Patents by Inventor Eric Robinson

Eric Robinson 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).

  • Publication number: 20230214391
    Abstract: As described herein, a N-Gram index may be created and the search may be conducted using the index, which will lead to faster search results. The N-Gram index may also include partial N-Gram components to capture more relevant data. Moreover, as described herein, the search may also take into account recent log data that has not yet been indexed. Techniques for building an index store using log data and efficiently searching the index store and log data to process search requests are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Benoit Dageville, Yiming Kang, Jun Luo, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson, Brian Smith
  • Publication number: 20230205735
    Abstract: Techniques for executing show commands are described herein. A plurality of navigation steps is utilized, each navigation step corresponding to a different layer in a database structure and each navigation step including an operator to fetch items from a metadata database up to respective bounded limits. Dependency information is also fetched for objects of the specified object type in the show command. After a set of objects from the last layer are processed, memory for the navigation steps is flushed and the next set of objects are processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Patent number: 11645232
    Abstract: Techniques for executing show commands are described herein. A plurality of navigation steps is utilized, each navigation step corresponding to a different layer in a database structure and each navigation step including an operator to fetch items from a metadata database up to respective bounded limits. Dependency information is also fetched for objects of the specified object type in the show command. After a set of objects from the last layer are processed, memory for the navigation steps is flushed and the next set of objects are processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Publication number: 20230138110
    Abstract: Techniques for executing show commands are described herein. A plurality of navigation steps is utilized, each navigation step corresponding to a different layer in a database structure and each navigation step including an operator to fetch items from a metadata database up to respective bounded limits. Dependency information is also fetched for objects of the specified object type in the show command. After a set of objects from the last layer are processed, memory for the navigation steps is flushed and the next set of objects are processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Publication number: 20230134358
    Abstract: As described herein, a N-Gram index may be created and the search may be conducted using the index, which will lead to faster search results. The N-Gram index may also include partial N-Gram components to capture more relevant data. Moreover, as described herein, the search may also take into account recent log data that has not yet been indexed. Techniques for building an index store using log data and efficiently searching the index store and log data to process search requests are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Benoit Dageville, Yiming Kang, Jun Luo, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 11640412
    Abstract: A system for sub-table replication within a materialized view of a source data table. A materialized view of a source data table is generated based on a query, the source data table having a plurality of data table rows associated with a plurality of client identifiers and including an entitlements column and data content, the entitlements column including a plurality of provider account identifiers and a plurality of consumer account identifiers. An update to an entitlements table of the source data table is detected where the entitlements table includes a plurality of entitlements table rows and where the entitlements table rows are associated with the client identifiers, the consumer account identifiers, and the provider account identifiers. An update to the source data table based on the first update to the entitlements table is detected, and an incremental replication of the materialized view of the source data table is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Shreyas Narendra Desai, German Alberto Gil Echeverri, Prasanna Krishnan, Nithin Mahesh, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, Sahaj Saini
  • Patent number: 11636110
    Abstract: As described herein, a N-Gram index may be created and the search may be conducted using the index, which will lead to faster search results. The N-Gram index may also include partial N-Gram components to capture more relevant data. Moreover, as described herein, the search may also take into account recent log data that has not yet been indexed. Techniques for building an index store using log data and efficiently searching the index store and log data to process search requests are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Benoit Dageville, Yiming Kang, Jun Luo, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson, Brian Smith
  • Patent number: 11630845
    Abstract: Replication and failover of database data is disclosed. A method includes copying a first dataset of a first account stored in a primary deployment to a secondary deployment. The method includes determining that the first dataset stored in the primary deployment is unavailable. The method includes executing a first transaction on the first dataset at the secondary deployment in response to determining that the first dataset stored in the primary deployment is unavailable. The method includes executing a second transaction on a second dataset of a second account at the primary deployment while the first dataset of the first account stored in the primary deployment is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Eric Robinson, Martin Hentschel
  • Publication number: 20230073653
    Abstract: A method includes selecting, by at least one hardware processor of a first database deployment, data for transmission to a second database deployment. The data includes a plurality of files forming a data stream. At least a first file of the plurality of files is encoded using a first encryption key which is stored in at least a second file of the plurality of files. The at least a first file is further encoded to include a second encryption key associated with at least a third file of the plurality of files. A set of nodes is identified in a virtual private network connected to the first and second database deployments. The data stream is transmitted from the first database deployment to the second database deployment via the set of nodes of the virtual private network that is connected to the first database deployment and the second database deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Mikhail Kazhamiaka, Eric Robinson, Rodney Weaver
  • Patent number: 11550723
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for memory bandwidth aware data prefetching is presented. The method may comprise monitoring a number of request responses received in an interval at a current prefetch request generation rate, comparing the number of request responses received in the interval to at least a first threshold, and adjusting the current prefetch request generation rate to an updated prefetch request generation rate by selecting the updated prefetch request generation rate from a plurality of prefetch request generation rates, based on the comparison. The request responses may be NACK or RETRY responses. The method may further comprise either retaining a current prefetch request generation rate or selecting a maximum prefetch request generation rate as the updated prefetch request generation rate in response to an indication that prefetching is accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Niket Choudhary, David Scott Ray, Thomas Philip Speier, Eric Robinson, Harold Wade Cain, III, Nikhil Narendradev Sharma, Joseph Gerald McDonald, Brian Michael Stempel, Garrett Michael Drapala
