Patents by Inventor Alan Lee Beck

Alan Lee Beck 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).

  • Methods and systems for hardware acceleration of database operations and queries for a versioned database based on multiple hardware accelerators
    Patent number: 10803066
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a hardware accelerator that assists a host database system in processing its queries. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database query/operation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the query/operation result back to the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: James Shau, Jeremy L. Branscome, Krishnan Meiyyappan, Hung Viet Tran, Alan Lee Beck, Robert Hou, Michael Paul Corwin, Joseph Irawan Chamdani
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS UPDATES
    Publication number: 20130268489
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide fine grain concurrency control for transactions in the presence of database updates. During operations, each transaction is assigned a snapshot version number or SVN. A SVN refers to a historical snapshot of the database that can be created periodically or on demand. Transactions are thus tied to a particular SVN, such as, when the transaction was created. Queries belonging to the transactions can access data that is consistent as of a point in time, for example, corresponding to the latest SVN when the transaction was created. At various times, data from the database stored in a memory can be updated using the snapshot data corresponding to a SVN. When a transaction is committed, a snapshot of the database with a new SVN is created based on the data modified by the transaction and the snapshot is synchronized to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Kapil Surlaker, Ravindran Krishnamurthy, Krishnan Meiyyappan, Alan Lee Beck, Hung Tran, Jeremy Branscome, Joseph Chamdani
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATION OF DATABASE OPERATIONS AND QUERIES FOR A VERSIONED DATABASE BASED ON MULTIPLE HARDWARE ACCELERATORS
    Publication number: 20120117027
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a hardware accelerator that assists a host database system in processing its queries. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database query/operation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the query/operation result back to the host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: TERADATA US, INC.
    Inventors: James Shau, Jeremy L. Branscome, Krishnan Meiyappan, Hung Viet Tran, Alan Lee Beck, Robert Hou, Michael Paul Corwin, Joseph Irawan Chamdani