each non-relational database can allow for storage and retrieval of large sets of data. A non-relational database can be a database implemented in HBase or other non-relational database management system. This database can include one or more records for each of a plurality of enterprises (also referred to as organizations, or tenants.) In some implementations, the database can include one or more tables in which one or more enterprises have records. In some implementations, methods and applications are provided for the storage of data being captured in real-time. 
     Each relational database can allow for storage and retrieval of sets of data. In some implementations, a relational database can store and maintain records and data objects relating to cases, accounts, opportunities, leads, contacts, and/or activities. In some implementations, each relational database can be searched and queried in various ways by a user of system  100 , providing for reports, graphs, data summaries, and other pieces of information. 
     Server  120  may communicate with other components of system  100 . This communication may be facilitated through a combination of networks and interfaces. Server  120  may handle and process data requests from client computing devices  124 ,  126 . Likewise, server  120  may return responses to client computing devices  124 ,  126  after corresponding data requests have been processed. For example, in response to a data request, server  120  may retrieve data from one or more databases. It may combine some or all of the data from different databases, and send the processed data to a requesting client computing device. 
     Users  102   a ,  102   b  can include different users corresponding to a variety of roles and/or permissions. Client systems  124 ,  126  may each be a computing device capable of communicating via one or more data networks with a server. Examples of client devices include a desktop computer or portable electronic device such as a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, a wearable device such as Google Glass®, another optical head-mounted display (OHMD) device, a smart watch, etc. Each of client devices  124 ,  126  may include at least one browser in which applications may be deployed. 
     An authorization service may be used to determine who can access, update, generate, or publish content. APIs can be used to access, modify, generate, or publish content. In some implementations, access to content or APIs can be restricted to an appropriate set of users. 
     In some implementations, a user may have a single authorization identity. In other implementations, a user may have two or more different authorization identities. This can allow multiple modes of access to content. 
       FIG. 2  shows an example user interface  200  in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI)  200  presenting a history component, in accordance with some implementations. User interface  200  shows a history component  202 , which identifies tabs  204  that have recently been accessed by the user. Tabs  204  may be presented in an order in which tabs  204  have been accessed (e.g., selected) by the user. In some implementations, tabs  204  are presented within history component  202  in a top-down order, where tabs at the top of the history component correspond to those that have most recently been accessed. In this example, Acme tab  206  is the tab that has most recently been accessed by the user. 
     In accordance with some implementations, history component  202  further indicates an action  208  that has been taken by the user in association with each tab  204 . As shown in this example, action  208  may be indicated by an icon that represents the action performed by the user in association with the corresponding tab  204 . Actions may include, but are not limited to, viewing a record corresponding to tab  204  and updating a record corresponding to tab  204 . Therefore, history component  202  may indicate a tab most recently accessed by the user, as well as the action the user performed in relation to the tab. 
       FIG. 3  shows an example user interface  300  in the form of a GUI presenting a history component having a hierarchical structure, in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations, history component  302  identifies primary tabs  304  that have recently been selected by the user, as well as sub-tabs  306  that have recently been selected by the user. After a primary tab is selected by the user, the primary tab is added to history component  302 . In this example, primary tab  00001003  is the most recently selected primary tab. After the primary tab has been selected, the sub-tabs of primary tab that have recently been selected by the user may be added to history component  302 . In this example, the user has selected sub-tabs Global Media and Jon Amos, which correspond to contacts pertaining to primary tab  00001003 . 
     In some implementations, history component  302  presents tabs and sub-tabs via a hierarchical structure. In this example, sub-tabs  306  are indented from a corresponding primary tab  304  to visually distinguish sub-tabs  306  from primary tabs  304 . 
     In some implementations, sub-tabs may be presented in an order that indicates the sub-tabs that have been most recently accessed by the user. In other implementations, sub-tabs may be presented in an order such as alphabetical, numerical, or alpha-numerical. 
     In accordance with various implementations, the user may return to a particular primary tab by clicking on the primary tab identifier within history component  302 . The user may similarly return to a particular sub-tab by clicking on the sub-tab identifier within history component  302 . 
     In some implementations, history component  302  presents a maximum number of tabs including primary tabs and/or sub-tabs. When a new tab is added to history component  302  and history component  302  already includes the maximum number of tabs, a least recently accessed tab or sub-tab may be removed from history component  302 . 
       FIG. 4  shows an example user interface  400  in the form of a GUI supporting the copying of a link to a clipboard, in accordance with some implementations. User interface  400  is presented within the context of a Console that supports access to organizational data. 
     User interface  400  includes history component  302 . In some implementations, user elects to view history component  302  by interacting with user interface object  402 . In this example, the user has recently selected primary tab  404  corresponding to case 00001003. In response, the user is presented a record corresponding to case 00001003, as shown at  406 . User then selects sub-tab  408  corresponding to contact, Jon Amos. 
     History component  302  is updated to include case 00001003 corresponding to primary tab  404 , as shown at  410 . In addition, history component  302  is updated to include sub-tab  408  corresponding to contact, Jon Amos, as shown at  412 . History component  302  may be updated after or in response to the detection of a tab event such as a user selection of a tab/sub-tab or user closure of a tab/sub-tab. 
