Patents by Inventor Dieu Q. La

Dieu Q. La has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Independent deferred incremental refresh of materialized views
    Patent number: 7290214
    Abstract: A system and method for directing a data processing system to incrementally process a base table and a materialized view, wherein the materialized view is associated with the base table, and both are stored in the system, is disclosed. The method includes setting integrity of the base table having an identifier identifying data newly load appended to the base table, and placing the identifier into a location if the location does not contain any other identifier identifying any other data newly load appended to the base table. In a preferred embodiment, the materialized view is incrementally refreshed using the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard S. Sidle, Dieu Q. La, Petrus Kai Chung Chan, Roberta J. Cochrane, William T. O'Connell, M. Hamid. Pirahesh
  • Independent deferred incremental refresh of materialized views
    Publication number: 20040122828
    Abstract: A system and method for directing a data processing system to incrementally process a base table and a materialized view, wherein the materialized view is associated with the base table, and both are stored in the system, is disclosed. The method includes setting integrity of the base table having an identifier identifying data newly load appended to the base table, and placing the identifier into a location if the location does not contain any other identifier identifying any other data newly load appended to the base table. In a preferred embodiment, the materialized view is incrementally refreshed using the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Richard S. Sidle, Dieu Q. La, Petrus Kai Chung Chan, Roberta J. Cochrane, William T. O'Connell, M. Hamid. Pirahesh