Patents by Inventor Timothy Andrew Rath
Timothy Andrew Rath 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).
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Patent number: 11928029Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data for a database table in multiple replicated partitions on respective storage nodes. In response to a request to back up a table, the service may back up individual partitions of the table to a remote storage system independently and (in some cases) in parallel, and may update (or create) and store metadata about the table and its partitions on storage nodes of the data storage service and/or in the remote storage system. Backing up each partition may include exporting it from the database in which the table is stored, packaging and compressing the exported partition for upload, and uploading the exported, packaged, and compressed partition to the remote storage system. The remote storage system may be a key-value durable storage system in which each backed-up partition is accessible using its partition identifier as the key.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maximiliano Maccanti, Timothy Andrew Rath, Rama Krishna Sandeep Pokkunuri, Akshat Vig, Clarence Wing Yin Ng, Srivaths Badrinath Copparam, Rajaprabhu Thiruchi Loganathan, Wei Xiao, William Alexander Stevenson
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Patent number: 11899684Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of clients in multiple replicas on respective computing nodes. The system may employ an external service to select a master replica for a replica group. The master replica may service consistent read operations and/or write operations that are directed to the replica group (or to a data partition stored by the replica group). The master replica may employ a quorum based mechanism for performing replicated write operations, and a local lease mechanism for determining the replica authorized to perform consistent reads, even when the external service is unavailable. The master replica may propagate local leases to replica group members as replicated writes. If another replica assumes mastership for the replica group, it may not begin servicing consistent read operations that are directed to the replica group until the lease period for a current local lease expires.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rath, David Alan Lutz
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Patent number: 11894972Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of various partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may employ a single master failover protocol, usable when a replica attempts to become the master replica for a replica group of which it is a member. Attempting to become the master replica may include acquiring a lock associated with the replica group, and gathering state information from the other replicas in the group. The state information may indicate whether another replica supports the attempt (in which case it is included in a failover quorum) or stores more recent data or metadata than the replica attempting to become the master (in which case synchronization may be required). If the failover quorum includes enough replicas, the replica may become the master.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rath, Jakub Kulesza, David Alan Lutz
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Patent number: 11868372Abstract: A platform for data analytics may be provided in a hosted environment on a multi-tenant system. The platform provider may also provide transactional processing services. Data obtained from processing the transactional services may be stored in an n-dimensional cube with which analytics may be performed. A dimension and hierarchy model may be identified based on correlations between hierarchy dimensions and levels in a dataset, or in schema and queries related to the dataset. Correlations may be further based on data received from a data stream. Priority for calculating a hierarchy may be based on data received from a data stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Santosh Kalki, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Srinivasan Sundar Raghavan, Timothy Andrew Rath, Amol Devgan, Mukul Vijay Karnik
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Patent number: 11860942Abstract: Prediction logic analyzes previous data usage activities of a customer process running on a host machine to generate a first prediction indicating that the customer process will request a first data set at a first time. The prediction logic retrieves the first data set from long-term storage and loads the first data set into memory on the host machine in advance of the first time in order to provide the customer process with access to first data set in the memory during a period between the first time and a second time. The prediction logic further generates a second prediction indicating that the customer process will not access the first data set for a threshold period of time after the second time and stores the first data set in the long-term storage at the second time.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Omer Baluch, Julio Delgado Mangas, Kiran-Kumar Muniswamy Reddy, Ajay Gopalakrishnan, Antoun Joubran Kanawati, Si Yin, Mukul Vijay Karnik, Vishal Parakh, Timothy Andrew Rath, Bhupinder Singh Sidana, Jared Scott Lundell
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Publication number: 20230400990Abstract: A system that implements a scalable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain table data in multiple replicas of partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. In response to detecting an anomaly in the system, detecting a change in data volume on a partition or service request traffic directed to a partition, or receiving a service request from a client to split a partition, the data storage service may create additional copies of a partition replica using a physical copy mechanism. The data storage service may issue a split command defined in an API for the data store to divide the original and additional replicas into multiple replica groups, and to configure each replica group to maintain a respective portion of the table data that was stored in the partition before the split.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stefano Stefani, Timothy Andrew Rath, Chiranjeeb Buragahain, Yan Valerie Leshinsky, David Alan Lutz, Jakub Kulesza, Wei Xiao, Jai Vasanth
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Patent number: 11841844Abstract: Distributed database management systems may maintain collections of items spanning multiple partitions. Index structures may correspond to items on one partition or to items on multiple partitions. Item collections and indexes may be replicated. Changes to the data maintained by the distributed database management system may result in updates to multiple index structures. The changes may be compiled into an instruction set applicable to the index structures. In-memory buffers may contain the instructions prior to transmission to affected partitions. Replication logs may be combined with an acknowledgment mechanism for reliable transmission of the instructions to the affected partitions.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wei Xiao, Clarence Wing Yin Ng, Medhavi Dhawan, Timothy Andrew Rath, Stefano Stefani
