Patents by Inventor Patrick Allen Tidrow

Patrick Allen Tidrow 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).

  • Monitoring database management systems connected by a computer network
    Patent number: 11567909
    Abstract: A database management system (DBMS) tracking system tracks location and status of DBMSs running on servers, for example, servers of an organization connected by a network. The DBMS tracking system periodically receives information describing servers from a directory service. The DBMS tracking system maintains a DBMS tracking table. The DBMS tracking system installs database agents on DBMSs. The database agents send tracking messages and status messages to the DBMS tracking system. The DBMS tracking system updates the information stored in the DBMS tracking table based on the tracking messages and status messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Allen Tidrow, Matthew William Jones
  • MONITORING DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONNECTED BY A COMPUTER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220012216
    Abstract: A database management system (DBMS) tracking system tracks location and status of DBMSs running on servers, for example, servers of an organization connected by a network. The DBMS tracking system periodically receives information describing servers from a directory service. The DBMS tracking system maintains a DBMS tracking table. The DBMS tracking system installs database agents on DBMSs. The database agents send tracking messages and status messages to the DBMS tracking system. The DBMS tracking system updates the information stored in the DBMS tracking table based on the tracking messages and status messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Allen Tidrow, Matthew William Jones