Patents Examined by Courtney Harmon
  • Patent number: 11100074
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for managing document indexes. The method includes in response to a request for adding a target segment to a document set including a plurality of segments, determining an original segment associated with the target segment from the plurality of segments, partitioning the original segment into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being used to update the original segment, the second portion being used as the target segment, and rebuilding indexes for documents in the target segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Min Liu, Yong Zhang, Yifan Huang, Yubing Zhang, Ke Zhao
  • Patent number: 11093501
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided that includes receiving a search request to perform a search in a time series database, where the time series database stores a plurality of sequences of measured values arranged in chronological order, extracting from the search request a condition for performing the search in the time series database, the condition including a target subsequence to be searched for within the plurality of sequences of measured values within the time series database, selecting a search algorithm to perform the search from a plurality of search algorithms registered to the time series database, based on one or more characteristics of the condition and historical statistic data of one or more historical searches conducted on the time series database, and obtaining a search result from the time series database, utilizing the search algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yao Liang Chen, Xiao Yan Chen, Sheng Huang, Kai Liu, Xiao Min Xu
  • Patent number: 11086856
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing interaction data in response to a query from a content provider are provided. One method includes receiving a query from the content provide including a plurality of parameters relating to interactions with a content item of the content provider. The method includes retrieving a set of log file records using the included plurality of parameters and generating a current set of records identifying interaction data with the content item. The method includes comparing the current set of records to a previous set of records generated by the one or more processors for a previous query from the content provider and determining a similarity between the current set of records and the previous set of records. The method includes modifying, if the similarity is above a threshold, the current set of records and providing the modified set of records to the content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Scott Davies, Justin Lewis
  • Patent number: 11068465
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for object-granular policy assignment in an object storage environment includes: automatically assigning a plurality of objects stored within the object storage environment to one or more policies; and locating one or more of the objects among a plurality of policy rings within the object storage environment based on semantics of the one or more policies. A virtual namespace maps each object to at least one of the policy rings based on the one or more policies assigned to the object; and the virtual namespace is scalable with a number of the plurality of objects stored within the object storage environment. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nagapramod S. Mandagere, Mohit Saxena
  • Patent number: 11068487
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for implementing event-stream searching using compiled rule patterns are disclosed. A rule base is compiled based at least in part on one or more rule patterns. The field names are sorted within the rule patterns. The rule patterns comprise one or more field names and one or more field values. The rule base represents a finite-state machine comprising a plurality of states. A plurality of events are received. The events comprise field names and field values describing events associated with resources in a provider network. The field names are sorted within the events. The rule patterns are evaluated against the events using the rule base. In determining a matched rule pattern for one of the events, the finite-state machine transitions between at least two of the states for the matched rule pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy William Bray
  • Patent number: 11068522
    Abstract: Text input data may be aggregated and mapped to create composite text input data for electronic records. A semantic event may be automatically detected, triggered by a semantic rule and associated semantic tag. The detected semantic event may be flagged, and a text mining result database may be updated by adding an entry to the database. An indication associated with the event may be transmitted, and a back-end application computer server may establish a hierarchy for multiple elements of the electronic records. The computer server may determine a weight variable and response variable for each element in the hierarchy and apply a hierarchical credibility weighting methodology to the elements from level 1, representing the least granular level in the hierarchy, to level n, representing the most granular level in the hierarchy, calculated recursively from level n, to determine a final estimated credibility for the electronic records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Reuben Emory Houser, Qiao Wang, Arthur Paul Drennan, III, Nicole Rose Sims, Tracey Ellen Steger
  • Patent number: 11055258
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include selecting an archive storing one or more archived files. Respective locations are identified for each of the one or more archived files, the respective locations are stored to a memory, and using the respective locations in the memory, a corresponding accessible file is defined for each of the one or more archived files. Upon receiving a request to access a given accessible file, a given location in the archive for the given archived file is identified, and the given accessible file can be accessed at the given location. In embodiments where the given accessible file consists of a data file, the given accessible file is accessed by reading data from the data file. In embodiments where the given accessible file consists of an executable file, the given accessible file is accessed by executing the executable file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yaron Arbetman, Itzhack Goldberg, Neil Sondhi
  • Patent number: 11036590
    Abstract: A database may store a plurality of database revisions corresponding to a time period, including a current version and one or more backup versions of a data object. After a threshold time has passed, the database may identify a plurality of time intervals within the time period and identify, for each of the plurality of time intervals, at most one database revision corresponding to the time interval. The database may delete, for each of the plurality of time intervals, all of the database revisions except for the identified at most one database revision. The database may periodically repeat this process to reduce the granularity of backup data over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ian Varley, Lars Hofhansl
  • Patent number: 11036787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for identifying an organism. At least one database includes electronic organism profile information representing at least one respective physical characteristic associated with a plurality of respective organisms, at least one respective corresponding attribute of the respective organisms, and an identity of at least one of the plurality of organisms, as well as owner information representing at least one person respectively associated with at least one of the organisms. Profile information that includes information representing physical characteristic(s) associated with the first organism associated with a first organism is received. In accordance with at least some electronic organism profile information and at least some of the first electronic profile information, an identity is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SNOUTSCAN LLC
    Inventor: Craig P. Mowry
  • Patent number: 11030333
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for discovering availability of digital media titles from multiple digital media service providers. In one embodiment, information is obtained about a relationship between a user account and a first digital media service provider. A request for availability of a digital media title is obtained via a user interface. An availability is determined for access by the user account of the digital media title from the first digital media service provider having the relationship with the user account and a second digital media service provider. An indication of the availability for access of the digital media title by the user account is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett C. Barrilleaux, Ann M. Groeninger