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Publication number: 20230280908Abstract: A system that implements a scaleable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain data in partitions stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The service may support multiple throughput models, including a committed throughput model and a best effort throughput model. A service request to create a table may specify that requests directed to the table should be serviced under a committed throughput model and may specify the committed throughput level in terms of logical service request units. The service may reserve low-latency storage and other resources sufficient to meet the specified committed throughput level. A client/user may request a modification to the committed throughput level in anticipation of workload changes, such as an increase or decrease in traffic or data volume. In response, the system may increase or decrease the resources reserved for the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Stefano Stefani, Wei Xiao, Timothy Andrew Rath, Rande A. Blackman, Grant Alexander MacDonald McAlister, Raymond S. Bradford
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Publication number: 20230283681Abstract: A system that provides services to clients may receive and service requests, various ones of which may require different amounts of work. The system may determine whether it is operating in an overloaded or underloaded state based on a current work throughput rate, a target work throughput rate, a maximum request rate, or an actual request rate, and may dynamically adjust the maximum request rate in response. For example, if the maximum request rate is being exceeded, the maximum request rate may be raised or lowered, dependent on the current work throughput rate. If the target or committed work throughput rate is being exceeded, but the maximum request rate is not being exceeded, a lower maximum request rate may be proposed. Adjustments to the maximum request rate may be made using multiple incremental adjustments. Service request tokens may be added to a leaky token bucket at the maximum request rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wei Xiao, David Alan Lutz, Timothy Andrew Rath, Maximiliano Maccanti, Miguel Mascarenhas Filipe, David Craig Yanacek
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Publication number: 20230273937Abstract: Methods and apparatus for conditional master election in a distributed database are described. A plurality of replicas of a database object are stored by a distributed database service. Some types of operations corresponding to client requests directed at the database object are to be coordinated by a master replica. Client access to the database object is enabled prior to election of a master replica. In response to a triggering condition, a particular replica is elected master. The master coordinates implementation of operations with one or more other replicas in response to client requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Akshat Vig, Timothy Andrew Rath, Stuart Henry Seelye Marshall, Rande A. Blackman, David Alan Lutz, Jian Wang, Jiandan Zheng, Janani Narayanan
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Patent number: 11709600Abstract: A system that implements a scalable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain table data in multiple replicas of partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. In response to detecting an anomaly in the system, detecting a change in data volume on a partition or service request traffic directed to a partition, or receiving a service request from a client to split a partition, the data storage service may create additional copies of a partition replica using a physical copy mechanism. The data storage service may issue a split command defined in an API for the data store to divide the original and additional replicas into multiple replica groups, and to configure each replica group to maintain a respective portion of the table data that was stored in the partition before the split.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stefano Stefani, Timothy Andrew Rath, Chiranjeeb Buragahain, Yan Valerie Leshinsky, David Alan Lutz, Jakub Kulesza, Wei Xiao, Jai Vasanth
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Patent number: 11687555Abstract: Methods and apparatus for conditional master election in a distributed database are described. A plurality of replicas of a database object are stored by a distributed database service. Some types of operations corresponding to client requests directed at the database object are to be coordinated by a master replica. Client access to the database object is enabled prior to election of a master replica. In response to a triggering condition, a particular replica is elected master. The master coordinates implementation of operations with one or more other replicas in response to client requests.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Akshat Vig, Timothy Andrew Rath, Stuart Henry Seelye Marshall, Rande A. Blackman, David Alan Lutz, Jian Wang, Jiandan Zheng, Janani Narayanan
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Patent number: 11609697Abstract: A system that implements a scaleable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain data in partitions stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The service may support multiple throughput models, including a committed throughput model and a best effort throughput model. A service request to create a table may specify that requests directed to the table should be serviced under a committed throughput model and may specify the committed throughput level in terms of logical service request units. The service may reserve low-latency storage and other resources sufficient to meet the specified committed throughput level. A client/user may request a modification to the committed throughput level in anticipation of workload changes, such as an increase or decrease in traffic or data volume. In response, the system may increase or decrease the resources reserved for the table.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Stefano Stefani, Wei Xiao, Timothy Andrew Rath, Rande A. Blackman, Grant Alexander MacDonald McAlister, Raymond S. Bradford
