Patents by Inventor Simon Wong

Simon Wong 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: 9558218
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a multi-tenant database system is provided. The system includes a multi-tenant database, an entity definition table, and a data processing engine. The database has database objects for multiple tenants, including an existing object for a designated tenant. Each entry in the existing object has a respective entity identifier. The definition table has metadata entries for the database objects, including a metadata entry for the existing object. This metadata entry has a tenant identifier for the designated tenant, an entity name for the existing object, and an old key prefix for the existing object. Each entity identifier of the existing object begins with the old key prefix. The engine performs a data truncation operation on the existing object by updating the metadata entry to replace the old key prefix with a new key prefix. This results in an updated object that is identified by the new key prefix and the tenant identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Arup Dutta, Simon Wong, Dan Soble, Nathanael Black, Walter Macklem
  • Publication number: 20170003947
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • Patent number: 9535941
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for data object change history. A first data object and a second data object are retrieved, wherein the first data object includes an identifier, a field name, a first value, and a first date, and wherein the second data object includes the identifier, the field name, a second value, and a second date. A history object is stored, wherein the history object comprises the identifier, the field name, the first value, the first date, and the second date. The history object is output in response to a query which specifies the identifier, the field name, and a query date within a range of the first date and the second date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Adam, Alex Gitelman, Daphne A. Kao, Simon Wong, Harish Bellamane, Michael Tang, Stefan Eberl, Twisha Mehta, Venkatachalam Muthukrishnan
  • Publication number: 20160255781
    Abstract: A hydroponic system includes a first sensor system that measures one or more characteristics of a nutrient solution, a second sensor system that measures one or more characteristics of an environment of a plant; and a network device including a communication interface to the first sensor system and a communication interface to the second sensor system. The network device may be configured to transmit measurements from the sensor systems through a wireless network to a remote device or database. The network device and the sensor systems may be implemented in a housing that fits within a collar of the hydroponic system. The collar can allow easy replacement of the sensor systems and can electrically isolate the sensor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Tianshu Chen, Wenpeng Hsueh, Huafang Zhou, Simon Wong, Kent Kernahan
  • Publication number: 20160242372
    Abstract: A hydroponic system provides photosynthetic light intensities from below a plant, e.g., underneath the leaves of the plant, to accelerate the photosynthesis process in plants. The hydroponic system may further include gas supply tubes underneath the leaves and the gas supply tubes may be integrated with an under-lighting system. The under-leaf lighting system can be used with lighting from above the plant, e.g., direct sunlight or through artificial lighting, to increase the total plant area exposed to light suitable for photosynthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Wong, Huafang Zhou
  • Patent number: 9378227
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Benji Jasik, Eric David Bezar, Douglas Chasman, Scott Hansma, Steven Tamm, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Timothy Mason, Tien Tzuo, Adam Gross, Simon Wong
  • Patent number: 9367431
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for creating a data silo and testing with a data silo including, for example, initiating a test sequence against a production database within the host organization, in which the test sequence specifies: a) new data for insertion into the production database during the test sequence, and b) one or more test queries against the production database during the test sequence; performing a database transaction to insert the new data into the production database without committing the new data to the production database; recording names of one or more objects corresponding to the inserted new data, the one or more objects created as part of the transaction to insert the new data into the production database within a transaction entity object map; modifying the one or more test queries specified by the test sequence to no longer query against the production database by substituting the one or more test queries with referenc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Richard Unger, Simon Wong
  • Publication number: 20160128289
    Abstract: A hydroponic growth system may be integrated into a programmable system providing for the growth of plants. An upper section of a system may include a lighting system able to vary lighting characteristics such as the intensity or spectral content of light provided to the plants and atmospheric systems to control the temperature, flow, or humidity of air around the plants that are mounted on an actuated platform. A control system may execute a program to control the available systems including the actuated above-plant platform to programmably control the height or heights of the systems above plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Wong, Wenpeng Hsueh, Tianshu Chen, Guohua Lu, Pei Kang, Chao-Hsien Wu
  • Patent number: 9298750
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • Patent number: 9275105
