How do I understand this custom use of Promise in code

I use some Promise code used in my application as below;

import { Promise, resolve, all } from 'rsvp';


someAction: function(secId, fld, callback) {
    var self = this;
    var section = self.findSection(self.get('allSecs'), secId);
    var myPendingPromise = section.myPendingPromise || resolve();
    myPendingPromise = myPendingPromise.then(function(){
        return self.myCustomPromise(secId, fld, callback);
    });
    set(section, 'myPendingPromise', myPendingPromise);
},


myCustomPromise: function(secId, fld, callback){
    var self = this;
    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
        var deferred = self.myCustomRule(someFlds); //Makes an API call
        deferred.then(function(response) {
            resolve(response);
        }, function(){
            resolve(true);
        });
    });
},

Now, I am a bit confused why the following lines are added specifically;

var myPendingPromise = section.myPendingPromise || resolve();
myPendingPromise = myPendingPromise.then(function(){
    return self.myCustomPromise(secId, fld, callback);
});
set(section, 'myPendingPromise', myPendingPromise); 

Also, I did not find "myPendingPromise" used anywhere else apart from this function. Is there some pattern which I need to be aware of to be able to understand this code? It would be great to understand just the usage of these 3 lines of code above.