Patents by Inventor Ananth PACKKILDURAI

Ananth PACKKILDURAI 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).

  • Method, apparatus and computer program product for improving data indexing in a group-based communication platform
    Patent number: 11531645
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program product for improving data indexing in a group-based communication platform are described herein. The group-based communication platform having a computed collection and one or more live collections. The computer-implemented method includes generating a new collection, the new collection being generated at a snapshot time point; associating a collection manager with the new collection; retrieving a plurality of electronic messages from the computed collection and the one or more live collections; writing the plurality of electronic messages to the new collection, the writing being completed at a cut-over time point; synchronizing the new collection with the one or more live collections based on the plurality of electronic messages; and redirecting the read alias and the write alias from the computed collection to the new collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Liszka, John Gallagher, Shaun Sabo, Joshua Wills, Noah Weiss, Ryan Park, Ananth Packkildurai, Stanislav Vyacheslavovich Babourine
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING DATA INDEXING IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20190188278
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program product for improving data indexing in a group-based communication platform are described herein. The group-based communication platform having a computed collection and one or more live collections. The computer-implemented method includes generating a new collection, the new collection being generated at a snapshot time point; associating a collection manager with the new collection; retrieving a plurality of electronic messages from the computed collection and the one or more live collections; writing the plurality of electronic messages to the new collection, the writing being completed at a cut-over time point; synchronizing the new collection with the one or more live collections based on the plurality of electronic messages; and redirecting the read alias and the write alias from the computed collection to the new collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jason LISZKA, John GALLAGHER, Shaun SABO, Joshua WILLS, Noah WEISS, Ryan PARK, Ananth PACKKILDURAI