     In some implementations, a user may share a link to a primary tab. For example, the user may share a link by copying the link from an address bar of the browser. As another example, the user may share a link by selecting a share link option (not shown) from user interface  400 . The user may choose to share the link via email, text message, or other medium. Alternatively, the user may choose to share the link by posting the link via a communication platform that is internal to the organization. 
     In addition, a user may copy a link and add the link to a virtual clipboard maintained by the application. The user may copy the link by directly copying the link from an address bar or by selecting a copy option (not shown) from user interface  400 . Upon successfully copying the link, the user may be presented with a message confirming that the link was copied, as shown at  414 . 
       FIG. 5  shows an example user interface  500  in the form of a GUI presenting a minimized history component, in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations, the user may toggle user interface object  402  to minimize the history component, as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
       FIG. 6  shows an example user interface  600  in the form of a GUI presenting a history component within the context of a console, in accordance with some implementations. To view the history component  302  that was minimized in user interface  500  of  FIG. 5 , the user may toggle user interface object  402 , which causes the history component  302  to be presented within user interface  600 . 
       FIG. 7  shows an example of a method  700  for presenting a history component, in accordance with some implementations. A user of a client device logs into a web site to access an application. During execution of the application, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for display at a client device at  702 . The GUI includes a history component associated with the user of the client device and with the application. In some implementations, the history component includes a hierarchical structure identifying a set of primary tabs recently accessed by the user during execution of the application and identifying a set of sub-tabs recently accessed by the user during execution of the application. Each sub-tab of the set of sub-tabs is identified within the hierarchical structure in association with a corresponding primary tab of the set of primary tabs. For example, an identifier of a sub-tab may be indented with respect to an identifier of a corresponding primary tab of the set of primary tabs. Each sub-tab of the set of sub-tabs may be associated with a corresponding set of data objects stored in at least one database. Similarly, each tab of the set of primary tabs may be associated with a corresponding set of data objects stored in at least one database. 
     In some implementations, a plurality of primary tabs are displayed in a utility bar of the GUI. An indication of a user selection of one of a plurality of primary tabs displayable in a utility bar of the GUI may be received and processed at  704 . 
     Responsive to processing the indication of the user selection, information pertaining to one or more data objects associated with the selected primary tab may be provided using a link at  706 , where the selected primary tab has one or more selectable sub-tabs associated therewith. In accordance with various implementations, the link includes an identifier of the selected primary tab and an identifier of each of the associated selectable sub-tabs of the selected primary tab. In addition, the link indicates a hierarchy of the selected primary tab and the associated selectable sub-tabs. 
     The link may be generated prior to providing the information or responsive to receiving the indication of the user selection (e.g., at the time that the information is provided). Information associating the link with the primary tab may be stored in at least one database. 
     In some implementations, the user may add a link corresponding to a selected primary tab to a clipboard in response to a user selection of the link. More particularly, an indication that the user has requested that the link be added to a virtual clipboard may be received. Responsive to receiving the indication that the user has requested that the link be added to a virtual clipboard, a virtual clipboard may be generated or updated to include the link. The virtual clipboard may be provided for display at the client device. 
     The history component of the GUI may be updated at  808  such that only a single instance of the selected primary tab is included in the set of primary tabs presented within the history component. In addition, the history component of the GUI may be updated such that an indicator of how recent the selected primary tab was accessed is provided. For example, the order in which the primary tabs are identified within the history component may correspond to the recency with which the primary tabs have been selected by the user. 
     In accordance with various implementations, the history component of the GUI may be updated responsive to the detection of a particular event. In some implementations, the event may include a tab event. Example tab events include, but are not limited to, closure of the primary tab, the user selection of the primary tab, closure of a sub-tab of the primary tab, or user selection of a sub-tab of the primary tab. In some implementations, which actions trigger an event can be configurable. 
     In some implementations, a listener module may listen to detect tab events during the execution of the application. Upon detecting a tab event, the tab event may be broadcasted to one or more components configured to update the GUI. Therefore, a tab event may trigger the performance of various operations. 
     The updating of the history component may include the “reorganization” of the tabs within the history component. For example, the recently selected primary tab may be added to the top of the list of tabs within the history component. In addition, a least recently selected primary tab may be removed from the history component, where the addition of a recently selected primary tab increases the total number of tabs or primary tabs within the history component beyond a maximum threshold. 
     Sub-tabs associated with a particular primary tab may be listed within the history component in a sequential order based, at least on part, on at least one of: recency of access by the user during execution of the application, numerical order, alphabetical order, or alphanumeric order. In some implementations, a maximum number of sub-tabs identified within the history component, in relation to a primary tab, may be configured. 
     Some but not all of the techniques described or referenced herein are implemented using or in conjunction with a social networking system. Social networking systems have become a popular way to facilitate communication among people, any of whom can be recognized as users of a social networking system. One example of a social networking system is Chatter®, provided by salesforce.com, inc. of San Francisco, Calif. salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of social networking services, CRM services and other database management services, any of which can be accessed and used in conjunction with the techniques disclosed herein in some implementations. In some but not all implementations, these various services can be provided in a cloud computing environment, for example, in the context of a multi-tenant database system. Thus, the disclosed techniques can be implemented without having to install software locally, that is, on computing devices of users interacting with services available through the cloud. The term “multi-tenant database system” generally refers to those systems in which various elements of hardware and/or software of a database system may be shared by one or more customers. For example, a given application server may simultaneously process requests for a great number of customers, and a given database table may store rows of data such as feed items for a potentially much greater number of customers. 
