Christopher Scott Blum

US Patent:

7970901, Jun 28, 2011

Filed:

Jun 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/478590

Inventors:

David Lipscomb - Sunnyvale CA, US
Christopher T. Blum - Belmont CA, US
Theodore R. Rice - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Netsuite, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709225, 709219, 707101

Abstract:

A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described. Applications to environments other than phased rollout are described, such as URL-agnostic differentiation and routing of client requests according to class-of-service of the target subscribing account.

US Patent:

8484346, Jul 9, 2013

Filed:

Jun 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/155265

Inventors:

David Lipscomb - Sunnyvale CA, US
Christopher T. Blum - Belmont CA, US
Theodore R. Rice - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Netsuite Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709225, 709219, 717170

Abstract:

A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described. Applications to environments other than phased rollout are described, such as URL-agnostic differentiation and routing of client requests according to class-of-service of the target subscribing account.

US Patent:

20060009996, Jan 12, 2006

Filed:

Jul 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/890347

Inventors:

David Lipscomb - Sunnyvale CA, US
Christopher Blum - Belmont CA, US
Theodore Rice - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000, 705026000

Abstract:

A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described. Applications to environments other than phased rollout are described, such as URL-agnostic differentiation and routing of client requests according to class-of-service of the target subscribing account.