Patents by Inventor Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan

Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan 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: 11960577
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Publication number: 20230315814
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Publication number: 20230195799
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for modifying, at a server that is communicatively coupled to a database system that includes a primary node and one or more standby nodes, a class of an application program to route a request that is a read-only request to the database system to the one or more standby nodes of the database system. The application program may receive an input that executes an operation of the modified class of the application program. A read-only request may be transmitted to the database system for data to complete executing the operation of the modified class. The read-only request may be routed to one of the standby nodes to handle the read-only request for the data. The standby node may transmit the retrieved data to the server for the operation of the modified class to complete the execution of the operation for the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Venkatesan Chandrasekaran, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Sidarth Srinivas Conjeevaram
  • Publication number: 20230195738
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a request at a database system that includes a primary node and one or more standby nodes. When the request is determined to be a read-only request and the previous transaction has been replicated to the standby node, the request may be transmitted to one of the one or more standby nodes to perform the read-only operation to retrieve data of the request and transmitting the retrieved data. When the request is determined to be a read-only request and the previous transaction has not been replicated to the standby node, the read-only operation is performed to retrieve data of the request from the primary node and transmitting the retrieved data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Venkatesan Chandrasekaran, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Sidarth Srinivas Conjeevaram, Vijayanth Devadhar, Zeyu Zheng
  • Patent number: 11640378
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing a query. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a historical schema defining an ordered set of fields based on a current schema of an object and a field modification of the current schema. The method includes inserting, based on the field modification, a new field at an end of the historical schema and archiving records into a second storage device. The method includes receiving a query, which includes a command specifying a subset of fields and which indicates a non-current field. The method includes searching in the second storage device for archive records having a second schema including the subset of fields and the non-current field. The first and second schemas follow the field order in accordance with the historical schema. The method further includes accessing the subset of fields and the non-current field in accordance with the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com,inc.
    Inventors: Jan Asita Fernando, Samarpan Jain, Matthew Davidchuk, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Alexey Syomichev, Cody Marcel, Seshank Kalvala, Sahil Ramrakhyani, Alexandre Hersans
  • Patent number: 11636181
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Patent number: 11301485
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting data archiving are described. A device (e.g., an application server) may identify a set of archiving jobs for a first database (e.g., a relational database), where each archiving job indicates a set of data records for archiving. The device may receive a data record of the set of data records from the first database, where the data record is filtered by an abstraction layer (e.g., removing some information from the data record such that the filtered data record corresponds to a user's view of the data record). For example, the filtered data record may include a subset of the total information for the stored data record. The device may transform this received, filtered data record from a first format to a second format supported by a second database. The device may then send the transformed data record to the second database for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Martin Mario Almaraz, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Jan Asita Fernando, Matthew Davidchuk
  • Patent number: 11294866
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting data storage are described. A database system may implement lazy optimistic concurrency control (LOCC). LOCC may support an efficient use of database connections for a data archiving process. The data archiving process may involve a first worker thread at an application server copying data records from a primary database and writing the data records to a secondary database. A second worker thread may operate concurrent to the first worker thread to monitor the primary database for changes (e.g., using a shared database connection), as the primary database may not lock the copied data records during the archiving process. Data records that are altered in the primary database during the archiving process may be logged for error handling by an administrator. The data records that are copied from the primary database and not altered during the archiving process may be deleted from the primary database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Martin Mario Almaraz, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20210326409
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Publication number: 20210318997
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing a query. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a historical schema defining an ordered set of fields based on a current schema of an object and a field modification of the current schema. The method includes inserting, based on the field modification, a new field at an end of the historical schema and archiving records into a second storage device. The method includes receiving a query, which includes a command specifying a subset of fields and which indicates a non-current field. The method includes searching in the second storage device for archive records having a second schema including the subset of fields and the non-current field. The first and second schemas follow the field order in accordance with the historical schema. The method further includes accessing the subset of fields and the non-current field in accordance with the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jan Asita FERNANDO, Samarpan JAIN, Matthew DAVIDCHUK, Valliappan ANNAMALAI NATARAJAN, Alexey SYOMICHEV, Cody MARCEL, Seshank KALVALA, Sahil RAMRAKHYANI, Alexandre HERSANS
  • Patent number: 11068448