    Abstract: In embodiments, methods and systems for improving a query in a database system are provided. These method and system embodiments can enable greater contextual knowledge about the types and use of data in tables underlying a relational database to be employed to improve query efficiency. By employing contextual information, embodiments can provide improved queries and/or make recommendations to a query optimizer of a database system to improve its operation based upon knowledge of the data and/or application gathered. Embodiments can be useful in improving query performance in multi-tenant database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Dave Moellenhoff, Simon Wong
  • Patent number: 9275033
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating an object within a system, utilizing a template. These mechanisms and methods for creating an object within a system, utilizing a template can enable increased efficiency, resource and time savings, more intuitive object creation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Simon Wong, Sonali Agrawal
  • Patent number: 9251164
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for using a database to access content stored outside of the database. These mechanisms and methods for using a database to access content stored outside of the database can enable embodiments to provide a database system which can be used to access content when the content is incapable of being stored in the database system, or is otherwise not stored in the database system. The ability of embodiments to provide access to such data via the database system can improve the usability of the database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Doshi, Sonali Agrawal, Simon Wong, Chaitanya Bhatt, Sandip Ghosh, Gary Baker, Walter Macklem
  • Publication number: 20150379850
    Abstract: Herein is provided a device for tagging an object comprising a tag body having an engagement arrangement for engaging the tag body to the object, wherein the engagement arrangement includes at least one sensing arrangement arranged to detect a disengagement of the tag body from the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Kwong Yeung Simon Wong, Chi Hung Tong, Chun Wai Lai, Tsz Ching Anthony Kwok, Yiu Man Chan
  • Patent number: 9195687
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • Publication number: 20150254286
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a multi-tenant database system is provided. The system includes a multi-tenant database, an entity definition table, and a data processing engine. The database has database objects for multiple tenants, including an existing object for a designated tenant. Each entry in the existing object has a respective entity identifier. The definition table has metadata entries for the database objects, including a metadata entry for the existing object. This metadata entry has a tenant identifier for the designated tenant, an entity name for the existing object, and an old key prefix for the existing object. Each entity identifier of the existing object begins with the old key prefix. The engine performs a data truncation operation on the existing object by updating the metadata entry to replace the old key prefix with a new key prefix. This results in an updated object that is identified by the new key prefix and the tenant identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Arup Dutta, Simon Wong, Dan Soble, Nathanael Black, Walter Macklem
  • Publication number: 20150234877
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object. Custom fields for multiple tenants are stored in a custom data column within the object data structure, and this single custom data column may contain different data types for each tenant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Simon Wong
  • Patent number: 9092501
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object. Custom fields for multiple tenants are stored in a custom data column within the object data structure, and this single custom data column may contain different data types for each tenant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Simon Wong
  • Patent number: 9069803
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of developing computer applications, the method comprising providing to multiple users access, over a network, to information on a data center, with a subgroup of the users having access to a sub-portion of the information that is different from the sub-portion accessible by the remaining tenants of the subgroup; and communicating with the data center over the network employing a computer system associated with a user of the sub-group to establish application functionality with the sub-portion that may be accessed, over the network, by additional parties authorized by the user. Also disclosed is a machine-readable medium and a data center, both of which facilitate carrying-out the steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • Patent number: 9069788
    Abstract: An embodiment of a multi-tenant database system includes a multi-tenant database, an entity definition table, and a data processing engine. The database has objects for multiple tenants, including an existing object for a designated tenant. Each entry in the existing object has a respective entity identifier. The definition table has entries for the database objects, including a metadata entry for the existing object. This metadata entry has a tenant identifier for the designated tenant, an entity name for the existing object, and an old key prefix for the existing object. Each entity identifier of the existing object begins with the old key prefix. The engine performs a data truncation operation on the existing object by updating the metadata entry to replace the old key prefix with a new key prefix. This results in an updated object that is identified by the new key prefix and the tenant identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Arup Dutta, Simon Wong, Dan Soble, Nathanael Black, Walter Macklem
  • Patent number: 9043362
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object. Custom fields for multiple tenants are stored in a custom data column within the object data structure, and this single custom data column may contain different data types for each tenant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weissman, Simon Wong