Patents by Inventor Allison Waingold Lee

Allison Waingold Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20240111787
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for join operations of a plurality of relations that are distributed over a plurality of storage locations over a network of computing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski, Allison Waingold Lee, Philipp Thomas Unterbrunner
  • Patent number: 11928157
    Abstract: A constraint system enforces projection constraints on data values stored in specified columns of a shared dataset when queries are received by a database system. A projection constraint identifies that the data in a column may be restricted from being projected (e.g., presented, read, outputted) in an output to a received query, while allowing specified operations to be performed on the data and a corresponding output to be provided. For example, the projection constraint may indicate a context for a query that triggers the constraint, such as based on the user that submitted the query. Enforcing projection constraints on queries received at the database system allows for data to be shared and used anonymously by entities to perform various operations without the need to tokenize the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11914591
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for sharing materialized views in multiple tenant database systems. A method includes defining a materialized view over a source table that is associated with a first account of a multiple tenant database. The method includes defining cross-account access rights to the materialized view to a second account such that that second account can read the materialized view without copying the materialized view. The method includes modifying the source table for the materialized view. The method includes identifying whether the materialized view is stale with respect to the source table by merging the materialized view and the source table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Rajaperumal, Thierry Cruanes, Allison Waingold Lee, Igor Demura, Jiaqi Yan, Benoit Dageville
  • Publication number: 20230418699
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data platform creates an application in a data-provider account. The application includes one or more APIs corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. The data platform shares provider data with the application in the data-provider account, and also installs, in a data-consumer account, an application instance of the application. The application instance includes one or more APIs corresponding to the one or more APIs in the application in the data-provider account. The data platform shares consumer data with the application instance in the data-consumer account, and invokes one or more of the APIs of the application instance to execute respective associated underlying code blocks, which are not visible to the data-consumer account. The data platform also saves output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks locally within the data-consumer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230418818
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for sharing materialized views in multiple tenant database systems. A method includes defining a materialized view over a source table that is associated with a first account of a multiple tenant database. The method includes defining cross-account access rights to the materialized view to a second account such that that second account can read the materialized view without copying the materialized view. The method includes modifying the source table for the materialized view. The method includes identifying whether the materialized view is stale with respect to the source table by merging the materialized view and the source table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Prasanna Rajaperumal, Thierry Cruanes, Allison Waingold Lee, Igor Demura, Jiaqi Yan, Benoit Dageville
  • Patent number: 11853323
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for join operations of a plurality of relations that are distributed over a plurality of storage locations over a network of computing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski, Allison Waingold Lee, Philipp Thomas Unterbrunner
  • Publication number: 20230409639
    Abstract: A system for enforcing projection constraints on data values stored in specified variables of a shared dataset of a cloud data platform. A request is received from a first account of the cloud data platform that identifies a first operation to be performed on the shared dataset. A first set of data, including data accessed from a first variable, is accessed from the shared dataset to use in performing the first operation. A projection constraint policy attached to the first variable of the shared dataset is determined, and the projection constraint policy is further determined to be enforced based on the request. Based on the first set of data and the first operation, an output to the first request is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230401334
    Abstract: A data platform creates an application in a data-provider account, where the application includes one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted provider data with the application in the data-provider account. The data platform installs, in a data-consumer account, an application instance of the application. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted consumer data with the application instance in the data-consumer account. The data platform invokes one or more of the APIs of the application instance to execute respective associated underlying code blocks, which are not visible to the data-consumer account, and which operate on the shared homomorphically encrypted provider data and the shared homomorphically encrypted consumer data. The data platform saves homomorphically encrypted output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks locally within the data-consumer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230401333
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an application is created on a data-provider platform. The application includes one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. Provider data is shared with the application on the data-provider platform. An application instance of the application is installed in a trusted execution environment (TEE). The application instance includes one or more APIs corresponding to the one or more APIs in the application on the data-provider platform. Consumer data is shared with the application instance from a data-consumer platform. One or more of the APIs of the application instance are invoked to execute, on the TEE, respective associated underlying code blocks that are not visible on the TEE. The output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks is saved to the data-consumer platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230401260
    Abstract: A constraint system enforces projection constraints on data values stored in specified columns of a shared dataset when queries are received by a database system. A projection constraint identifies that the data in a column may be restricted from being projected (e.g., presented, read, outputted) in an output to a received query, while allowing specified operations to be performed on the data and a corresponding output to be provided. For example, the projection constraint may indicate a context for a query that triggers the constraint, such as based on the user that submitted the query. Enforcing projection constraints on queries received at the database system allows for data to be shared and used anonymously by entities to perform various operations without the need to tokenize the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Khalid Zaman Bijon, Thierry Cruanes, Simon Holm Jensen, Allison Waingold Lee, Daniel N. Meredith, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz, Zixi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11803432
