Patents by Inventor Ammon Sutherland

Ammon Sutherland 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).

  • Spot-instanced bulk data uploading
    Patent number: 10592493
    Abstract: A database engine may maintain a collection of data on a first storage device. A workflow manager node may receive a request to bulk load data into the collection. The workflow manager may instruct a control plane node to allocate and configure a secondary database node and to make operable thereon a second database using a second storage device. Data may be bulk loaded to the second storage device using a schema and storage unit format compatible with the collection of data. Storage units from the second storage device may be transferred to the first storage device and integrated into the collection of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ammon Sutherland, Stefano Stefani