     In accordance with various implementations, a history component may be maintained in association with a user profile. An example of a “user profile” or “user&#39;s profile” is a database object or set of objects configured to store and maintain data about a given user of a social networking system and/or database system. The data can include general information, such as name, title, phone number, a photo, a biographical summary, and a status, e.g., text describing what the user is currently doing. As mentioned below, the data can include social media messages created by other users. Where there are multiple tenants, a user is typically associated with a particular tenant. For example, a user could be a salesperson of a company, which is a tenant of the database system that provides a database service. 
     The term “record” generally refers to a data entity having fields with values and stored in database system. An example of a record is an instance of a data object created by a user of the database service, for example, in the form of a CRM record about a particular (actual or potential) business relationship or project. The record can have a data structure defined by the database service (a standard object) or defined by a user (custom object). For example, a record can be for a business partner or potential business partner (e.g., a client, vendor, distributor, etc.) of the user, and can include information describing an entire company, subsidiaries, or contacts at the company. As another example, a record can be a project that the user is working on, such as an opportunity (e.g., a possible sale) with an existing partner, or a project that the user is trying to get. In one implementation of a multi-tenant database system, each record for the tenants has a unique identifier stored in a common table. A record has data fields that are defined by the structure of the object (e.g., fields of certain data types and purposes). A record can also have custom fields defined by a user. A field can be another record or include links thereto, thereby providing a parent-child relationship between the records. 
     A record can have a status, the update of which can be provided by an owner of the record or other users having suitable write access permissions to the record. The owner can be a single user, multiple users, or a group. 
     Updates to a record, also referred to herein as changes to the record, are one type of information update that can occur. Examples of record updates include field changes in the record, updates to the status of a record, as well as the creation of the record itself. Some records are publicly accessible, such that any user can follow the record, while other records are private, for which appropriate security clearance/permissions are a prerequisite to a user obtaining access to the record. 
     Information updates can include various types of updates, which may or may not be linked with a particular record. For example, information updates can be social media messages submitted by a user or can be otherwise generated in response to user actions or in response to events. 
     A “group” is generally a collection of users. In some implementations, the group may be defined as users with a same or similar attribute, or by membership. 
     Some non-limiting examples of systems, apparatus, and methods are described below for implementing database systems and enterprise level social networking systems in conjunction with the disclosed techniques. Such implementations can provide more efficient use of a database system. For instance, a user of a database system may not easily know when important information in the database has changed, e.g., about a project or client. Such implementations can provide feed tracked updates about such changes and other events, thereby keeping users informed. 
       FIG. 8A  shows a block diagram of an example of an environment  10  in which an on-demand database service exists and can be used in accordance with some implementations. Environment  10  may include user systems  12 , network  14 , database system  16 , processor system  17 , application platform  18 , network interface  20 , tenant data storage  22 , system data storage  24 , program code  26 , and process space  28 . In other implementations, environment  10  may not have all of these components and/or may have other components instead of, or in addition to, those listed above. 
     A user system  12  may be implemented as any computing device(s) or other data processing apparatus such as a machine or system used by a user to access a database system  16 . For example, any of user systems  12  can be a handheld and/or portable computing device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a laptop computer, or a tablet. Other examples of a user system include computing devices such as a work station and/or a network of computing devices. As illustrated in  FIG. 8A  (and in more detail in  FIG. 8B ) user systems  12  might interact via a network  14  with an on-demand database service, which is implemented in the example of  FIG. 8A  as database system  16 . 
     An on-demand database service, implemented using system  16  by way of example, is a service that is made available to users who do not need to necessarily be concerned with building and/or maintaining the database system. Instead, the database system may be available for their use when the users need the database system, i.e., on the demand of the users. Some on-demand database services may store information from one or more tenants into tables of a common database image to form a multi-tenant database system (MTS). A database image may include one or more database objects. A relational database management system (RDBMS) or the equivalent may execute storage and retrieval of information against the database object(s). Application platform  18  may be a framework that allows the applications of system  16  to run, such as the hardware and/or software, e.g., the operating system. In some implementations, application platform  18  enables creation, managing and executing one or more applications developed by the provider of the on-demand database service, users accessing the on-demand database service via user systems  12 , or third party application developers accessing the on-demand database service via user systems  12 . 
     The users of user systems  12  may differ in their respective capacities, and the capacity of a particular user system  12  might be entirely determined by permissions (permission levels) for the current user. For example, when a salesperson is using a particular user system  12  to interact with system  16 , the user system has the capacities allotted to that salesperson. However, while an administrator is using that user system to interact with system  16 , that user system has the capacities allotted to that administrator. In systems with a hierarchical role model, users at one permission level may have access to applications, data, and database information accessible by a lower permission level user, but may not have access to certain applications, database information, and data accessible by a user at a higher permission level. Thus, different users will have different capabilities with regard to accessing and modifying application and database information, depending on a user&#39;s security or permission level, also called authorization. 
     Network  14  is any network or combination of networks of devices that communicate with one another. For example, network  14  can be any one or any combination of a LAN (local area network), WAN (wide area network), telephone network, wireless network, point-to-point network, star network, token ring network, hub network, or other appropriate configuration. Network  14  can include a TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol and Internet Protocol) network, such as the global internetwork of networks often referred to as the Internet. The Internet will be used in many of the examples herein. However, it should be understood that the networks that the present implementations might use are not so limited. 
