Patent ID: 11861399
Assignee: SALESFORCE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus for data processing, comprising:
a processor;
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive a query for a leading edge event of a thread of events associated with a plurality of user identifiers that are participants to the thread of events, the query indicating a target user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers, wherein each element of the thread of events corresponds to a communication between two or more user identifiers of the plurality of user identifiers, and wherein one or more of the elements include a respective next field that indicates a respective subset of user identifiers from the plurality of user identifiers;
traverse respective elements of respective events of the thread of events, starting with a latest element in the thread of events arranged in a chronological order until identification of a first element that does not include the target user identifier in the respective next field of the first element;
identify, as the leading edge event for the target user identifier, an event corresponding to the first element that does not include the target user identifier in the respective next field; and
transmit an indication of the leading edge event of the thread of events based at least in part on the query.