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Granted Patent B2
US 12,309,028 · App. 17/574,203 · Granted May 20, 2025

Automatic determination of code customizations

Inventors: Vamsi Krishna Madala (San Diego, CA); Brian James Waplington (San Diego, CA); Santosh Poreddy (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
H04L41/0859H04L41/12H04L41/16H04L41/22
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Patent No.
US 12,309,028
App. No.
17/574,203
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system could include a first set of mappings between application files and version indicators. The application files could be related to a software application. The system could also include a second set of mappings between application files and a first subset of version indicators, where a standardized release of the software application includes application file versions in accordance with the first subset. The system could further include a third set of mappings between a second subset of version indicators and records indicating that the corresponding application file versions were written after the standardized release. The system could further include processors configured to perform operations including: determining that an application file in the third set of mappings has standardized release version. The operations could further include providing a difference between a recent version of the application file and the application file version that was part of the standardized release.

Claims (49)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, for installation into persistent storage, a software release;

updating a set of mappings to include mappings between identifiers of application files that are part of the software release and version indicators for the application files that are part of the software release;

determining, based on the set of mappings, that a version of an application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed, wherein the application file is one of a plurality of the application files that make up the software release, wherein the version of the application file was written in response to a user customization of the application file;

determining a difference between the version of the application file and a previous version of the application file that was included in the software release; and

transmitting, to a client device, a representation of the difference.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the representation of the difference comprises:

generating, for display on a graphical user interface, a representation of the version of the application file and a representation of the previous version of the application file; and

transmitting the representations as generated.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the difference between the version of the application file and the previous version of the application file is highlighted on the graphical user interface.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry indicates that the previous version of the application file was modified into the version of the application file after the software release.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry indicates that a timestamp of the version of the application file written to persistent storage is greater than a timestamp of the software release.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry references the version of the application file, and wherein creation of the entry comprises:

receiving the version of the application file;

determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file; and

in response to determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file, writing, in the entry, a reference to the version of the application file.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding a record in installation mappings indicating that the previous version of the application file is standard in the software release.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the set of mappings includes an indication of an entity that added the version of the application file.

9. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a one or more processors a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, for installation into persistent storage, a software release;

updating a set of mappings to include mappings between identifiers of application files that are part of the software release and version indicators for the application files that are part of the software release;

determining, based on the set of mappings, that a version of an application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed, wherein the application file is one of a plurality of the application files that make up the software release, wherein the version of the application file was written in response to a user customization of the application file;

determining a difference between the version of the application file and a previous version of the application file that was included in the software release; and

transmitting, to a client device, a representation of the difference.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein transmitting the representation of the difference comprises:

generating, for display on a graphical user interface, a representation of the version of the application file and a representation of the previous version of the application file; and

transmitting the representations as generated.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 10 , wherein the difference between the version of the application file and the previous version of the application file is highlighted on the graphical user interface.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry indicates that the previous version of the application file was modified into the version of the application file after the software release.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry indicates that a timestamp of the version of the application file written to persistent storage is greater than a timestamp of the software release.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry references the version of the application file, and wherein creation of the entry comprises:

receiving the version of the application file;

determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file; and

in response to determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file, writing, in the entry, a reference to the version of the application file.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed comprises finding a record in installation mappings indicating that the previous version of the application file is standard in the software release.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein the set of mappings includes an indication of an entity that added the version of the application file.

17. A computing system comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

program instructions stored in the memory that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, for installation into persistent storage, a software release;

updating a set of mappings to include mappings between identifiers of application files that are part of the software release and version indicators for the application files that are part of the software release;

determining, based on the set of mappings, that a version of an application file has been written to persistent storage after the software release was installed, wherein the application file is one of a plurality of the application files that make up the software release, wherein the version of the application file was written in response to a user customization of the application file;

determining a difference between the version of the application file and a previous version of the application file that was included in the software release; and

transmitting, to a client device, a representation of the difference.

18. The computing system of claim 17 , wherein determining that the version of the application file has been written to memory after the software release was installed comprises finding an entry in a log, wherein the entry references the version of the application file, and wherein creation of the entry comprises:

receiving the version of the application file;

determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file; and

in response to determining that the version of the application file is different from the previous version of the application file, writing, in the entry, a reference to the version of the application file.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2022
From: MADALA, VAMSI KRISHNA; WAPLINGTON, BRIAN JAMES; POREDDY, SANTOSH
To: SERVICENOW, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17244150 · Apr 29, 2021
Continuation 16843573 · Apr 8, 2020
Related Publication 20220141098A1 · May 5, 2022
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