Patents Assigned to Workday, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11983623
    Abstract: A system for validating data includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a data set. The processor is configured to calculate a data quality metric for the data set, wherein the data quality metric is based at least in part on a data distribution metric; determine a model to build based at least in part on the data quality metric; build the model; and provide the model for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Manjunath Balasubramaniam, Parag Avinash Namjoshi, Hamdi Jenzri, Harikrishna Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11977535
    Abstract: A system for maintaining consistency of a data value using a probability includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a data value for storing. The processor is configured to store the data value in a data element of a data structure and determine, using an adaptive filter, a probability of certainty associated with the data value. The probability of certainty associated with the data value depends on a time since the data value was updated. The adaptive filter provides as output the probability of certainty and store the probability of certainty associated with the data value in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Sayan Chakraborty, Jonathan David Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11960831
    Abstract: A system includes an interface configured to receive a user input string for a data cell and a processor configured to: determine a lexicon from data related to the data cell; determine an efficient formula from the lexicon; and provide the efficient formula to a formula cell. The system further includes a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: William James Murphy, Leonard Karpel
  • Patent number: 11948106
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors; and at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage media comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: generate a set of shift candidates based on labor demand data; determine a set of decision variables representing whether a particular shift candidate is selected in a final schedule and whether a particular worker is assigned to the particular shift candidate; determine a set of constraints based at least in part on the set of decision variables, the set of shift candidates, the labor demand data, and scheduling configuration data, wherein a constraint of the set of constraints is transformed into linear form in terms of the set of decision variables; and determine simultaneously, using a MIP solver, a subset of the shift candidates selected in the final schedule and a set of shift assignments of which worker is assigned to which selected shift candidate of the subset of the shift candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 11948072
    Abstract: A system for validating data includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a data set. The processor is configured to calculate a data quality metric for the data set, wherein the data quality metric is based at least in part on a data distribution metric; determine a model to build based at least in part on the data quality metric; build the model; and provide the model for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Manjunath Balasubramaniam, Parag Avinash Namjoshi, Hamdi Jenzri, Harikrishna Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11948145
    Abstract: A processor-implemented system and method for dynamically retrieving an attribute value of an identity claim for a user using a digitally signed access token that is digitally signed by a user device, at a relying party device associated with a relying party. The method includes (i) making an API call to retrieve at least one identity claim for the user, (ii) processing each identity claim of the user, with the relying party device, to identify if at least one by-reference identity claim that includes a URL of an endpoint, (iii) obtaining the digitally signed access token that is digitally signed by the user device, (iv) invoking the URL of the endpoint with the at least one by-reference identity claim and the digitally signed access token, and (v) dynamically retrieving the attribute value from the URL of the endpoint from an issuing party device associated with an issuing party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamalanathan Thandapani, Lionello G. Lunesu, Aneesh Sandeep Verenkar, Keith Kowal, Prakash Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11947518
    Abstract: A system for maintaining consistency of a data value using a probability includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a data value for storing. The processor is configured to store the data value in a data element of a data structure and determine, using an adaptive filter, a probability of certainty associated with the data value. The probability of certainty associated with the data value depends on a time since the data value was updated. The adaptive filter provides as output the probability of certainty and store the probability of certainty associated with the data value in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Sayan Chakraborty, Jonathan David Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11886608
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for monitoring tasks with respect to information stored in a database system. The method includes receiving a request to execute a task with respect to a database, wherein the request is associated with an identifier corresponding to a user that inputs a query for the request; determining whether the task is authorized for the user; in response to a determination that the task is authorized for the user, obtaining a set of information that is to be returned for the task; determining a subset of the set of information, wherein the subset of the set of information comprises one or more parts of the set of information for which the user has access permission; and storing a record of the request to execute the task, wherein the record comprises an indication of the user, and an indication of subset of the set of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Sue Hansen, Suma Handalagere, Sanyukta Inamdar, Vamsi Thummala
  • Patent number: 11868255
    Abstract: Techniques for providing horizontally scaled caching of versioned data are provided. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including initializing a first version cache (VC) object based on a version of data stored in a data storage device; replicating the first VC to generate a second VC; receiving a write operation at the first VC; generating a delta for the write operation, the delta representing a change in the version of data; writing the delta to a persistent replication log, the persistent replication log storing an ordered set of deltas including the delta; writing data in the write operation to the data storage device; and applying the ordered set of deltas at the second VC to update data stored by the second VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WORKDAY, INC.