     User systems  12  might communicate with system  16  using TCP/IP and, at a higher network level, use other common Internet protocols to communicate, such as HTTP, FTP, AFS, WAP, etc. In an example where HTTP is used, user system  12  might include an HTTP client commonly referred to as a “browser” for sending and receiving HTTP signals to and from an HTTP server at system  16 . Such an HTTP server might be implemented as the sole network interface  20  between system  16  and network  14 , but other techniques might be used as well or instead. In some implementations, the network interface  20  between system  16  and network  14  includes load sharing functionality, such as round-robin HTTP request distributors to balance loads and distribute incoming HTTP requests evenly over a plurality of servers. At least for users accessing system  16 , each of the plurality of servers has access to the MTS&#39; data; however, other alternative configurations may be used instead. 
     In one implementation, system  16 , shown in  FIG. 8A , implements a web-based CRM system. For example, in one implementation, system  16  includes application servers configured to implement and execute CRM software applications as well as provide related data, code, forms, web pages and other information to and from user systems  12  and to store to, and retrieve from, a database system related data, objects, and Webpage content. With a multi-tenant system, data for multiple tenants may be stored in the same physical database object in tenant data storage  22 , however, tenant data typically is arranged in the storage medium(s) of tenant data storage  22  so that data of one tenant is kept logically separate from that of other tenants so that one tenant does not have access to another tenant&#39;s data, unless such data is expressly shared. In certain implementations, system  16  implements applications other than, or in addition to, a CRM application. For example, system  16  may provide tenant access to multiple hosted (standard and custom) applications, including a CRM application. User (or third party developer) applications, which may or may not include CRM, may be supported by the application platform  18 , which manages creation, storage of the applications into one or more database objects and executing of the applications in a virtual machine in the process space of the system  16 . 
     One arrangement for elements of system  16  is shown in  FIGS. 7A and 7B , including a network interface  20 , application platform  18 , tenant data storage  22  for tenant data  23 , system data storage  24  for system data  25  accessible to system  16  and possibly multiple tenants, program code  26  for implementing various functions of system  16 , and a process space  28  for executing MTS system processes and tenant-specific processes, such as running applications as part of an application hosting service. Additional processes that may execute on system  16  include database indexing processes. 
     Several elements in the system shown in  FIG. 8A  include conventional, well-known elements that are explained only briefly here. For example, each user system  12  could include a desktop personal computer, workstation, laptop, PDA, cell phone, or any wireless access protocol (WAP) enabled device or any other computing device capable of interfacing directly or indirectly to the Internet or other network connection. The term “computing device” is also referred to herein simply as a “computer”. User system  12  typically runs an HTTP client, e.g., a browsing program, such as Microsoft&#39;s Internet Explorer browser, Netscape&#39;s Navigator browser, Opera&#39;s browser, or a WAP-enabled browser in the case of a cell phone, PDA or other wireless device, or the like, allowing a user (e.g., subscriber of the multi-tenant database system) of user system  12  to access, process and view information, pages and applications available to it from system  16  over network  14 . Each user system  12  also typically includes one or more user input devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, trackball, touch pad, touch screen, pen or the like, for interacting with a GUI provided by the browser on a display (e.g., a monitor screen, LCD display, OLED display, etc.) of the computing device in conjunction with pages, forms, applications and other information provided by system  16  or other systems or servers. Thus, “display device” as used herein can refer to a display of a computer system such as a monitor or touch-screen display, and can refer to any computing device having display capabilities such as a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, a television set-top box, or wearable device such Google Glass® or other human body-mounted display apparatus. For example, the display device can be used to access data and applications hosted by system  16 , and to perform searches on stored data, and otherwise allow a user to interact with various GUI pages that may be presented to a user. As discussed above, implementations are suitable for use with the Internet, although other networks can be used instead of or in addition to the Internet, such as an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a non-TCP/IP based network, any LAN or WAN or the like. 
     According to one implementation, each user system  12  and all of its components are operator configurable using applications, such as a browser, including computer code run using a central processing unit such as an Intel Pentium® processor or the like. Similarly, system  16  (and additional instances of an MTS, where more than one is present) and all of its components might be operator configurable using application(s) including computer code to run using processor system  17 , which may be implemented to include a central processing unit, which may include an Intel Pentium® processor or the like, and/or multiple processor units. Non-transitory computer-readable media can have instructions stored thereon/in, that can be executed by or used to program a computing device to perform any of the methods of the implementations described herein. Computer program code  26  implementing instructions for operating and configuring system  16  to intercommunicate and to process web pages, applications and other data and media content as described herein is preferably downloadable and stored on a hard disk, but the entire program code, or portions thereof, may also be stored in any other volatile or non-volatile memory medium or device as is well known, such as a ROM or RAM, or provided on any media capable of storing program code, such as any type of rotating media including floppy disks, optical discs, digital versatile disk (DVD), compact disk (CD), microdrive, and magneto-optical disks, and magnetic or optical cards, nanosystems (including molecular memory ICs), or any other type of computer-readable medium or device suitable for storing instructions and/or data. Additionally, the entire program code, or portions thereof, may be transmitted and downloaded from a software source over a transmission medium, e.g., over the Internet, or from another server, as is well known, or transmitted over any other conventional network connection as is well known (e.g., extranet, VPN, LAN, etc.) using any communication medium and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, Ethernet, etc.) as are well known. It will also be appreciated that computer code for the disclosed implementations can be realized in any programming language that can be executed on a client system and/or server or server system such as, for example, C, C++, HTML, any other markup language, Java™, JavaScript, ActiveX, any other scripting language, such as VBScript, and many other programming languages as are well known may be used. (Java™ is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.). 
