Patents by Inventor Donovan A. Schneider

Donovan A. Schneider 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: 10908970
    Abstract: A method for data processing is described. The method may include configuring a connection template that defines a data extraction flow for a first data source and transmitting from an analytics application server a controller application programming interface (API) call based on a query request for data stored at the first data source. The method may further include instantiating a connector microservice based on the controller API call and the connection template, where the connector microservice is configured with a first data connector with the analytics application server and a second data connector with the first data source that is specific to the first data source. The method may further include retrieving at the analytics application server the data from the first data source based on the connector microservice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ravishankar Arivazhagan, Nicholas Albert Bugajski, Jesus De Oliveira, Donovan A. Schneider
  • Patent number: 10761829
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for dynamic node allocation for a server system that can automatically heal on failure—minimizing the need for static configuration—dynamically adjusting server resources to match load, and minimize end user wait times. The disclosed methods dynamically allocate nodes to increase capacity for a platform that accepts data queries. Additionally disclosed is a system for rolling version update deployment: workers maintain org lists of org-task-queues that they service; org-affinities between the workers and the org-task-queues require the workers to have access to local copies of immutable data sets to service org-tasks from the org-task-queues of the orgs that they service. A leader running on a worker implements a healing and balancing service that maintains worker redundancy, manages the workers' org-affinities to accumulate orgs on their respective org-lists. The leader implements messaging to the workers to update to a new software version and monitors completion of updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Saptarshi Roy, Daniel C. Silver, Donovan A. Schneider, Medha Pradhan, Ryan Lamore, Naveen Purushothama Rao, Nicholas Geh, Srirama Koneru
  • Patent number: 10671751
    Abstract: A predicate-based row level security system is used when workers build or split an analytical data store. According to one implementation, predicate-based means that security requirements of source transactional systems can be used as predicates to a rule base that generates one or more security tokens, which are associated with each row as attributes of a dimension. Similarly, when an analytic data store is to be split, build job, user and session attributes can be used to generate complementary security tokens that are compared to security tokens of selected rows. Efficient indexing of a security tokens dimension makes it efficient to qualify row retrieval based on security criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Daniel C. Silver, Fred Im, Vijayasarathy Chakravarthy
  • Patent number: 10528750
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 10162851
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing cross store joins in a multi-tenant store are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving data from a multi-tenant database system having a relational data store and a non-relational data store, receiving a request specifying data to be retrieved from the multi-tenant database system, retrieving, based on the request, one or more locations of the data to be retrieved, generating a database query based on the request, in which the database query specifies a plurality of data elements to be retrieved, the plurality of data elements including one or more data elements residing within the non-relational data store and one or more other data elements residing within the relational data store, and executing the database query against the multi-tenant database system to retrieve the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventors: Bill C. Eidson, Craig Weissman, Kevin Oliver, James Taylor, Simon Z. Fell, Donovan A. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20180293063
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for dynamic node allocation for a server system that can automatically heal on failure—minimizing the need for static configuration—dynamically adjusting server resources to match load, and minimize end user wait times. The disclosed methods dynamically allocate nodes to increase capacity for a platform that accepts data queries. Additionally disclosed is a system for rolling version update deployment: workers maintain org lists of org-task-queues that they service; org-affinities between the workers and the org-task-queues require the workers to have access to local copies of immutable data sets to service org-tasks from the org-task-queues of the orgs that they service. A leader running on a worker implements a healing and balancing service that maintains worker redundancy, manages the workers' org-affinities to accumulate orgs on their respective org-lists. The leader implements messaging to the workers to update to a new software version and monitors completion of updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Saptarshi Roy, Daniel C. Silver, Donovan A. Schneider, Medha Pradhan, Ryan Lamore, Naveen Purushothama Rao, Nicholas Geh, Srirama Koneru
  • Patent number: 9923901
    Abstract: The technology disclosed preserves the tenant specificity and user specificity of the tenant data by associating user IDs to complementary special IDs referred to as the integration user(s). In particular, it combines the traceability of user actions, the integration of security models and the flexibility of a service ID into one integration user(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Fred Im, Vijayasarathy Chakravarthy
  • Publication number: 20170249475
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20170161515
    Abstract: A predicate-based row level security system is used when workers build or split an analytical data store. According to one implementation, predicate-based means that security requirements of source transactional systems can be used as predicates to a rule base that generates one or more security tokens, which are associated with each row as attributes of a dimension. Similarly, when an analytic data store is to be split, build job, user and session attributes can be used to generate complementary security tokens that are compared to security tokens of selected rows. Efficient indexing of a security tokens dimension makes it efficient to qualify row retrieval based on security criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Daniel C. Silver, Fred Im, Vijayasarathy Chakravarthy
  • Patent number: 9619530
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 9600548
    Abstract: A predicate-based row level security system is used when workers build or split an analytical data store. According to one implementation, predicate-based means that security requirements of source transactional systems can be used as predicates to a rule base that generates one or more security tokens, which are associated with each row as attributes of a dimension. Similarly, when an analytic data store is to be split, build job, user and session attributes can be used to generate complementary security tokens that are compared to security tokens of selected rows. Efficient indexing of a security tokens dimension makes it efficient to qualify row retrieval based on security criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Daniel C. Silver, Fred Im, Vijayasarathy Chakravarthy
  • Publication number: 20160344741
    Abstract: The technology disclosed preserves the tenant specificity and user specificity of the tenant data by associating user IDs to complementary special IDs referred to as the integration user(s). In particular, it combines the traceability of user actions, the integration of security models and the flexibility of a service ID into one integration user(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Fred Im, Vijayasarathy Chakravarthy
  • Patent number: 9471648
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20130246399
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20110258178
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing cross store joins in a multi-tenant store are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving data from a multi-tenant database system having a relational data store and a non-relational data store, receiving a request specifying data to be retrieved from the multi-tenant database system, retrieving, based on the request, one or more locations of the data to be retrieved, generating a database query based on the request, in which the database query specifies a plurality of data elements to be retrieved, the plurality of data elements including one or more data elements residing within the non-relational data store and one or more other data elements residing within the relational data store, and executing the database query against the multi-tenant database system to retrieve the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Salesforce.com
    Inventors: BILL C. EIDSON, Craig Weissman, Kevin Oliver, James Taylor, Simon Z. Fell, Donovan A. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20110214064
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Donovan A. Schneider, Guillaume Le Stum, Leo Tenenblat, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 6629095
    Abstract: An integrated data mining and relational database management system is provided on a server. The data mining engine determines characteristics of relationships between input data values and an output data value that are obtained from a relational database (managed by the relational database management system). The integration allows direct conversion of data values from the relational database to data mining identifiers used for data mining operations by the data mining engine, and vice-versa. The integrated server also makes patterns uncovered during data mining (e.g., “understand” and “predict” information) available in virtual relational database tables that can be queried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Wagstaff, Donovan A. Schneider, Ann M. Koehler, Craig J. Bunger, Richard L. Cole
  • Patent number: 6360213
    Abstract: Hybrid target indexes are employed for skewed data set domains. Such hybrid indexes contain multiple value representations within a given index. The representations can be optimized for particular keys in highly skewed data set domains. For example, a hybrid target index on customer states might employ a bitmap to represent the index value for a California key and also employ, in the same index, an uncompressed list of row-IDs to represent the index value for a Delaware key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Wagstaff, Donovan A. Schneider, Galt Johnson, Jeffrey A. Byard, David L. Morandi, Phillip M. Fernandez, Arunachalam Balachandran