Patents by Inventor Alain Ducoulombier

Alain Ducoulombier 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).

  • Query classification alteration based on user input
    Patent number: 11520785
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for classifying a user search query for a database system. In disclosed techniques, a computing system receives a user search query for the database system and determines, based on the user search query, a database query that is compatible with an interface of the database system to implement the user search query. In some embodiments, the computing system causes a query remediation interface to be presented to a user that entered the user search query. In some embodiments, the interface includes: a classification of the user search query that specifies attributes of the database query, and one or more elements selectable to alter the database query. The computing system receives, from the user via the query remediation interface, input for altering the database query and determines an updated database query based on the input. The computing system may access the database system using the updated database query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Clarke, Alain Ducoulombier, Swapnil Kulkarni, Alexander Lovell, Glenn Sorrentino
  • QUERY CLASSIFICATION ALTERATION BASED ON USER INPUT
    Publication number: 20210081415
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for classifying a user search query for a database system. In disclosed techniques, a computing system receives a user search query for the database system and determines, based on the user search query, a database query that is compatible with an interface of the database system to implement the user search query. In some embodiments, the computing system causes a query remediation interface to be presented to a user that entered the user search query. In some embodiments, the interface includes: a classification of the user search query that specifies attributes of the database query, and one or more elements selectable to alter the database query. The computing system receives, from the user via the query remediation interface, input for altering the database query and determines an updated database query based on the input. The computing system may access the database system using the updated database query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth Clarke, Alain Ducoulombier, Swapnil Kulkarni, Alexander Lovell, Glenn Sorrentino