US 12,481,637 B2
Systems and methods for multi-brand experience in enterprise computing environment
Srikanth Raghavan, Ashburn, VA (US); Richard Guildford Hellier, Jr., Catawba, VA (US); Kathy DiBella, Milford, NH (US); Michael Scott, Washington Grove, MD (US); and Andrew Chillrud, Saratoga Springs, NY (US)
Assigned to OPEN TEXT SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed by OPEN TEXT SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,002.
Application 17/959,002 is a continuation of application No. 17/322,782, filed on May 17, 2021, granted, now 11,500,846.
Application 17/322,782 is a continuation of application No. 15/365,286, filed on Nov. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,030,181, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/261,162, filed on Nov. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021630 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/18 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/3332 (2025.01); G06F 40/177 (2020.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/2343 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/1873 (2019.01); G06F 16/211 (2019.01); G06F 16/219 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/2329 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/3337 (2019.01); G06F 40/177 (2020.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for multi-brand experience in an enterprise computing environment, the method comprising:
starting, on a server machine operating at a backend of the enterprise computing environment, an instance of an application;
receiving, by the instance of the application, requests to create a first new brand and a second new brand;
creating, by the instance of the application, the first new brand and the second new brand, wherein the first new brand comprises a first set of settings of the application, the first set of settings defining a first look and feel of the application, including a first application feature, and wherein the second new brand comprises a second set of settings of the application, the second set of settings defining a second look and feel of the application, including a second application feature;
receiving, by the instance of the application, information on a first user group for the first new brand and information on a second user group for the second new brand;
associating, by the instance of the application, the first user group with the first new brand and the second user group with the second new brand;
receiving, by the instance of the application, a selection of one or more settings for the user group associated with the new brands, wherein the one or more settings includes adding some brands from a list of brands to the user groups;
receiving, by the instance of the application through a web page hosted on a web server, login information from a plurality of users, the web server communicatively connected to the plurality of users over the Internet, the web page representing a single entry point or portal for the application running at the backend of the enterprise computing environment regardless of group membership of the plurality of users; and
loading, by the instance of the application after logging in the plurality of users through the single entry point or portal for the application on a display device, the first new brand and the second new brand via different user interfaces of the application such that through the first new brand and the second new brand, the first user group and the second user group experience different looks and feels, including different application features, of the same application, wherein customizations and integrations of the first new brand and of the second new brand with the different user interfaces of the application are loaded post-login.