The present invention discloses methods and systems for hosting tenants in a computer-based environment in which a provider stores a shared data structure. Each of the tenants may store shared-metadata referencing the shared data structure, while a first tenant may store a tenant-specific data structure...http://www.google.com/patents/US20090327311?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090327311 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A TENANT SPACE IN A PROVIDER-TENANT ENVIRONMENT