Patents Assigned to salesforce.com, inc.
  • Methods and systems for appending data to large data volumes in a multi-tenant store
    Patent number: 11609895
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for appending data to large data volumes in a multi-tenant store. These mechanisms and methods for appending data to large data volumes can enable embodiments to provide more reliable and faster maintenance of changing data. In an embodiment and by way of example, a method for appending data to large data volumes is provided. The method embodiment includes receiving new data for a database. The new data is written to a temporary log. The size of the log is compared to a threshold. Then the log is written to a data store, if the size of the log is greater than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Bill C. Eidson, Simon Z. Fell
  • Segment creation in a database system
    Patent number: 11609954
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products configured for actions to be performed on segments within a pipeline. The disclosed systems and techniques allow a user to select a data segment on a graphical user interface. The user may then utilize the data of the segment to perform one or more actions. Thus the data of the segment may be used to provide communications to parties contained within the data, manipulate the data segment based on the parties contained within the data, and change the data displayed based on attributes selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Eric Paul Wittke, Narinder Pal Singh, Laurel Knell, Jonathan Belkowitz, Bradly Zavakos, Laurel Tripp, Abigail Kutruff, Michael Aurelio
  • Conversational bots platform
    Patent number: 11611492
    Abstract: Provided herein are system, methods and computer program products for using a bot server for initiating and controlling bot instances, specifically conversation bot instances at client devices for interacting with users associated with the client devices. The bot server may communicate with a remote cloud service providing bot services for initiating and operating the bot instances to retrieve logic metadata used to control the bot instances and may use this metadata to initiate and control one or more bot instances at the client devices to interact with the associated users. In particular, the bot server may be deployed at a network edge in close network proximity to the client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Rakesh Murugan
  • Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing consensus on read via a consensus on write smart contract trigger for a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform
    Patent number: 11611560
    Abstract: Described herein are means for implementing consensus on read via a consensus on write smart contract trigger for a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) platform in conjunction with a cloud based computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan
  • System, method and computer program product for maintaining data stored in a data structure
    Patent number: 11609896
    Abstract: There are provided mechanisms and methods for maintaining data stored in a data structure. These mechanisms and methods for maintaining data stored in a data structure can provide maintenance operations with improved efficiency, functionality, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yongsheng Wu, Punit Jain, Craig Weissman, Scott W. Yancey
  • DATABASE SYSTEM PUBLIC TRUST LEDGER TOKEN CREATION AND EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20230080927
    Abstract: A request to exchange of a first quantity of a first fungible digital token type stored within a smart contract instance recorded in a public trust ledger and owned by a first party within the public trust ledger may be received via a communication interface at a database system. The request may authenticate a first account in the database system. The first account may be linked with the first party within the public trust ledger. The smart contract instance may be executed to determine whether the requested exchange is permissible based on one or more transaction rules included within the smart contract instance. The database system may be updated to reflect a transaction recorded within the public trust ledger when it is determined that the requested exchange is permissible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan PADMANABHAN
  • DATABASE SYSTEM PUBLIC TRUST LEDGER MULTI-OWNER TOKEN ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20230080808
    Abstract: A request to perform an action related to a smart contract recorded on a public trust ledger external to the database system may be received via a communication interface at a database system. The request may authenticate a designated database system account. A determination may be made as to whether the designated database system account is authorized to perform the action by accessing definition information for a public trust ledger synthetic party identifying a plurality of database system accounts authorized to perform one or more actions related to the smart contract. The database system may communicate with a token exchange to perform the action by executing the smart contract when it is determined that the designated database system account is authorized to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan PADMANABHAN
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DATA RETENTION
    Publication number: 20230084317
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for managing data in a relational database environment and a non-relational database environment. Data in the relational database environment that is static and to be maintained beyond a preselected threshold length of time is identified. The data is copied from the relational database and stored in the data the non-relational database. Access to the data is provided from the non-relational database via a user interface that accesses both the relational database and the non-relational database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Bruce, Eli Levine, Simon Toens, Ian Varley