    Inventors: Darren Lee, Christof Bornhoevd
  • Patent number: 11868416
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for running a test in a database system. The method includes obtaining, by one or more processors associated with a server, a template comprising one or more variables, storing, in a cache, a mapping of field definitions for a particular dataset, populating, by the one or more processors, the template to generate a populated template based at least in part on the mapping of field definitions for the particular dataset, performing, by the one or more processors, a query with respect to the particular dataset using values obtained from the populated template, and monitoring, by the one or more processors, one or more performance characteristics associated with the performing the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Dhingra, Tara Sudarshan, Abhishek Karpate
  • Patent number: 11870840
    Abstract: A system for a distributed partitioned map reduce includes a plurality of nodes, a plurality of partitions, and a service node. The one or more partitions of the plurality of partitions are stored on a first node of the plurality of nodes. The service node is configured to receive a task from a client application system. The client application system receives a request to perform the task from a requestor. The client application system selects a service node to manage execution of the task. The client application system provides the service node the task. The service node is configured to provide partition task logic to the plurality of partitions. The partition task logic includes a partition task map reduce. The service node is configured to receive partition results from the plurality of partitions, execute a service node reduce to determine a service node result, and provide the service node result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Howes, Noah Arliss
  • Patent number: 11870898
    Abstract: A system for split keys for wallet recovery includes an interface configured to receive a request to recover a user private key, and a processor configured to provide a request to a credential issuing authority for a first encrypted recovery key share, wherein the request includes a first identification credential, receive the first encrypted recovery key share from the credential issuing authority, provide a request to a trusted organization for a second encrypted recovery key share, wherein the request includes a second identification credential, receive the second encrypted recovery key share from the trusted organization, combine the first encrypted recovery key share and the second encrypted recovery key share to determine a recovered encryption key, and determine the user private key using the recovered encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Hamel, Prakash Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11855978
    Abstract: A system for providing an application includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to provide an application to a device. The processor is configured to provide the application to the device. The application is configured to receive a request for credentialed information associated with a user from a requesting server; determine whether a stored credential satisfies the request for the credentialed information; and in response to a determination that the stored credential satisfies the request for the credentialed information: determine a response credential for responding to the request; determine that the user approves sharing the credentialed information indicated by the response credential; and provide the response credential to the requesting server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Hamel, Jonathan David Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11853461
    Abstract: A system for determining a calculation utilizing differential privacy including an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a request to determine result data of a calculation using multitenanted data. The multitenanted data comprises tenant data associated with a plurality of tenants. The processor is configured to: determine the result data by performing the calculation on the multitenanted data; determine whether a deterministic modification is needed to ensure privacy based at least in part on whether a number of participants in the result data is less than a threshold; and in response to determining that the deterministic modification is needed to ensure privacy: determine the deterministic modification; numerically modify the result data using the deterministic modification to determine modified result data; and provide the modified result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Gulsen, Ankit Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 11809394
    Abstract: A system for indexing includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a metadata amendment. The metadata amendment defines a change to a transactional index schema to a first transactional index. The first transactional index comprises a querying system data. The processor is configured to maintain a first state of the first transactional index. The first transactional index does not incorporate the metadata amendment. The processor is configured to build a second transactional index incorporating the metadata amendment, determine whether an indication to switch from the first transactional index to the second transactional index has been received, and indicate to switch from using the first transactional index to the second transactional index for queries regarding a system data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Mendiola, Bryan Regis, Shivender Devarakonda
  • Patent number: 11811782
    Abstract: Structured access to volunteered private data disclosed. Access can be based on security and privacy constraint information (SPCI) that can be selected by the party volunteering the private data. The volunteered data can be stored in a protected portion of a public network. The SPCI can be correlated to the volunteered data. In response to receiving a request for access to the volunteered data, an attribute of the request can be determined to satisfy one or more rules related to the SPCI prior to facilitating access to a version of a portion of the volunteered data. The version of the portion of the volunteered data can be a redaction of the portion of the volunteered data. The version of the portion of the volunteered data can be aggregated with other portions of other volunteered data determined to satisfy corresponding SPCI related rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah, Erie Lai Har Lau
  • Patent number: 11810043
    Abstract: A system comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to execute a proposed organization chart. The processor is configured to determine a valid net action queue for the proposed organization chart. Determining the valid net action queue comprises scanning an action queue to add actions to the valid net action queue in response to the actions being valid in relation to an organization chart stored in a database. The processor is further configured to apply the valid net action queue to the organization chart to obtain the proposed organization chart and execute the proposed organization chart to create a new organization chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Anathanam, Ajay Sagar, Katherine Lahl, John Paul Nguafack
  • Patent number: 11799633
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for managing data using keys. The method includes receiving a request to access data stored within a tenant database associated with a tenant, wherein the data is encrypted based at least in part on a tenant service encryption key (TSEK) corresponding to the tenant database, determining a wrapper key used in connection with encrypting the TSEK based at least in part on a TSEK metadata stored in association with the TSEK, determining a top-level key used in connection with encrypting the wrapper key based at least in part on wrapper key metadata stored in association with the encrypted version of the wrapper key, obtaining the data stored within the tenant database, comprising decrypting at least part of the data based at least in part on (i) the TSEK, (ii) the wrapper key, and (iii) the top-level key, and providing the data in response to the request. The TSEK metadata is stored in the tenant database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Leonardo Chinchilla Cartagena, Karina Si-Woon Chan, Aswani Kaushik Chimthapalli, Michael Clarke, Amol Anant Deshmukh, Subha Gopalakrishnan, Bjorn Brook Hamel, Louis James LaTouche, Atlee Glen Lyden, Marcus Anthony Sanchez, Jasmine Teresa Schladen, Devaki Ajinkya Tarkunde, Harrison Yu
  • Patent number: 11792181
    Abstract: A system for credential authentication includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a create indication to create a guest credential representing a guest badge associated with a visitor and receive a claim indication from an authentication device to claim the guest credential. The processor is configured to provide the guest credential to the authentication device in response to the claim indication, provide a proof request to the authentication device, receive a proof response from the authentication device, validate the proof response, determine a visitor tracking system associated with a request from the authentication device to authenticate entry, and provide a check-in indication to the visitor tracking system that the visitor has checked in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Hamel, Jonathan David Ruggiero, Scott Mangino
  • Patent number: 11792180
    Abstract: A system for credential authentication comprises an interface configured to receive a create indication to create a visitor network credential and receive a certify indication to certify an authentication device to use a network, and a processor configured to provide the visitor network credential to the authentication device in response to the certify indication, provide a proof request to the authentication device, receive a proof response, validate the proof response using a distributed ledger, generate a network certificate, and provide the network certificate to the authentication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Hamel, Jonathan David Ruggiero