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing a query. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a historical schema defining an ordered set of fields based on a current schema of an object and a field modification of the current schema. The method includes inserting, based on the field modification, a new field at an end of the historical schema and archiving records into a second storage device. The method includes receiving a query, which includes a command specifying a subset of fields and which indicates a non-current field. The method includes searching in the second storage device for archive records having a second schema including the subset of fields and the non-current field. The first and second schemas follow the field order in accordance with the historical schema. The method further includes accessing the subset of fields and the non-current field in accordance with the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Jan Asita Fernando, Samarpan Jain, Matthew Davidchuk, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Alexey Syomichev, Cody Marcel, Seshank Kalvala, Sahil Ramrakhyani, Alexandre Hersans
  • Patent number: 11023564
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Publication number: 20210073184
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting data storage are described. A database system may implement lazy optimistic concurrency control (LOCC). LOCC may support an efficient use of database connections for a data archiving process. The data archiving process may involve a first worker thread at an application server copying data records from a primary database and writing the data records to a secondary database. A second worker thread may operate concurrent to the first worker thread to monitor the primary database for changes (e.g., using a shared database connection), as the primary database may not lock the copied data records during the archiving process. Data records that are altered in the primary database during the archiving process may be logged for error handling by an administrator. The data records that are copied from the primary database and not altered during the archiving process may be deleted from the primary database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Mario Almaraz, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20210073240
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting data archiving are described. A device (e.g., an application server) may identify a set of archiving jobs for a first database (e.g., a relational database), where each archiving job indicates a set of data records for archiving. The device may receive a data record of the set of data records from the first database, where the data record is filtered by an abstraction layer (e.g., removing some information from the data record such that the filtered data record corresponds to a user's view of the data record). For example, the filtered data record may include a subset of the total information for the stored data record. The device may transform this received, filtered data record from a first format to a second format supported by a second database. The device may then send the transformed data record to the second database for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Mario Almaraz, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Jan Asita Fernando, Matthew Davidchuk
  • Publication number: 20200218702
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing a query. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a historical schema defining an ordered set of fields based on a current schema of an object and a field modification of the current schema. The method includes inserting, based on the field modification, a new field at an end of the historical schema and archiving records into a second storage device. The method includes receiving a query, which includes a command specifying a subset of fields and which indicates a non-current field. The method includes searching in the second storage device for archive records having a second schema including the subset of fields and the non-current field. The first and second schemas follow the field order in accordance with the historical schema. The method further includes accessing the subset of fields and the non-current field in accordance with the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Asita FERNANDO, Samarpan JAIN, Matthew DAVIDCHUK, Valliappan ANNAMALAI NATARAJAN, Alexey SYOMICHEV, Cody MARCEL, Seshank KALVALA, Sahil RAMRAKHYANI, Alexandre HERSANS
  • Publication number: 20190065699
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Patent number: 10205751
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links. These mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links can enable customizable features associated with the operations related to those links. These features may include generating customized reports on usage of the links, and/or exposing one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) enabling applications to access the links and/or logic associated with operations related to those links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Niel Crawford Esary, Durgesh Singh, Miko A. Bose, Robert J. Snell, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Matthew Hagenian, Bruno Darrigrand
  • Patent number: 10146915
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for sharing and publishing files. In one aspect, the database system can maintain a user database, a file database and a library. The database system can receive a first request initiated by a first user to share a first file with one or more second users and, responsive to the first request, enable a second set of one or more permissions for each of the second users. The database system also can receive a second request initiated by the first user to publish the first file to the library and, responsive to the second request, publish the first file to the library. The database system additionally can restrict access to the published file based on permissions associated with the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Bose, Robert J. Snell, Mark Francis Movida, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Adam Thielemann Wegel, Matthew Charles Hagenian, Durgesh Singh
  • Publication number: 20180013794
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links. These mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links can enable customizable features associated with the operations related to those links. These features may include generating customized reports on usage of the links, and/or exposing one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) enabling applications to access the links and/or logic associated with operations related to those links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Niel Crawford Esary, Durgesh Singh, Miko A. Bose, Robert J. Snell, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Matthew Hagenian, Bruno Darrigrand
  • Patent number: 9716730
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links. These mechanisms and methods for sharing content via links can enable customizable features associated with the operations related to those links. These features may include generating customized reports on usage of the links, and/or exposing one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) enabling applications to access the links and/or logic associated with operations related to those links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Niel Crawford Esary, Durgesh Singh, Miko A. Bose, Robert J. Snell, Valliappan Annamalai Natarajan, Matthew Hagenian, Bruno Darrigrand