Patents by Inventor Neeraj Ahuja

Neeraj Ahuja has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11475064
    Abstract: A method in a database system is disclosed. The method comprises generating a task template object from a platform entity with polymorphic lookup capability that can map to multiple tenant domains wherein the task template object contains one or more task completion storage records for storing task-specific information, converting the task template object into a work-type object by storing task-specific information in the one or more task completion storage records wherein the work-type object comprises a work-type object identifier (ID), a first record for recording the database ID of one or more work order objects mapped to the work-type object, and a first task completion storage record for storing a first type of task-specific information. The method further comprises generating a work order object for a task and providing the work order object with access to the task-specific information by linking the work-type object to the work order object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Karthik Shankar, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 10768818
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Minh Nguyen, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 10719555
    Abstract: A method for providing access to a data item in a multi-tenant database system is disclosed. The method comprises storing a data item as a first data object in a first tenant domain in the database system wherein the data item comprises a knowledge-based item and the first data object has a first data object identifier (ID). The method further comprises generating a platform object with polymorphic lookup, storing database ID information for the data item in the platform object, the database ID information for the data item including the first data object ID, providing a first entity in a second tenant domain with access to the data item by linking the platform object to a first tenant-specific object accessible by the first entity, and providing for display in a user interface a link that is mapped to the data item via the platform object and the first tenant-specific object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 10650337
    Abstract: A method for technical field service inventory management has been developed. A software platform manages product inventory for use by a field service technician. The platform creates objects for a work order, a product required, a location, an address/appointment, a product item, a product item transaction and a product item consumed. The product item consumed object is used to automatically update the status of product inventory as the product is used by the field service technician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Tyler Shopshire, Kavya Murali, Neeraj Ahuja, Sudhakara Reddy Peddi
  • Publication number: 20190324655
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Minh Nguyen, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 10387041
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Minh Nguyen, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20190236504
    Abstract: A method for technical field service inventory management has been developed. A software platform manages product inventory for use by a field service technician. The platform creates objects for a work order, a product required, a location, an address/appointment, a product item, a product item transaction and a product item consumed. The product item consumed object is used to automatically update the status of product inventory as the product is used by the field service technician.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Salesforce.Com, Inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Tyler Shopshire, Kavya Murali, Neeraj Ahuja, Sudhakara Reddy Peddi
  • Publication number: 20190220828
    Abstract: A method and system for re-configuring a schedule for maintenance of an asset by use of a software product, which includes: defining, at a server, an asset object for receiving usage data of the asset wherein the usage data is generated by sensing devices associated with activities of the asset; configuring, at the server, a task relating to maintenance of the asset based on a pre-configured schedule, wherein the task is dependent on the usage data; receiving the usage data at the server for storing in the asset object; and analyzing, at the server, the usage data stored in the asset object for determining applicability of the task or changes in the task for re-configuring the pre-configured schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: KAVYA MURALI, RASIK PHALAK, TYLER SHOPSHIRE, ARAVIND VENKATACHALAM, XIAOYU XIE, SINDHUBALA ULAVAPALLI, KAUSHIK BHOWMIK, NEERAJ AHUJA, JOJU ERUPPANAL
  • Publication number: 20190129616
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Minh Nguyen, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20180357100
    Abstract: A method in a database system is disclosed. The method comprises generating a task template object from a platform entity with polymorphic lookup capability that can map to multiple tenant domains wherein the task template object contains one or more task completion storage records for storing task-specific information, converting the task template object into a work-type object by storing task-specific information in the one or more task completion storage records wherein the work-type object comprises a work-type object identifier (ID), a first record for recording the database ID of one or more work order objects mapped to the work-type object, and a first task completion storage record for storing a first type of task-specific information. The method further comprises generating a work order object for a task and providing the work order object with access to the task-specific information by linking the work-type object to the work order object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Karthik Shankar, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20180349823
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling a service appointment. A method can include analyzing attributes of a customer service request with respect to a problem area. A multi-factor scheduling analysis is performed by analyzing skill level and resource data associated with the problem area attributes for servicing the customer service request. The analysis is used for scheduling a service appointment to handle the customer service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Ahuja, Nilesh Patel, Priyank Shah, Rasik Phalak
