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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Craig Weissman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dave Moellenhoff, Orinda, CA (US);

Simon Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Weissman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dave Moellenhoff, Orinda, CA (US);

Simon Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);

Assignee:

salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30442 (2013.01); G06F 17/30528 (2013.01); G06F 17/30536 (2013.01);
Abstract

In embodiments, methods and systems for improving a query in a database system are provided. These method and system embodiments can enable greater contextual knowledge about the types and use of data in tables underlying a relational database to be employed to improve query efficiency. By employing contextual information, embodiments can provide improved queries and/or make recommendations to a query optimizer of a database system to improve its operation based upon knowledge of the data and/or application gathered. Embodiments can be useful in improving query performance in multi-tenant database systems.


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