     According to some implementations, each system  16  is configured to provide web pages, forms, applications, data and media content to user (client) systems  12  to support the access by user systems  12  as tenants of system  16 . As such, system  16  provides security mechanisms to keep each tenant&#39;s data separate unless the data is shared. If more than one MTS is used, they may be located in close proximity to one another (e.g., in a server farm located in a single building or campus), or they may be distributed at locations remote from one another (e.g., one or more servers located in city A and one or more servers located in city B). As used herein, each MTS could include one or more logically and/or physically connected servers distributed locally or across one or more geographic locations. Additionally, the term “server” is meant to refer to one type of computing device such as a system including processing hardware and process space(s), an associated storage medium such as a memory device or database, and, in some instances, a database application (e.g., OODBMS or RDBMS) as is well known in the art. It should also be understood that “server system” and “server” are often used interchangeably herein. Similarly, the database objects described herein can be implemented as single databases, a distributed database, a collection of distributed databases, a database with redundant online or offline backups or other redundancies, etc., and might include a distributed database or storage network and associated processing intelligence. 
       FIG. 8B  shows a block diagram of an example of some implementations of elements of  FIG. 8A  and various possible interconnections between these elements. That is,  FIG. 8B  also illustrates environment  10 . However, in  FIG. 8B  elements of system  16  and various interconnections in some implementations are further illustrated.  FIG. 8B  shows that user system  12  may include processor system  12 A, memory system  12 B, input system  12 C, and output system  12 D.  FIG. 8B  shows network  14  and system  16 .  FIG. 8B  also shows that system  16  may include tenant data storage  22 , tenant data  23 , system data storage  24 , system data  25 , User Interface (UI)  30 , Application Program Interface (API)  32 , PL/SOQL  34 , save routines  36 , application setup mechanism  38 , application servers  50   1 - 50   N , system process space  52 , tenant process spaces  54 , tenant management process space  60 , tenant storage space  62 , user storage  64 , and application metadata  66 . In other implementations, environment  10  may not have the same elements as those listed above and/or may have other elements instead of, or in addition to, those listed above. 
     User system  12 , network  14 , system  16 , tenant data storage  22 , and system data storage  24  were discussed above in  FIG. 8A . Regarding user system  12 , processor system  12 A may be any combination of one or more processors. Memory system  12 B may be any combination of one or more memory devices, short term, and/or long term memory. Input system  12 C may be any combination of input devices, such as one or more keyboards, mice, trackballs, scanners, cameras, and/or interfaces to networks. Output system  12 D may be any combination of output devices, such as one or more monitors, printers, and/or interfaces to networks. As shown by  FIG. 8B , system  16  may include a network interface  20  (of  FIG. 8A ) implemented as a set of application servers  50 , an application platform  18 , tenant data storage  22 , and system data storage  24 . Also shown is system process space  52 , including individual tenant process spaces  54  and a tenant management process space  60 . Each application server  50  may be configured to communicate with tenant data storage  22  and the tenant data  23  therein, and system data storage  24  and the system data  25  therein to serve requests of user systems  12 . The tenant data  23  might be divided into individual tenant storage spaces  62 , which can be either a physical arrangement and/or a logical arrangement of data. Within each tenant storage space  62 , user storage  64  and application metadata  66  might be similarly allocated for each user. For example, a copy of a user&#39;s most recently used (MRU) items might be stored to user storage  64 . Similarly, a copy of MRU items for an entire organization that is a tenant might be stored to tenant storage space  62 . A UI  30  provides a user interface and an API  32  provides an application programmer interface to system  16  resident processes to users and/or developers at user systems  12 . The tenant data and the system data may be stored in various databases, such as one or more Oracle® databases. 
     Application platform  18  includes an application setup mechanism  38  that supports application developers&#39; creation and management of applications, which may be saved as metadata into tenant data storage  22  by save routines  36  for execution by subscribers as one or more tenant process spaces  54  managed by tenant management process  60  for example. Invocations to such applications may be coded using PL/SOQL  34  that provides a programming language style interface extension to API  32 . A detailed description of some PL/SOQL language implementations is discussed in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 7,730,478, titled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING ACCESS TO DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS VIA A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE, by Craig Weissman, issued on Jun. 1, 2010, and hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes. Invocations to applications may be detected by one or more system processes, which manage retrieving application metadata  66  for the subscriber making the invocation and executing the metadata as an application in a virtual machine. 
     Each application server  50  may be communicably coupled to database systems, e.g., having access to system data  25  and tenant data  23 , via a different network connection. For example, one application server  50   1  might be coupled via the network  14  (e.g., the Internet), another application server  50   N-1  might be coupled via a direct network link, and another application server  50   N  might be coupled by yet a different network connection. Transfer Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) are typical protocols for communicating between application servers  50  and the database system. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that other transport protocols may be used to optimize the system depending on the network interconnect used. 
