Automatic notification of data changes

US12034692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Zhitao Hou · Beijing, CN
• Rui Ding · Beijing, CN
• Haidong Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Eslam Elsawy · Redmond, US
• Sanyam Chaudhary · Kirkland, US
• Mina Mikhail · Bothell, US
• Nikhil Gaekwad · Redmond, US
• Dongmei Zhang · 余新镇, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/55
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method provides an automatic notification manner of data changes. After collecting information related to a target user (202) such as a dataset, a data dashboard, or a data report, the analysis preference of the user can be determined based on the collected information (204). Then, upon the dataset is updated, a variety of critical data changes in the dataset may be detected as an alert (206), and a notification related to the alert may be provided to the user via various manners (208). The method does not require the user to manually configure or create an alert rule for data changes, which makes data-driven alerting much easier for the user, thereby improving the user experience.