Patents by Inventor Liyan Zhou

Liyan Zhou 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).

  • Patent number: 8930410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system processes a database query, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system identifies one or more expressions within the database query utilizing a database object with value masking. Masking requirements are determined for each identified expression and the database object utilized by that identified expression is replicated to provide masked and actual versions of that database object in response to the masking requirements for that expression including masked values and actual values of that database object. The value masking of the database object is applied to the identified expressions within the database query based on the determined masking requirements to produce search results with masked values for the database query. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for processing a database query in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Alton, Thomas A. Beavin, Harley W. Boughton, Yao-Ching S. Chen, Curt L. Cotner, Yuping Ding, Dengfeng Gao, Gerald G. Kiernan, Xun Li, Irene C. Liu, Walid Rjaibi, Gregory R. Stager, Joyce A. Taylor, Timothy J. Vincent, Liyan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130086088
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system processes a database query, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system identifies one or more expressions within the database query utilizing a database object with value masking. Masking requirements are determined for each identified expression and the database object utilized by that identified expression is replicated to provide masked and actual versions of that database object in response to the masking requirements for that expression including masked values and actual values of that database object. The value masking of the database object is applied to the identified expressions within the database query based on the determined masking requirements to produce search results with masked values for the database query. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for processing a database query in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Alton, Thomas A. Beavin, Harley W. Boughton, Yao-Ching S. Chen, Curt L. Cotner, Yuping Ding, Dengfeng Gao, Gerald G. Kiernan, Xun Li, Irene C. Liu, Walid Rjaibi, Gregory R. Stager, Joyce A. Taylor, Timothy J. Vincent, Liyan Zhou
  • Patent number: 7711746
    Abstract: An SQL procedure deployment system deploys a query procedure comprising a procedural logic component and a database request component from a source system to a target system. At generation of the query procedure, the system generates a query procedure source code, a symbol table, and an encapsulated optimization results to regenerate run-time instructions for query statements of the database request component and make the query statements function with a deployed procedural logic component. The system maintains an association between the procedural logic component and the database request component during deployment. The system copies an internal representation of the procedural logic component to the target system without regeneration. The system regenerates the database request component to recreate the query procedure on the target system and to maintain a consistent interface between the procedural logic component and database request component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Bernal, Yao-Ching Stephen Chen, Ding-Wei Chieh, Curt Lee Cotner, Baoqiu Cui, Tammie Dang, Marion B. Farber, Georgia Carroll Fuller, Joe Cheng-yu Huang, Hui-An Lee, Claire Willey McFeely, Chunfeng Pei, James Willis Pickel, Yumi Kimura Tsuji, Jay A. Yothers, Margaret Alice Zagelow, Liyan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20070143249
    Abstract: An SQL procedure deployment system deploys a query procedure comprising a procedural logic component and a database request component from a source system to a target system. At generation of the query procedure, the system generates a query procedure source code, a symbol table, and an encapsulated optimization results to regenerate run-time instructions for query statements of the database request component and make the query statements function with a deployed procedural logic component. The system maintains an association between the procedural logic component and the database request component during deployment. The system copies an internal representation of the procedural logic component to the target system without regeneration. The system regenerates the database request component to recreate the query procedure on the target system and to maintain a consistent interface between the procedural logic component and database request component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Margaret Bernal, Yao-Ching Chen, Ding-Wei Chieh, Curt Cotner, Baoqiu Cui, Tammie Dang, Marion Farber, Georgia Fuller, Joe Huang, Hui-An Lee, Claire McFeely, Chunfeng Pei, James Pickel, Yumi Tsuji, Jay Yothers, Margaret Zagelow, Liyan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20070055644
    Abstract: A method and system for using a procedure residing and executed entirely within a database system is disclosed. The procedure utilizes at least one variable, which has a plurality of attributes. The method and system include defining the at least one variable as at least one global variable prior to calling of the procedure. Defining the global variable(s) includes informing the database system of the plurality of attributes of the variable(s) and allowing the database system access to the at least one variable. The method and system also include tracking the global variable(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret Bernal, Yao-Ching Chen, Ding-Wei Chieh, Christopher Crone, Baoqiu Cui, Tammie Dang, Marion Farber, Fen-Ling Lin, Chunfeng Pei, Yumi Tsuji, Jay Yothers, Liyan Zhou