The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Koushik Bhattacharjee, Hyderabad, IN;
Prabhat Kumar Pandey, Hyderabad, IN;
David R. Shutt, Seattle, WA (US);
Elliot S. Lewis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Koushik Bhattacharjee, Hyderabad, IN;
Prabhat Kumar Pandey, Hyderabad, IN;
David R. Shutt, Seattle, WA (US);
Elliot S. Lewis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for an inherited entity storage model are described that can be employed to implement inherited entity management for a CRM system. In at least some embodiments, input can be obtained to create a custom entity that is based at least in part upon a parent entity. The custom entity is created to inherit the parent entity according to an inheritance relationship established between the entities. To do so, the custom entity is created from the parent entity in a common table with the parent entity using some common fields and defining custom fields as appropriate. Data for the entities is then stored via the common table. This approach can reduce storage requirements, enable unified searching, and speed up data operations. Further, back-end business logic associated with parent entity in the CRM system can be automatically applied to the custom entity based upon the inheritance relationship established between the entities.