IP Library Granted Patent US 11,036,879
Granted Patent B2
US 11,036,879 · App. 17/005,163 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Receiving access rights to objects

Inventors: Benoit Dageville (Foster City, CA); Thierry Cruanes (San Mateo, CA); Martin Hentschel (San Mateo, CA); Peter Povinec (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
G06F21/6218G06F16/256G06F2221/2145
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Patent No.
US 11,036,879
App. No.
17/005,163
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for sharing data in a multi-tenant database includes receiving, by a target account of a multiple tenant database, access rights of a share object in a first account of the multiple tenant database, wherein the share object having access rights to a database object of the first account and wherein access to the database object of the first account by the target account is based on the access rights of the share object. The method also includes receiving, by one or more processors of the target account, access rights to an alias object, wherein the alias object references the database object of the first account.

Claims (30)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a target account of a multiple tenant database, access rights of a share object in a first account of the multiple tenant database, the share object having access rights to a database object of the first account and wherein access to the database object of the first account by the target account is based on the access rights of the share object and without a transmission of the database object; and

receiving, by one or more processors of the target account, access rights to an alias object, wherein the alias object references the database object of the first account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alias object is linked to the database object.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising accessing, by the target account, the database object using the access rights of the share object and by way of the alias object without copying the database object.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a request to access the database object prior to the receiving the access rights.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reading the database object without copying the database object.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reading the database object without ingesting the database object.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alias object serves as a proxy for the database object.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the database object comprises database data associated with the first account of the multiple tenant database.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alias object serves as a proxy for the database object.

10. A system comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors executing a target account and operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors to:

receive access rights of a share object in a first account of a multiple tenant database, the share object having access rights to a database object of the first account and wherein access to the database object of the first account by the target account is based on the access rights of the share object and without a transmission of the database object; and

receive access rights to an alias object, wherein the alias object references the database object of the first account.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the alias object is linked to the database object.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further to access the database object using the access rights of the share object and by way of the alias object without copying the database object.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further to send a request to access the database object prior to the receiving the access rights.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further to read the database object without copying the database object.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further to read the database object without ingesting the database object.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:

receive access rights of a share object in a first account of a multiple tenant database, the share object having access rights to a database object of the first account and wherein access to the database object of the first account by the target account is based on the access rights of the share object and without a transmission of the database object; and

receive access rights to an alias object, wherein the alias object references the database object of the first account.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the alias object is linked to the database object.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further to access the database object using the access rights of the share object and by way of the alias object without copying the database object.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further to send a request to access the database object prior to the receiving the access rights.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further to read the database object without copying the database object.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further to read the database object without ingesting the database object.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the alias object serves as a proxy for the database object.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2021
From: SNOWFLAKE COMPUTING INC.
To: SNOWFLAKE INC.
Reel/Frame 056229/0425 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: DAGEVILLE, BENOIT; CRUANES, THIERRY; HENTSCHEL, MARTIN; POVINEC, PETER
To: SNOWFLAKE COMPUTING INC.
Reel/Frame 053627/0298 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16833482 · Mar 27, 2020
Continuation 16779103 · Jan 31, 2020
Continuation 15402906 · Jan 10, 2017
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