Patents by Inventor Simon Y. Wong

Simon Y. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240086387
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to constructing a delta transition table for a database trigger. A computer system may store trigger information identifying a database trigger having a set of routines to be executed after an update operation has been performed on the database table. The computer system may perform a particular update operation that includes updating one or more rows of the database table. As part of performing the particular update operation, the computer system may construct a delta transition table that includes an original version of the one or more rows prior to the particular update operation and an updated version of the one or more rows resulting from the particular update operation. Subsequent to performing the particular update operation, the computer system may make the delta transition table available to the database trigger to facilitate an execution of the set of routines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas Doole, Simon Y. Wong
  • Patent number: 11748329
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to updating a multi-tenant database concurrent with tenant cloning. In some embodiments, a computer system receives a request to perform an update operation on a multi-tenant database. The update operation includes updating database entries for a plurality of tenants. Responsive to receiving the request, the update operation is initiated. Performing the update operation includes accessing a list identifying database entries awaiting the updating. During the accessing of the list, the update operation holds a lock. When the lock becomes available for acquisition, a clone process is permitted to create, during performance of the update operation, a clone of a tenant's data within the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Geneix, Simon Y. Wong, Randy Spalten
  • Publication number: 20220121667
    Abstract: A database with virtual partitioning. A computer system used to implement the database receives a request for a database operation to be performed on data stored in a portion of the database, where the data has a group of logical partitions (e.g., tenants of a multi-tenant database), and where the portion of the database is not further physically partitioned. The computer system identifies a virtual partitioning scheme for the database operation, the virtual partitioning scheme defining sub-groups of the group of logical partitions. The computer system then performs the database operation for the sub-groups defined by the virtual partitioning scheme. Multiple virtual partitioning schemes can be active at the same time, and virtual partitioning schemes can be created dynamically in some instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Simon Y. Wong
  • Publication number: 20210240689
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to updating a multi-tenant database concurrent with tenant cloning. In some embodiments, a computer system receives a request to perform an update operation on a multi-tenant database. The update operation includes updating database entries for a plurality of tenants. Responsive to receiving the request, the update operation is initiated. Performing the update operation includes accessing a list identifying database entries awaiting the updating. During the accessing of the list, the update operation holds a lock. When the lock becomes available for acquisition, a clone process is permitted to create, during performance of the update operation, a clone of a tenant's data within the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Stephane Geneix, Simon Y. Wong, Randy Spalten
  • Patent number: 10417611
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided methods and systems for providing multiple column custom indexes in a multi-tenant database environment. A method embodiment provides defining a multi-tenant data structure having a plurality of data columns data fields and a plurality of rows for each of multiple tenants, each row including a data column for a tenant identifier, defining a first data field for a tenant, the first data field having a first data type, defining a second data field for the tenant, the second field having a second data type, and defining an index table including a tenant identifier for the tenant, a copy of data from the first data field and the second data field, and a key to the corresponding rows of the multi-tenant data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Collins, Simon Y Wong, Jaikumar Bathija, John F O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10089488
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Publication number: 20170364695
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Patent number: 9646169
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Patent number: 9418077
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for retrieving, from a database containing a list of records, a subset of the list of records located within a user defined distance from a target point, each record in the list of records having a compound geo-location data type including a first data field and a second data field. The method involves generating a circle around the target point; identifying records having a geo-location within the circle; including the identified records in a result set; and presenting the result set to a user on a display screen. The method further includes treating the first data field and the second data field as a single data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Hersans, Simon Y. Wong, Shawna Wolverton, Junichiro Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20160063273
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Patent number: 9185078
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Publication number: 20150310039
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for retrieving, from a database containing a list of records, a subset of the list of records located within a user defined distance from a target point, each record in the list of records having a compound geo-location data type including a first data field and a second data field. The method involves generating a circle around the target point; identifying records having a geo-location within the circle; including the identified records in a result set; and presenting the result set to a user on a display screen. The method further includes treating the first data field and the second data field as a single data element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Alexandre Hersans, Simon Y. Wong, Shawna Wolverton, Junichiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 9110959
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for retrieving, from a database containing a list of records, a subset of the list of records located within a user defined distance from a target point, each record in the list of records having a compound geo-location data type including a first data field and a second data field. The method involves generating a circle around the target point; identifying records having a geo-location within the circle; including the identified records in a result set; and presenting the result set to a user on a display screen. The method further includes treating the first data field and the second data field as a single data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Hersans, Simon Y. Wong, Shawna Wolverton, Junichiro Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 9053231
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing operations in a multi-tenant database system environment is provided. The system may include a database storing tenant application data and common application data, the tenant application data and common application data controlling a creation, read, update, deletion or undeletion of an object in the multi-tenant database system environment. The system may further include a processor to analyze the tenant application data and common application data to identify therein where the object is being modified, and generate a report identifying potential errors or side effects which may affect the object based upon the analyzed tenant application data and common application data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Sonali Agrawal, Walter Macklem, Reena Mathew, Simon Y. Wong
  • Patent number: 8918361
    Abstract: Methods and systems include embodiments that recursively save parent, grandparent, and other records in a database that depend from a record. User-provided code within a save event or trigger can thus call further save methods without corrupting the database. Junction objects, objects that reflect records with two or more parents, can also be recursively saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Walter Macklem, Lars Hofhansl, Varadarajan Rajaram, Eric Bezar
  • Publication number: 20140173702
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing cross organizational data sharing including, for example, means for storing customer organization data in a database of the host organization; allocating at least a sub-set of the customer organization data to be shared as shared data; configuring a hub to expose the shared data to a proxy user and configuring the proxy user at the hub with access rights to the shared data; configuring one or more spokes with access rights to the shared data of the hub via the proxy user; receiving a request from one of the hubs for access to the shared data of the customer organization via the proxy user at the hub; and returning a response to the hub having made the request. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Igor Tsyganskiy, Patrick John Calahan, Alexandre Hersans
  • Publication number: 20140025642
    Abstract: Methods and systems include embodiments that recursively save parent, grandparent, and other records in a database that depend from a record. User-provided code within a save event or trigger can thus call further save methods without corrupting the database. Junction objects, objects that reflect records with two or more parents, can also be recursively saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Walter Macklem, Lars Hofhansl, Varadarajan Rajaram, Eric Bezar
  • Patent number: 8577918
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing apportioning of opportunity among campaigns in an on-demand service in a database system. These mechanisms and methods for providing apportioning of opportunity among campaigns can enable embodiments to automatically determine which campaigns are related to an opportunity and provide a filtered set of campaigns that are related to at least one opportunity. The ability of embodiments to apportion opportunity among campaigns can provide marketing information that accurately reflects the true relationship between an opportunity and a plurality of campaigns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Collins, Andrea P. Wildt, Philippe Debaty, Simon Y. Wong, Bing Yang
  • Patent number: 8548942
    Abstract: Methods and systems include embodiments that recursively save parent, grandparent, and other records in a database that depend from a record. User-provided code within a save event or trigger can thus call further save methods without corrupting the database. Junction objects, objects that reflect records with two or more parents, can also be recursively saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Y. Wong, Walter Macklem, Lars Hofhansl, Varadarajan Rajaram, Eric Bezar
  • Patent number: 8447745
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing field values in transient data objects, such as JAVA® objects, before saving a transaction to a database. A dependency from one data object to another data object is detected, and changes which affect the second data object's fields through the dependency are flowed through to the second data object. This is performed between each step of a multistep save process, such between triggers, validation rules, workflows, and the final committing of data to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Ahuja, Susan Sharon Levine, Simon Y. Wong