  • AUTOMATIC SELF-REMOVAL OF SENSITIVE DATA ITEMS
    Publication number: 20230084198
    Abstract: System, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for automatic removal of sensitive data items from records are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a record with a sensitive field (for storing a sensitive data item) is linked to a self-removal data policy that includes a condition set. When the condition set is true, the sensitive data item is automatically removed from the record without deleting the record and without removing other data items stored in other fields of the record. Conditions may be associated with a time period following the upload or storage of the sensitive date item, the occurrence of an event that requires the sensitive date item, a read or approval of the sensitive data item, etc. A user may modify a condition in the condition set to make the condition more stringent or less stringent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Gang SHU, Jong LEE, Kasthuri PERIYAKOIL, Shawn BUTTERFIELD, Gerard IERVOLINO, Mike CAIN, Kevin LUN, Sriram RANGARAJ, Sai LAKSHMINARAAYANA, Jianwu ZHAO
  • DATABASE SYSTEM PUBLIC TRUST TOKEN REDEEM ARCHITECTURE USING WALLETS
    Publication number: 20230085481
    Abstract: A first message indicating that a first digital token created within an on-demand database system and recorded in a public trust ledger external to the on-demand database system has been transferred from a first party within the public trust ledger to a second party within the public trust ledger may be received. The on-demand database system may communicate with the public trust ledger to add a wallet account as a secondary owner to a smart contract that includes a second digital token. The smart contract may identify one or more conditions for transferring the second digital token to the second party. A second message identifying the second digital token may be transmitted to the second party within the public trust ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan PADMANABHAN
  • INTERSPERSED MESSAGE BATCHING IN A DATABASE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230077698
    Abstract: A message batching configuration may be determined for transmitting a message to recipients. The message batching configuration may include two or more message batches, a respective recipient count for each message batch, a respective time delay between each message batch, and a performance metric for evaluating the message. The message is transmitted in accordance with the message batching configuration. The transmission of subsequent message batches is halted when it is determined that the designated performance metric fails to meet a designated performance metric threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Michael Aurelio, Eric Paul Wittke, Laurel Knell, Bradly Zavakos, Abigail Kutruff, Jon Belkowitz
  • DYNAMIC HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20230084247
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for dynamically configuring a hardware device. A hardware configuration descriptor can be customized, where the hardware configuration descriptor includes a set of hardware interface attributes for use in configuring hardware interfaces of a hardware device and indicates one or more web addresses corresponding to computer-readable instructions configurable to control operation of the hardware device during runtime. The hardware configuration descriptor can be transmitted to the hardware device responsive to a request from the hardware device. The hardware device automatically applies the hardware configuration descriptor to configure its interfaces and subsequently accesses the web addresses during operation of the hardware device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph ANDOLINA, Torsten STAUCH
  • Database and file structure configurations for managing text strings to be provided by a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 11604765
    Abstract: A computer-implemented database system as described herein includes a memory device and one or more processors coupled with the memory device. The one or more processors are configurable to create and maintain a folder structure for a user interface (UI) environment, wherein the folder structure includes: a feature folder that defines an application feature supported by the UI environment, the application feature having a UI component associated therewith, and the UI component having a UI text string associated therewith; a component folder located in the feature folder, the component folder having computer readable files that define the UI component; and a text string file located in the component folder, wherein the text string file defines content of the UI text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Desportes, Catherine Jane de Heer
  • Systems and methods for next basket recommendation with dynamic attributes modeling
    Patent number: 11605118
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide an attentive network framework that models dynamic attributes with item and feature interactions. Specifically, the attentive network framework first encodes basket item sequences and dynamic attribute sequences with time-aware padding and time/month encoding to capture the seasonal patterns (e.g. in app recommendation, outdoor activities apps are more suitable for summer time while indoor activity apps are better for winter). Then the attentive network framework applies time-level attention modules on basket items' sequences and dynamic user attributes' sequences to capture basket items to basket items and attributes to attributes temporal sequential patterns. After that, an intra-basket attentive module is used on items in each basket to capture the correlation information among items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Chen, Jia Li, Chenxi Li, Markus Anderle, Caiming Xiong, Simo Arajarvi, Harshavardhan Utharavalli