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Patent number: 11601512Abstract: A system that provides services to clients may receive and service requests, various ones of which may require different amounts of work. The system may determine whether it is operating in an overloaded or underloaded state based on a current work throughput rate, a target work throughput rate, a maximum request rate, or an actual request rate, and may dynamically adjust the maximum request rate in response. For example, if the maximum request rate is being exceeded, the maximum request rate may be raised or lowered, dependent on the current work throughput rate. If the target or committed work throughput rate is being exceeded, but the maximum request rate is not being exceeded, a lower maximum request rate may be proposed. Adjustments to the maximum request rate may be made using multiple incremental adjustments. Service request tokens may be added to a leaky token bucket at the maximum request rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, IncInventors: Wei Xiao, David Alan Lutz, Timothy Andrew Rath, Maximiliano Maccanti, Miguel Mascarenhas Filipe, David Craig Yanacek
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Patent number: 11507480Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for distributing data items within a plurality of nodes. A data item that is subject to a data item update request is updated from a master node to a plurality of slave notes. The update of the data item is determined to be locality-based durable based at least in part on acknowledgements received from the slave nodes. Upon detection that the master node has failed, a new master candidate is determined via an election among the plurality of slave nodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Helmick, Jakub Kulesza, Timothy Andrew Rath, Stefano Stefani, David Alan Lutz
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Publication number: 20220345358Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of various partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may employ a single master failover protocol, usable when a replica attempts to become the master replica for a replica group of which it is a member. Attempting to become the master replica may include acquiring a lock associated with the replica group, and gathering state information from the other replicas in the group. The state information may indicate whether another replica supports the attempt (in which case it is included in a failover quorum) or stores more recent data or metadata than the replica attempting to become the master (in which case synchronization may be required). If the failover quorum includes enough replicas, the replica may become the master.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rath, Jakub Kulesza, David Alan Lutz
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Patent number: 11388043Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of various partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may employ a single master failover protocol, usable when a replica attempts to become the master replica for a replica group of which it is a member. Attempting to become the master replica may include acquiring a lock associated with the replica group, and gathering state information from the other replicas in the group. The state information may indicate whether another replica supports the attempt (in which case it is included in a failover quorum) or stores more recent data or metadata than the replica attempting to become the master (in which case synchronization may be required). If the failover quorum includes enough replicas, the replica may become the master.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rath, Jakub Kulesza, David Alan Lutz
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Patent number: 11327949Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data for database tables in multiple replicated partitions on respective storage nodes. In response to a request to back up a table, the service may export individual partitions of the table from the database and package them to be independently uploaded (e.g., in parallel) to a remote storage system (e.g., a key-value durable storage system). Prior to uploading the exported and packaged partitions to the remote storage system, the service may verify that the exported and packaged partitions can be subsequently restored, which may include unpackaging and/or re-inflating the exported and packaged partitions to create additional unpackaged copies of the partitions, re-importing the additional unpackaged copies of the partitions into the database (e.g., as additional replicas), and/or comparing checksums generated for the exported partitions with checksums generated for the additional unpackaged copies of the partitions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maximiliano Maccanti, Timothy Andrew Rath, Rama Krishna Sandeep Pokkunuri, Akshat Vig, Clarence Wing Yin Ng, Srivaths Badrinath Copparam, Rajaprabhu Thiruchi Loganathan, Wei Xiao, William Alexander Stevenson
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Publication number: 20210406279Abstract: A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of clients in multiple replicas on respective computing nodes. The system may employ an external service to select a master replica for a replica group. The master replica may service consistent read operations and/or write operations that are directed to the replica group (or to a data partition stored by the replica group). The master replica may employ a quorum based mechanism for performing replicated write operations, and a local lease mechanism for determining the replica authorized to perform consistent reads, even when the external service is unavailable. The master replica may propagate local leases to replica group members as replicated writes. If another replica assumes mastership for the replica group, it may not begin servicing consistent read operations that are directed to the replica group until the lease period for a current local lease expires.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rath, David Alan Lutz
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Publication number: 20210329077Abstract: A system that provides services to clients may receive and service requests, various ones of which may require different amounts of work. The system may determine whether it is operating in an overloaded or underloaded state based on a current work throughput rate, a target work throughput rate, a maximum request rate, or an actual request rate, and may dynamically adjust the maximum request rate in response. For example, if the maximum request rate is being exceeded, the maximum request rate may be raised or lowered, dependent on the current work throughput rate. If the target or committed work throughput rate is being exceeded, but the maximum request rate is not being exceeded, a lower maximum request rate may be proposed. Adjustments to the maximum request rate may be made using multiple incremental adjustments. Service request tokens may be added to a leaky token bucket at the maximum request rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wei Xiao, David Alan Lutz, Timothy Andrew Rath, Maximiliano Maccanti, Miguel Mascarenhas Filipe, David Craig Yanacek