  • Patent number: 11016970
    Abstract: Trace data is received for a first execution of a first query on first tables having first data values. Second data values are generated for second tables from the trace data and without accessing the first data values. The second data values are configured to reproduce, by a second execution of a second query, the evaluation states from the first execution. Evaluation states from the first execution are reproduced without accessing the first data values by performing the second execution of the second query on the second data values. The first execution evaluates only a first subset of the first data values and the generating the second data values from the trace data generates second data values corresponding to the first subset. The second execution only evaluates ones of the second data values that correspond to data values of the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Ford, Lakshman R. Sakaray, Paul-John A. To
  • Patent number: 10970279
    Abstract: Trace data is received that was captured for an execution of a query on first tables when execution trouble occurs during an execution of the query on the first tables. Trace data includes counts of evaluation states caused by the execution and includes identifications of portions of the query that reference variables of the first tables and that correspond with the evaluation states. Second tables are generated from the evaluation state counts and the identifications of the trace data without accessing data values of the first tables, so that the first tables are kept private. Evaluation states are reproduced from the execution of the query on the first tables by executing the query on the second tables without accessing the data values of the first tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Ford, Lakshman R. Sakaray, Paul-John A. To
  • Patent number: 10963651
    Abstract: A method for dynamically detecting and converting a context-sensitive information in a first language and a first format to a second language and a second format that is understandable to an end user based on a user-specified setting is provided. The method may use a built-in camera of a computing device to dynamically detect and capture an image frame of context-sensitive information. The method may use Optical character recognition (OCR), as well as contextual information such as GPS data available from a mobile computing device, to automatically translate and reformat the context-sensitive information in real-time so a user may understand it unambiguously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ning Hsu, Elaine Ih Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Cheng-Yu Yu
  • Patent number: 10949395
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention include a method for determining duplicate records in multiple objects and may include combining records associated with a first object with records associated with a second object to generate a third object, wherein the first object is related to the second object; performing de-duplication on the third object to generate a combined group of duplicate sets; and from the combined group of duplicate sets, identifying at least one duplicate set associated with both the first object and the second object based on the duplicate set having at least one record associated with the first object and at least one record associated with the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Dai Duong Doan, Arun Kumar Jagota, Chenghung Ker, Parth Vaishnav, Danil Dvinov, Dmytro Kudriavtsev
  • Patent number: 10922273
    Abstract: A method of searching encrypted files includes a client computing device selecting a specific keyword to search a plurality of encrypted files stored at a server computing device and if the specific keyword has not been previously used to search the plurality of encrypted files, the method further includes using an encrypted keyword index stored at the server computing device to identify one or more encrypted files of the plurality of encrypted files that contain the specific keyword based upon keyword-file relationships stored in the encrypted keyword index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Minh Thang Hoang, Muslum Ozgur Ozmen, Attila Altay Yavuz
  • Patent number: 10909090
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a proxy object is delivered to a first schema having a first logical name and stored in the software object database, the proxy object referencing an object in a second schema having a second logical name. Any dependencies from the object in the second schema to the proxy object in the first schema are removed a cycle-free graph of dependencies between objects the software object database is generated. Objects are delivered the software object database using the cycle-free graph. A definition for the proxy object is created including the logical name for the first schema. The proxy object is delivered by replacing, at a time subsequent to the proxy object being delivered to the software object database, the logical name for the first schema stored in the definition with a physical name for the first schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Martin Mayer, Ulrich Auer, Arne Harren, Volker Driesen
  • Patent number: 10901977
    Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying changes to databases. In one example, a table associated with a data set is identified containing at least one entry, each entry associated with a sequence column value. The sequence column value for new entries is automatically incremented by one from a last max value. At time T1, a total entry count and a maximum sequence column value of the entries is calculated and stored in metadata. At time T2 later than T1, a total entry count and a maximum sequence column value in the table is calculated and compared to the previously stored values. If the values are the same, the table has not changed; if the values are different, then a change has been made. In response to a determined change, the calculated total entry count and the maximum sequence column value at T2 is stored in the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Stephan Kessler, Thomas Seufert, Kai Morich
  • Patent number: 10896178
    Abstract: High performance query processing and data analytics can be performed across architecturally diverse scales, such as single core, multi-core and/or multi-nodes. The high performance query processing and data analytics can include a separation of query computation, keying data, and data movement and parallel computation, thereby enhancing the capabilities of the query processing and data analytics, while allowing the specification of complex forms of data parallel computation that may execute across real-time and offline. The decoupling of data movement and parallel computation, as described herein can improve query processing and data analytics speed, can provide for the optimization of searches in a plurality of computing environments, and can provide the ability to search through a larger space of execution plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Badrish Chandramouli, Raul Castro Fernandez, Abdul H. Quamar, Ahmed Eldawy, Jonathan D. Goldstein
  • Patent number: 10891342
    Abstract: Implementations relate to content data determination, transmission, and storage for local devices. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes determining an event for a user based on user data associated with the user, and includes programmatically analyzing the user data having one or more references to at least one of persons, locations, and scheduled activities. The method determines a set of content items to be accessed at the event, where one or more content items of the set are determined based on the user data, and the set of content items includes content data related to the event. Prior to a time of the event, the set of content items are transmitted over a communication network from network storage to local device(s) associated with the user, where the content items are stored in local storage of the local device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Bernadette Alexia Carter
  • Patent number: 10891273
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, software objects of a first database type are delivered to a first schema having a first physical name and stored in the software object database. A definition is created for the first schema including a logical name for the first schema. The first schema is activated by replacing, at a time subsequent to the first schema being delivered to the software object database, the logical name for the first schema stored in the definition with a physical name for the first schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Martin Mayer, Ulrich Auer, Arne Harren, Volker Driesen