  • Sequence-to-sequence prediction using a neural network model
    Patent number: 11604956
    Abstract: A method for sequence-to-sequence prediction using a neural network model includes A method for sequence-to-sequence prediction using a neural network model, generating an encoded representation based on an input sequence using an encoder of the neural network model, predicting a fertility sequence based on the input sequence, generating an output template based on the input sequence and the fertility sequence, and predicting an output sequence based on the encoded representation and the output template using a decoder of the neural network model. The neural network model includes a plurality of model parameters learned according to a machine learning process. Each item of the fertility sequence includes a fertility count associated with a corresponding item of the input sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: James Edward Khan Bradbury, Jiatao Gu
  • Authentication token refresh
    Patent number: 11606349
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to authentication token refresh. In various embodiments, a first of a plurality of instances of an application executing on the server system receives a request to provide content to a browser of a client device. The first application instance determines that an authentication token useable to provide the content has expired. The authentication token is maintained in a storage accessible to the plurality of application instances. The first application instance sends a refresh request for the authentication token to an authentication service. In response to the authentication service denying the refresh request, the first application instance waits for a particular period of time before checking the storage to determine whether another instance of the plurality of instances of the application has refreshed the authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: David Brainer
  • User authentication using multi-party computation and public key cryptography
    Patent number: 11606348
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to user authentication using multi-party computation and public key cryptography. In some embodiments, a server may receive, from a client, a request to authenticate a user to a service. The server may access key-pair information that includes, for a server key-pair, a first component of a server private key and, for a client key-pair, a client public key and a first component of a client private key. The server may generate a partial signature value that is based on the first component, but not the entirety, of the server private key. The server may send, to the client, an authentication challenge that includes challenge information and the partial signature value. The server may then determine whether to authenticate the user based on an authentication response from the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Prasad Peddada, Taher Elgamal
  • Private deep learning
    Patent number: 11604965
    Abstract: A method for training parameters of a student model includes receiving one or more teacher models trained using sensitive data. Each teacher model includes one or more intermediate layers and a prediction layer coupled to the one or more intermediate layers. The method includes receiving, from the one or more teacher models, one or more intermediate layer outputs and one or more prediction layer outputs respectively based on public data. Student model training is performed to train parameters of the student model based on the intermediate layer outputs and prediction layer outputs of the one or more teacher models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventor: Lichao Sun
  • FLAP DETECTION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230074799
    Abstract: A method by one or more electronic devices to detect flapping in a computer system. The method includes obtaining a plurality of metric values indicating a state of the computer system at various times within a time window, determining a combined length of lines connecting time-wise consecutive points representing the plurality of metric values in a cartesian coordinate system, wherein a first axis of the cartesian coordinate system represents time and a second axis of the cartesian coordinate system represents a metric associated with the plurality of metric values, determining a baseline length based on a maximum metric value within the time window, a minimum metric value within the time window, and a length of the time window, and determining whether the computer system flapped during the time window based on a result of comparing the combined length to the baseline length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: John Madden
  • MANAGING DATABASE QUOTAS WITH A SCALABLE TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20230071307
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a scaling quota for a database system have been developed. The method defines a product that is defined by a client using a quota application programming interface (API). A report is created for the defined product with the quota API that is unique to the defined product and specifies a product quota and a limit endpoint for the report. The product quota is managed with a message broker by keeping an updated quota count for each report and product quota. An approval or rejection message is generated by the message broker for the client once the updated quota count reaches the limit endpoint. Finally, a response to the approval or rejection message from the client is generated for the database client by a limit provider application programming interface (API).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Luis Miguel De Bello, Marcos Singermann, Pablo Martin Rodriguez, Fernando Carlos Federico