Resolving information in a multitenant database environment

US8443085B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Salesforce.com, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nathan Jensen-Horne · Walnut Creek, US
• Dileep Burki · San Jose, US
• Walter Sims Harley · Seattle, US
• Matthew Small · San Francisco, US
• Kenneth Douglas Scott · Alameda, US
• David A. Brooks · San Jose, US
• Prasad Peddada · Alameda, US
• Hemang Patel · Pleasanton, US
• Gaurav Chawla · Tempe, US
• Theresa Vietvu · Sunnyvale, US
• Shriman Gurram · Pleasanton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2011
• Grant date: May 14, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/10
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are techniques for creating a representation of dependency relationships between computing resources within a computing environment. In some implementations, one or more sources for dependency analysis may be identified. Each source may be capable of being accessed to provide computing functionality via the computing environment. Each source may include one or more references to a respective one or more computing resources. Each computing resource may define a unit of the computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships may be identified based on the one or more sources. A dependency relationship representation may be created based on the identified dependency relationships.