  • Patent number: 11539677
    Abstract: A networked device communication system can configure network devices (e.g., a primary and secondary database) to send and receive sequences of messages, such as replicated data, using one or more keypairs and wrapping keys. The sequences of messages can include an initial set of messages that are encrypted by a wrapping key, and further include another set of messages that are encrypted by a replaced staggered key. The sequence of messages can be configured to be decrypted without exporting keys of hardware security modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Martin Hentschel, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Patent number: 11539672
    Abstract: A network device communication system can configure network devices (e.g., a primary and secondary database) to send and receive sequences messages, such as replication data, over a channel comprising a plurality of private network nodes. The messages can be generated and encrypted using one or more key pairs and changing wrapping replication keys to send and receive the messages between different types of database deployments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Mikhail Kazhamiaka, Eric Robinson, Rodney Weaver
  • Publication number: 20220318269
    Abstract: A method of implementing sub-table replication starts with the processor detecting an update to an entitlements table. The processor performs filtering of a data table based on the update to the entitlements table. The data table including an entitlements column. The processor detects an update to the entitlements column and performs incremental replication of the data table by causing a version-based replication to be executed. Other embodiments are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Shreyas Narendra Desai, German Alberto Gil Echeverri, Prasanna Krishnan, Nithin Mahesh, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, Sahaj Saini
  • Publication number: 20220321538
    Abstract: A network device communication system can configure network devices (e.g., a primary and secondary database) to send and receive sequences messages, such as replication data, over a channel comprising a plurality of private network nodes. The messages can be generated and encrypted using one or more key pairs and changing wrapping replication keys to send and receive the messages between different types of database deployments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Mikhail Kazhamiaka, Eric Robinson, Rodney Weaver
  • Publication number: 20220292115
    Abstract: A system for sub-table replication within a materialized view of a source data table. A materialized view of a source data table is generated based on a query, the source data table having a plurality of data table rows associated with a plurality of client identifiers and including an entitlements column and data content, the entitlements column including a plurality of provider account identifiers and a plurality of consumer account identifiers. An update to an entitlements table of the source data table is detected where the entitlements table includes a plurality of entitlements table rows and where the entitlements table rows are associated with the client identifiers, the consumer account identifiers, and the provider account identifiers. An update to the source data table based on the first update to the entitlements table is detected, and an incremental replication of the materialized view of the source data table is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Shreyas Narendra Desai, German Alberto Gil Echeverri, Prasanna Krishnan, Nithin Mahesh, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, Sahaj Saini
  • Patent number: 11436257
    Abstract: A method of implementing sub-table replication starts with the processor detecting an update to an entitlements table. The processor performs filtering of a data table based on the update to the entitlements table. The data table including an entitlements column. The processor detects an update to the entitlements column and performs incremental replication of the data table by causing a version-based replication to be executed. Other embodiments are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Shreyas Narendra Desai, German Alberto Gil Echeverri, Prasanna Krishnan, Nithin Mahesh, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, Sahaj Saini
  • Patent number: 11403259
    Abstract: Techniques for executing show commands are described herein. A plurality of navigation steps is utilized, each navigation step corresponding to a different layer in a database structure and each navigation step including an operator to fetch items from a metadata database up to respective bounded limits. Dependency information is also fetched for objects of the specified object type in the show command. After a set of objects from the last layer are processed, memory for the navigation steps is flushed and the next set of objects are processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Chan, Tianyi Chen, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Patent number: 11397751
    Abstract: A method of implementing sub-table replication starts with the processor detecting an update to an entitlements table. The processor performs filtering of a data table based on the update to the entitlements table. The data table including an entitlements column. The processor detects an update to the entitlements column and performs incremental replication of the data table by causing a version-based replication to be executed. Other embodiments are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Shreyas Narendra Desai, German Alberto Gil Echeverri, Prasanna Krishnan, Nithin Mahesh, Subramanian Muralidhar, Eric Robinson, Sahaj Saini
  • Publication number: 20220217125
    Abstract: A networked device communication system can configure network devices (e.g., a primary and secondary database) to send and receive sequences of messages, such as replicated data, using one or more keypairs and wrapping keys. The sequences of messages can include an initial set of messages that are encrypted by a wrapping key, and further include another set of messages that are encrypted by a replaced staggered key. The sequence of messages can be configured to be decrypted without exporting keys of hardware security modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Robert Bengt Benedikt Gernhardt, Martin Hentschel, Nithin Mahesh, Eric Robinson
  • Publication number: 20220215041
    Abstract: Replication and failover of database data is disclosed. A method includes copying a first dataset of a first account stored in a primary deployment to a secondary deployment. The method includes determining that the first dataset stored in the primary deployment is unavailable. The method includes executing a first transaction on the first dataset at the secondary deployment in response to determining that the first dataset stored in the primary deployment is unavailable. The method includes executing a second transaction on a second dataset of a second account at the primary deployment while the first dataset of the first account stored in the primary deployment is unavailable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Eric Robinson, Martin Hentschel