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data platform creates an application in a data-provider account. The application includes one or more APIs corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. The data platform shares provider data with the application in the data-provider account, and also installs, in a data-consumer account, an application instance of the application. The application instance includes one or more APIs corresponding to the one or more APIs in the application in the data-provider account. The data platform shares consumer data with the application instance in the data-consumer account, and invokes one or more of the APIs of the application instance to execute respective associated underlying code blocks, which are not visible to the data-consumer account. The data platform also saves output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks locally within the data-consumer account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230325386
    Abstract: The subject technology receives a query, the query including a set of statements for performing the query. The subject technology populates a compilation context based at least in part the query. The subject technology invokes a compiler to perform a compilation process based on the compilation context. The subject technology performs a lookup operation on a stored plan cache for an exact match based on information from the compilation context. The subject technology, in response to determining an exact match, determines whether the particular query plan requires re-compilation based on a data dependent optimization. The subject technology determines whether a plan cache entry corresponding to the particular query plan includes a data property constraint. The subject technology determines whether the data property constraint still holds based on a set of data properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Thierry Cruanes, Xuelai Cui, Sangyong Hwang, Allison Waingold Lee, Boyung Lee, Nicola Dan Onose, William Waddington, Jiaqi Yan, Li Yan, Yongsik Yoon
  • Patent number: 11768953
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for implementing secure views for zero-copy data sharing in a multi-tenant database system are disclosed. A method includes generating a share object in a first account comprising a share role. The method includes associating view privileges for the share object such that an underlying detail of the share object comprises a secure view definition. The method includes granting, to a second account, cross-account access rights to the share role or share object in the first account. The method includes receiving a request from the second account to access data or services of the first account and providing a response to the second account based on the data or services of the first account. The method is such that the underlying detail of the share object that comprises the secure view definition is hidden from the second account and visible to the first account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Waingold Lee, Peter Povinec, Martin Hentschel, Robert Muglia
  • Patent number: 11763029
    Abstract: A data platform creates an application in a data-provider account, where the application includes one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted provider data with the application in the data-provider account. The data platform installs, in a data-consumer account, an application instance of the application. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted consumer data with the application instance in the data-consumer account. The data platform invokes one or more of the APIs of the application instance to execute respective associated underlying code blocks, which are not visible to the data-consumer account, and which operate on the shared homomorphically encrypted provider data and the shared homomorphically encrypted consumer data. The data platform saves homomorphically encrypted output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks locally within the data-consumer account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230205783
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for join operations of a plurality of relations that are distributed over a plurality of storage locations over a network of computing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski, Allison Waingold Lee, Philipp Thomas Unterbrunner
  • Publication number: 20230177210
    Abstract: A data platform creates an application in a data-provider account, where the application includes one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) corresponding to one or more underlying code blocks. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted provider data with the application in the data-provider account. The data platform installs, in a data-consumer account, an application instance of the application. The data platform shares homomorphically encrypted consumer data with the application instance in the data-consumer account. The data platform invokes one or more of the APIs of the application instance to execute respective associated underlying code blocks, which are not visible to the data-consumer account, and which operate on the shared homomorphically encrypted provider data and the shared homomorphically encrypted consumer data. The data platform saves homomorphically encrypted output of the one or more respective associated underlying code blocks locally within the data-consumer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Artin Avanes, Thierry Cruanes, Monica J. Holboke, Allison Waingold Lee, Subramanian Muralidhar, David Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230169200
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for generating a secure join of database data are disclosed. A method generates a secure user defined function (UDF) that includes a one-way hash. The method uses the secure UDF to convert datapoints of a first account and datapoints of a second account into a secure join key, which is unidentifiable to the first account and the second account based on the one-way hash. The method then determines a count value of overlapping datapoints between the first account and the second account based on the secure join key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Langseth, Matthew J. Glickman, Christian Kleinerman, Robert Muglia, Daniel Freundel, Thierry Cruanes, Allison Waingold Lee
  • Patent number: 11645281
    Abstract: The subject technology receives a query, the query including a set of statements for performing the query. The subject technology populates a compilation context based at least in part the query. The subject technology invokes a compiler to perform a compilation process based on the compilation context. The subject technology performs a lookup operation on a stored plan cache for an exact match based on information from the compilation context. The subject technology, in response to determining an exact match, determines whether the particular query plan requires re-compilation based on a data dependent optimization. The subject technology determines whether a plan cache entry corresponding to the particular query plan includes a data property constraint. The subject technology determines whether the data property constraint still holds based on a set of data properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Cruanes, Xuelai Cui, Sangyong Hwang, Allison Waingold Lee, Boyung Lee, Nicola Dan Onose, William Waddington, Jiaqi Yan, Li Yan, Yongsik Yoon
  • Patent number: 11620308
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for join operations of a plurality of relations that are distributed over a plurality of storage locations over a network of computing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski, Allison Waingold Lee, Philipp Thomas Unterbrunner
  • Patent number: 11620287
    Abstract: The subject technology receives a query plan, the query plan comprising a set of query operations, the set of query operations including at least one aggregation. The subject technology analyzes the at least one aggregation to generate a modified query plan, the modified query plan including at least a top aggregation operator, an intermediate aggregation operator, and a bottom aggregation operator. The subject technology performs, with respect to the intermediate aggregation operator, at least one operation comprising: the subject technology receives an input intermediate data type; the subject technology performs an internalize operation on the input intermediate data type to generate an internal state; the subject technology performs an accumulate operation on the internal state to generate intermediate data; and the subject technology performs an externalize operation on the intermediate data to generate an output data type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Bowei Chen, Thierry Cruanes, Florian Andreas Funke, Allison Waingold Lee, Jiaqi Yan