     In certain implementations, each application server  50  is configured to handle requests for any user associated with any organization that is a tenant. Because it is desirable to be able to add and remove application servers from the server pool at any time for any reason, there is preferably no server affinity for a user and/or organization to a specific application server  50 . In one implementation, therefore, an interface system implementing a load balancing function (e.g., an F5 Big-IP load balancer) is communicably coupled between the application servers  50  and the user systems  12  to distribute requests to the application servers  50 . In one implementation, the load balancer uses a least connections algorithm to route user requests to the application servers  50 . Other examples of load balancing algorithms, such as round robin and observed response time, also can be used. For example, in certain implementations, three consecutive requests from the same user could hit three different application servers  50 , and three requests from different users could hit the same application server  50 . In this manner, by way of example, system  16  is multi-tenant, wherein system  16  handles storage of, and access to, different objects, data and applications across disparate users and organizations. 
     As an example of storage, one tenant might be a company that employs a sales force where each salesperson uses system  16  to manage their sales process. Thus, a user might maintain contact data, leads data, customer follow-up data, performance data, goals and progress data, etc., all applicable to that user&#39;s personal sales process (e.g., in tenant data storage  22 ). In an example of a MTS arrangement, since all of the data and the applications to access, view, modify, report, transmit, calculate, etc., can be maintained and accessed by a user system having nothing more than network access, the user can manage his or her sales efforts and cycles from any of many different user systems. For example, if a salesperson is visiting a customer and the customer has Internet access in their lobby, the salesperson can obtain critical updates as to that customer while waiting for the customer to arrive in the lobby. 
     While each user&#39;s data might be separate from other users&#39; data regardless of the employers of each user, some data might be organization-wide data shared or accessible by a plurality of users or all of the users for a given organization that is a tenant. Thus, there might be some data structures managed by system  16  that are allocated at the tenant level while other data structures might be managed at the user level. Because an MTS might support multiple tenants including possible competitors, the MTS should have security protocols that keep data, applications, and application use separate. Also, because many tenants may opt for access to an MTS rather than maintain their own system, redundancy, up-time, and backup are additional functions that may be implemented in the MTS. In addition to user-specific data and tenant-specific data, system  16  might also maintain system level data usable by multiple tenants or other data. Such system level data might include industry reports, news, postings, and the like that are sharable among tenants. 
     In certain implementations, user systems  12  (which may be client systems) communicate with application servers  50  to request and update system-level and tenant-level data from system  16  that may involve sending one or more queries to tenant data storage  22  and/or system data storage  24 . System  16  (e.g., an application server  50  in system  16 ) automatically generates one or more SQL statements (e.g., one or more SQL queries) that are designed to access the desired information. System data storage  24  may generate query plans to access the requested data from the database. 
     Each database can generally be viewed as a collection of objects, such as a set of logical tables, containing data fitted into predefined categories. A “table” is one representation of a data object, and may be used herein to simplify the conceptual description of objects and custom objects according to some implementations. It should be understood that “table” and “object” may be used interchangeably herein. Each table generally contains one or more data categories logically arranged as columns or fields in a viewable schema. Each row or record of a table contains an instance of data for each category defined by the fields. For example, a CRM database may include a table that describes a customer with fields for basic contact information such as name, address, phone number, fax number, etc. Another table might describe a purchase order, including fields for information such as customer, product, sale price, date, etc. In some multi-tenant database systems, standard entity tables might be provided for use by all tenants. For CRM database applications, such standard entities might include tables for case, account, contact, lead, and opportunity data objects, each containing pre-defined fields. It should be understood that the word “entity” may also be used interchangeably herein with “object” and “table”. 
     In some multi-tenant database systems, tenants may be allowed to create and store custom objects, or they may be allowed to customize standard entities or objects, for example by creating custom fields for standard objects, including custom index fields. Commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 7,779,039, titled CUSTOM ENTITIES AND FIELDS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM, by Weissman et al., issued on Aug. 17, 2010, and hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes, teaches systems and methods for creating custom objects as well as customizing standard objects in a multi-tenant database system. In certain implementations, for example, all custom entity data rows are stored in a single multi-tenant physical table, which may contain multiple logical tables per organization. It is transparent to customers that their multiple “tables” are in fact stored in one large table or that their data may be stored in the same table as the data of other customers. 
       FIG. 9A  shows a system diagram of an example of architectural components of an on-demand database service environment  900 , in accordance with some implementations. A client machine located in the cloud  904 , generally referring to one or more networks in combination, as described herein, may communicate with the on-demand database service environment via one or more edge routers  908  and  912 . A client machine can be any of the examples of user systems  12  described above. The edge routers may communicate with one or more core switches  920  and  924  via firewall  916 . The core switches may communicate with a load balancer  928 , which may distribute server load over different pods, such as the pods  940  and  944 . The pods  940  and  944 , which may each include one or more servers and/or other computing resources, may perform data processing and other operations used to provide on-demand services. Communication with the pods may be conducted via pod switches  932  and  936 . Components of the on-demand database service environment may communicate with a database storage  956  via a database firewall  948  and a database switch  952 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , accessing an on-demand database service environment may involve communications transmitted among a variety of different hardware and/or software components. Further, the on-demand database service environment  900  is a simplified representation of an actual on-demand database service environment. For example, while only one or two devices of each type are shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , some implementations of an on-demand database service environment may include anywhere from one to many devices of each type. Also, the on-demand database service environment need not include each device shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , or may include additional devices not shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B . 
