Business networking information feed alerts

摘要

Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer products for providing information external to an organization in an information feed. A message may be received from an information service provider in accordance with a previously defined request. The defined request may include one or more parameters specifying requested data. The message may include data provided in accordance with the one or more parameters. The data in the message may be processed to create a data object. The data object may include at least a portion of the data provided in accordance with the one or more parameters. The data object may be stored in a database. The data object may then be provided for display on a display device in an information feed associated with the record.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a database system implemented using a server system, the database system configurable to cause:
maintaining, using the database system, a database storing a plurality of records pertaining to business operations of an organization;processing, using the database system, a message received from an information service provider in accordance with one or more parameters of a request for information, the information service provider being external to the organization, the one or more parameters indicating information of interest with respect to the organization, the message comprising data from at least one source external to the organization;processing the message data to obtain a plurality of news items;creating or updating, using the database system, one or more data objects in a database to identify information of the news items, the information comprising an identity of the at least one source;generating, based at least on the identity of the at least one source, a first feed item comprising at least a portion of the information of the news items, the first feed item being identifiable in association with a first one of the records; andsharing the first feed item in a feed of a social networking system, the feed configured to be displayed in a user interface on a display device and configured to include one or more updates related to the first record.