  • Publication number: 20180225317
    Abstract: A method for providing access to a data item in a multi-tenant database system is disclosed. The method comprises storing a data item as a first data object in a first tenant domain in the database system wherein the data item comprises a knowledge-based item and the first data object has a first data object identifier (ID). The method further comprises generating a platform object with polymorphic lookup, storing database ID information for the data item in the platform object, the database ID information for the data item including the first data object ID, providing a first entity in a second tenant domain with access to the data item by linking the platform object to a first tenant-specific object accessible by the first entity, and providing for display in a user interface a link that is mapped to the data item via the platform object and the first tenant-specific object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Roojuta Lalani, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20170169060
    Abstract: A system and method for providing features in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user, a request for a feature, where the feature is a functionality of the database system. The method further includes upgrading the database system, where the upgrading includes one or more provisioning steps that are based on the request from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj AHUJA
  • Patent number: 9507957
    Abstract: A system and method for providing features in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user, a request for a feature, where the feature is a functionality of the database system. The method further includes upgrading the database system, where the upgrading includes one or more provisioning steps that are based on the request from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20160180111
    Abstract: A system and method for providing features in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user, a request for a feature, where the feature is a functionality of the database system. The method further includes upgrading the database system, where the upgrading includes one or more provisioning steps that are based on the request from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj AHUJA
  • Patent number: 9275160
    Abstract: A system and method for providing features in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user, a request for a feature, where the feature is a functionality of the database system. The method further includes upgrading the database system, where the upgrading includes one or more provisioning steps that are based on the request from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 9244954
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for customizing standard formula fields, at least a portion of a formula is received for a standard database field of a standard database entity in a multi-tenant database and the standard database entity is used by a plurality of tenants, a date range is stored for maintaining at least the portion of the formula, information on one or more variables of the formula is received, a value is calculated for the standard database field with at least the portion of the formula and information on the one or more variables of the formula and one or more database entities depend on the value for the standard database field, and the value is stored for the standard database field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Ziemann, Susan S. Levine, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20150006590
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for customizing standard formula fields, at least a portion of a formula is received for a standard database field of a standard database entity in a multi-tenant database and the standard database entity is used by a plurality of tenants, a date range is stored for maintaining at least the portion of the formula, information on one or more variables of the formula is received, a value is calculated for the standard database field with at least the portion of the formula and information on the one or more variables of the formula and one or more database entities depend on the value for the standard database field, and the value is stored for the standard database field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tyler Ziemann, Susan S. Levine, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 8862632
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for customizing standard formula fields, at least a portion of a formula is received for a standard database field of a standard database entity in a multi-tenant database and the standard database entity is used by a plurality of tenants, a date range is stored for maintaining at least the portion of the formula, information on one or more variables of the formula is received, a value is calculated for the standard database field with at least the portion of the formula and information on the one or more variables of the formula and one or more database entities depend on the value for the standard database field, and the value is stored for the standard database field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Ziemann, Susan S. Levine, Neeraj Ahuja
  • Patent number: 8739030
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for providing a quote template in a multi-tenant database system, information on a selection of a first database object is received for use in creation of a document template, representations for one or more database fields related to the first database object are displayed on a user interface and a database field related to the first database object has a database field of the first database object or a second database object related to the first database object and a representation of the database field may be selected on a layout for one or more documents that can be created with the document template, information is received on the layout of a document to be created with the document template and the layout of the document template has one or more selected database fields related to the first database object, and rendering information is generated for the document with information on the layout in the document template in a target forma
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Ahuja, Zhou Zhou, Ceren Sakizli, Tyler Ziemann, Gene Rivera, Charandeep Tatlah, Geri Rebstock, Evan Moses