     Moreover, one or more of the devices in the on-demand database service environment  900  may be implemented on the same physical device or on different hardware. Some devices may be implemented using hardware or a combination of hardware and software. Thus, terms such as “data processing apparatus,” “machine,” “server” and “device” as used herein are not limited to a single hardware device, but rather include any hardware and software configured to provide the described functionality. 
     The cloud  904  is intended to refer to a data network or combination of data networks, often including the Internet. Client machines located in the cloud  904  may communicate with the on-demand database service environment to access services provided by the on-demand database service environment. For example, client machines may access the on-demand database service environment to retrieve, store, edit, and/or process information. 
     In some implementations, the edge routers  908  and  912  route packets between the cloud  904  and other components of the on-demand database service environment  900 . The edge routers  908  and  912  may employ the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The BGP is the core routing protocol of the Internet. The edge routers  908  and  912  may maintain a table of IP networks or ‘prefixes’, which designate network reachability among autonomous systems on the Internet. 
     In one or more implementations, the firewall  916  may protect the inner components of the on-demand database service environment  900  from Internet traffic. The firewall  916  may block, permit, or deny access to the inner components of the on-demand database service environment  900  based upon a set of rules and other criteria. The firewall  916  may act as one or more of a packet filter, an application gateway, a stateful filter, a proxy server, or any other type of firewall. 
     In some implementations, the core switches  920  and  924  are high-capacity switches that transfer packets within the on-demand database service environment  900 . The core switches  920  and  924  may be configured as network bridges that quickly route data between different components within the on-demand database service environment. In some implementations, the use of two or more core switches  920  and  924  may provide redundancy and/or reduced latency. 
     In some implementations, the pods  940  and  944  may perform the core data processing and service functions provided by the on-demand database service environment. Each pod may include various types of hardware and/or software computing resources. An example of the pod architecture is discussed in greater detail with reference to  FIG. 9B . 
     In some implementations, communication between the pods  940  and  944  may be conducted via the pod switches  932  and  936 . The pod switches  932  and  936  may facilitate communication between the pods  940  and  944  and client machines located in the cloud  904 , for example via core switches  920  and  924 . Also, the pod switches  932  and  936  may facilitate communication between the pods  940  and  944  and the database storage  956 . 
     In some implementations, the load balancer  928  may distribute workload between the pods  940  and  944 . Balancing the on-demand service requests between the pods may assist in improving the use of resources, increasing throughput, reducing response times, and/or reducing overhead. The load balancer  928  may include multilayer switches to analyze and forward traffic. 
     In some implementations, access to the database storage  956  may be guarded by a database firewall  948 . The database firewall  948  may act as a computer application firewall operating at the database application layer of a protocol stack. The database firewall  948  may protect the database storage  956  from application attacks such as structure query language (SQL) injection, database rootkits, and unauthorized information disclosure. 
     In some implementations, the database firewall  948  may include a host using one or more forms of reverse proxy services to proxy traffic before passing it to a gateway router. The database firewall  948  may inspect the contents of database traffic and block certain content or database requests. The database firewall  948  may work on the SQL application level atop the TCP/IP stack, managing applications&#39; connection to the database or SQL management interfaces as well as intercepting and enforcing packets traveling to or from a database network or application interface. 
     In some implementations, communication with the database storage  956  may be conducted via the database switch  952 . The multi-tenant database storage  956  may include more than one hardware and/or software components for handling database queries. Accordingly, the database switch  952  may direct database queries transmitted by other components of the on-demand database service environment (e.g., the pods  940  and  944 ) to the correct components within the database storage  956 . 
     In some implementations, the database storage  956  is an on-demand database system shared by many different organizations. The on-demand database service may employ a multi-tenant approach, a virtualized approach, or any other type of database approach. On-demand database services are discussed in greater detail with reference to  FIGS. 9A and 9B . 
       FIG. 9B  shows a system diagram further illustrating an example of architectural components of an on-demand database service environment, in accordance with some implementations. The pod  944  may be used to render services to a user of the on-demand database service environment  900 . In some implementations, each pod may include a variety of servers and/or other systems. The pod  944  includes one or more content batch servers  964 , content search servers  968 , query servers  982 , file servers  986 , access control system (ACS) servers  980 , batch servers  984 , and app servers  988 . Also, the pod  944  includes database instances  990 , quick file systems (QFS)  992 , and indexers  994 . In one or more implementations, some or all communication between the servers in the pod  944  may be transmitted via the switch  936 . 
     The content batch servers  964  may handle requests internal to the pod. These requests may be long-running and/or not tied to a particular customer. For example, the content batch servers  964  may handle requests related to log mining, cleanup work, and maintenance tasks. 
     The content search servers  968  may provide query and indexer functions. For example, the functions provided by the content search servers  968  may allow users to search through content stored in the on-demand database service environment. 
     The file servers  986  may manage requests for information stored in the file storage  998 . The file storage  998  may store information such as documents, images, and basic large objects (BLOBs). By managing requests for information using the file servers  986 , the image footprint on the database may be reduced. 
     The query servers  982  may be used to retrieve information from one or more file systems. For example, the query system  982  may receive requests for information from the app servers  988  and then transmit information queries to the NFS  996  located outside the pod. 
