Patents Assigned to Wisoncsin Alumni Research Foundation
  • Database system with highly denormalized database structure
    Patent number: 9870401
    Abstract: A database system converts a multi-table relational database into a wide table incorporating all of the information of the relational database tables and converts queries for the relational database system into a form applicable to the wide table. Dictionary compression and/or columnar store allow faster query processing despite a substantially larger size of the wide table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Wisoncsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Yinan Li, Jignesh M. Patel