Patents by Inventor Thor Taylor

Thor Taylor 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: 11669551
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rule-based data stream processing by data collection, indexing, and visualization systems. An example method includes: receiving, by the computer system, an input data stream comprising raw machine data; processing the raw machine data by a data processing pipeline that produces transformed machine data, wherein the data processing pipeline comprises an ordered plurality of pipeline stages, wherein a pipeline stage of the ordered plurality of pipeline stages applies a rule of a set of rules to an input of the pipeline stage, wherein the rule specifies an action to be performed on the input of the pipeline stage responsive to evaluating a conditional expression applied to the input of the pipeline stage, wherein the action generates an output of the pipeline stage, and wherein the rule is selected based on a source type associated with the input data stream; and supplying the transformed machine data to a data collection, indexing, and visualization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Douglas James, Shyam Mundhra, Manikandan Vellore Muneeswaran, Arun Ramani, Thor Taylor, Steve Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220121689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rule-based data stream processing by data collection, indexing, and visualization systems. An example method includes: receiving, by the computer system, an input data stream comprising raw machine data; processing the raw machine data by a data processing pipeline that produces transformed machine data, wherein the data processing pipeline comprises an ordered plurality of pipeline stages, wherein a pipeline stage of the ordered plurality of pipeline stages applies a rule of a set of rules to an input of the pipeline stage, wherein the rule specifies an action to be performed on the input of the pipeline stage responsive to evaluating a conditional expression applied to the input of the pipeline stage, wherein the action generates an output of the pipeline stage, and wherein the rule is selected based on a source type associated with the input data stream; and supplying the transformed machine data to a data collection, indexing, and visualization system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Douglas James, Shyam Mundhra, Manikandan Vellore Muneeswaran, Arun Ramani, Thor Taylor, Steve Zhang