     The pod  944  may share a database instance  990  configured as a multi-tenant environment in which different organizations share access to the same database. Additionally, services rendered by the pod  944  may call upon various hardware and/or software resources. In some implementations, the ACS servers  980  may control access to data, hardware resources, or software resources. 
     In some implementations, the batch servers  984  may process batch jobs, which are used to run tasks at specified times. Thus, the batch servers  984  may transmit instructions to other servers, such as the app servers  988 , to trigger the batch jobs. 
     In some implementations, the QFS  992  may be an open source file system available from Sun Microsystems® of Santa Clara, Calif. The QFS may serve as a rapid-access file system for storing and accessing information available within the pod  944 . The QFS  992  may support some volume management capabilities, allowing many disks to be grouped together into a file system. File system metadata can be kept on a separate set of disks, which may be useful for streaming applications where long disk seeks cannot be tolerated. Thus, the QFS system may communicate with one or more content search servers  968  and/or indexers  994  to identify, retrieve, move, and/or update data stored in the network file systems  996  and/or other storage systems. 
     In some implementations, one or more query servers  982  may communicate with the NFS  996  to retrieve and/or update information stored outside of the pod  944 . The NFS  996  may allow servers located in the pod  944  to access information to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed. 
     In some implementations, queries from the query servers  922  may be transmitted to the NFS  996  via the load balancer  928 , which may distribute resource requests over various resources available in the on-demand database service environment. The NFS  996  may also communicate with the QFS  992  to update the information stored on the NFS  996  and/or to provide information to the QFS  992  for use by servers located within the pod  944 . 
     In some implementations, the pod may include one or more database instances  990 . The database instance  990  may transmit information to the QFS  992 . When information is transmitted to the QFS, it may be available for use by servers within the pod  944  without using an additional database call. 
     In some implementations, database information may be transmitted to the indexer  994 . Indexer  994  may provide an index of information available in the database  990  and/or QFS  992 . The index information may be provided to file servers  986  and/or the QFS  992 . 
     In some implementations, one or more application servers or other servers described above with reference to  FIGS. 7A and 7B  include a hardware and/or software framework configurable to execute procedures using programs, routines, scripts, etc. Thus, in some implementations, one or more of application servers  50   1 - 50   N  of  FIG. 8B  can be configured to initiate performance of one or more of the operations described above by instructing another computing device to perform an operation. In some implementations, one or more application servers  50   1 - 50   N  carry out, either partially or entirely, one or more of the disclosed operations. In some implementations, app servers  988  of  FIG. 9B  support the construction of applications provided by the on-demand database service environment  900  via the pod  944 . Thus, an app server  988  may include a hardware and/or software framework configurable to execute procedures to partially or entirely carry out or instruct another computing device to carry out one or more operations disclosed herein. In alternative implementations, two or more app servers  988  may cooperate to perform or cause performance of such operations. Any of the databases and other storage facilities described above with reference to  FIGS. 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B  can be configured to store lists, articles, documents, records, files, and other objects for implementing the operations described above. For instance, lists of available communication channels associated with share actions for sharing a type of data item can be maintained in tenant data storage  22  and/or system data storage  24  of  FIGS. 7A and 7B . By the same token, lists of default or designated channels for particular share actions can be maintained in storage  22  and/or storage  24 . In some other implementations, rather than storing one or more lists, articles, documents, records, and/or files, the databases and other storage facilities described above can store pointers to the lists, articles, documents, records, and/or files, which may instead be stored in other repositories external to the systems and environments described above with reference to  FIGS. 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B . 
     While some of the disclosed implementations may be described with reference to a system having an application server providing a front end for an on-demand database service capable of supporting multiple tenants, the disclosed implementations are not limited to multi-tenant databases nor deployment on application servers. Some implementations may be practiced using various database architectures such as ORACLE®, DB2® by IBM and the like without departing from the scope of the implementations claimed. 
     It should be understood that some of the disclosed implementations can be embodied in the form of control logic using hardware and/or computer software in a modular or integrated manner. Other ways and/or methods are possible using hardware and a combination of hardware and software. 
     Any of the disclosed implementations may be embodied in various types of hardware, software, firmware, and combinations thereof. For example, some techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, at least in part, by computer-readable media that include program instructions, state information, etc., for performing various services and operations described herein. Examples of program instructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher-level code that may be executed by a computing device such as a server or other data processing apparatus using an interpreter. Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as flash memory, compact disk (CD) or digital versatile disk (DVD); magneto-optical media; and hardware devices specially configured to store program instructions, such as read-only memory (ROM) devices and random access memory (RAM) devices. A computer-readable medium may be any combination of such storage devices. 
     Any of the operations and techniques described in this application may be implemented as software code to be executed by a processor using any suitable computer language such as, for example, Java, C++ or Perl using, for example, object-oriented techniques. The software code may be stored as a series of instructions or commands on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media encoded with the software/program code may be packaged with a compatible device or provided separately from other devices (e.g., via Internet download). Any such computer-readable medium may reside on or within a single computing device or an entire computer system, and may be among other computer-readable media within a system or network. A computer system or computing device may include a monitor, printer, or other suitable display for providing any of the results mentioned herein to a user. 
     While various implementations have been described herein, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not limitation. Thus, the breadth and scope of the present application should not be limited by any of the implementations described herein, but should be defined only in accordance with the following and later-submitted claims and their equivalents.