ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,770, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Salesforce Inc. (San Francisco).

"Creating consistent copies of a database" was invented by Sai Rama Raju Alluru (Hyderabad, India) and Swaroop Jayanthi (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system generates consistent copies of data stored in a source database in a plurality of target database systems. The system sends a change data stream from the source database system to the target database systems for performing data updates. The system receives timestamps of a latest transactions processed by consumer processes updating the target database system. The system determines a paus...