Patents by Inventor Daniel Scott Perry

Daniel Scott Perry 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: 11262898
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for implementing visual context in dataflows. A computing device may display a dataflow representation associated with a transformative process, receive selection of an individual node of the dataflow representation, and determine a visual context associated with the individual node based on a data transformation step associated with the individual node. Further, the computing device may determine a plurality of nodes associated with the visual context, and apply a graphical effect to the individual node and the plurality of nodes, the graphical effect modifying an attribute of the individual node and the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Zenger, Daniel Scott Perry, James D. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11132501
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of providing suggestions of related columns for a table operation in a data management system is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing, by a processor, a table having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, metadata associated with the plurality of columns, and data stored within the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns; receiving, by a processor, a table operation selected by a system or user; processing, by a processor, at least one of the data stored in the plurality of columns and the metadata associated with plurality columns based on a type of the selected table operation to determine at least one relationship between at least two columns of the plurality of columns; and generating, by the processor, dialog data that presents the at least one relationship between the at least two columns to a system or user for use in the table operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Zenger, Sybil Shim, Daniel Scott Perry, Yi Zhao Liu
  • Publication number: 20210132777
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for implementing visual context in dataflows. A computing device may display a dataflow representation associated with a transformative process, receive selection of an individual node of the dataflow representation, and determine a visual context associated with the individual node based on a data transformation step associated with the individual node. Further, the computing device may determine a plurality of nodes associated with the visual context, and apply a graphical effect to the individual node and the plurality of nodes, the graphical effect modifying an attribute of the individual node and the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Zenger, Daniel Scott Perry, James D. Vogt
  • Patent number: 10831757
    Abstract: An online system manages data by determining relevance of data dimensions to users. The online system determines which data dimensions a user is likely to be interested in. If a user requests to access a data set that includes data of different dimensions, the online system analyzes the dimensions' relevance to the user before providing the data set to the user. The online system provides the data to the user by prioritizing data dimensions that are more relevant to the user. As such, the online system improves the user experience by allowing users to conveniently and quickly locate relevant data and minimizing the distraction caused by irrelevant data. The online system may create and provide a user interface to present data dimensions that are determined to be relevant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Petschulat, Brittany Zenger, Lingtao Zhang, Chang Lu, Yi Zhao Liu, Daniel Scott Perry
  • Publication number: 20190361971
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of providing suggestions of related columns for a table operation in a data management system is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing, by a processor, a table having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, metadata associated with the plurality of columns, and data stored within the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns; receiving, by a processor, a table operation selected by a system or user; processing, by a processor, at least one of the data stored in the plurality of columns and the metadata associated with plurality columns based on a type of the selected table operation to determine at least one relationship between at least two columns of the plurality of columns; and generating, by the processor, dialog data that presents the at least one relationship between the at least two columns to a system or user for use in the table operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Zenger, Sybil Shim, Daniel Scott Perry, Yi Zhao Liu
  • Patent number: 10438168
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic customization of reporting tools in an on-demand services environment in a multi-tenant environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes importing, by a database system, a first application from a computing system associated with a third-party entity, where the first application is associated with the third-party entity and first one or more reporting forms of a plurality of reporting forms. The method may further include integrating, by the database system, the first application with a second application to generate an integrated application, where the second application includes a local application and is independent of the first application. The second application may be associated with second one or more reporting forms of the plurality of reporting forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Arunkumaran Varadharajan, Catherine Block Daves, Daniel Scott Perry, Garrett George Kiel, Chuqiao Zha, Khushboo Shah, Linh Pham, Patrick Yu Pang Louie, Srividhya Agandeswaran, Stefan Eberl, Sulabh Bansal
  • Publication number: 20190236191
    Abstract: An online system manages data by determining relevance of data dimensions to users. The online system determines which data dimensions a user is likely to be interested in. If a user requests to access a data set that includes data of different dimensions, the online system analyzes the dimensions' relevance to the user before providing the data set to the user. The online system provides the data to the user by prioritizing data dimensions that are more relevant to the user. As such, the online system improves the user experience by allowing users to conveniently and quickly locate relevant data and minimizing the distraction caused by irrelevant data. The online system may create and provide a user interface to present data dimensions that are determined to be relevant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Petschulat, Brittany Zenger, Lingtao Zhang, Chang Lu, Yi Zhao Liu, Daniel Scott Perry
  • Publication number: 20160103585
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic customization of reporting tools in an on-demand services environment in a multi-tenant environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes importing, by a database system, a first application from a computing system associated with a third-party entity, where the first application is associated with the third-party entity and first one or more reporting forms of a plurality of reporting forms. The method may further include integrating, by the database system, the first application with a second application to generate an integrated application, where the second application includes a local application and is independent of the first application. The second application may be associated with second one or more reporting forms of the plurality of reporting forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: ARUNKUMARAN VARADHARAJAN, CATHERINE BLOCK DAVES, DANIEL SCOTT PERRY, GARRETT GEORGE KIEL, CHUQIAO ZHA, KUSHBOO SHAH, LINH PHAM, PATRICK YU PANG LOUIE, SRIVIDHYA AGANDESWARAN, STEFAN EBERL, SULABH BANSAL
  • Publication number: 20150142727
    Abstract: Embodiments regard analytic operations for data services. An embodiment of a method includes: receiving a request at a database system from a user to embed a representation of analytics data on a first page generating by a processing unit of the database system an embed area in the page in which to display the analytics data on the page; storing in a memory of the database system metadata associated with the page describing the embed area; and upon the database system detecting an access to the first page, generating by the database system the first page with the analytics data located in the embed area based upon the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Yu Pang Louie, Arunkumaran Varadharajan, Daniel Scott Perry, Aditya Kochhar, Jan Michael Timmerman, Paul James McArthur, Santanu Sinha, Smita S. Kulkarni, Sushanth Ramakrishna, Twisha Mehta