Patents by Inventor Benjamin Lerman

Benjamin Lerman 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).

  • Uniquely-represented B-trees
    Patent number: 10372917
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to hierarchical data structures. A method is disclosed for storing data in a hierarchical data structure. The method may include receiving first data to be committed in a distributed database, the first data including one or more data elements. A result of the selection function may be computed, applying the selection function to each of the one or more data elements. A first node of a first hierarchical data structure may be identified based on the result of the selection function applied to a first data element. The first node of the first hierarchical data structure may be updated using the first data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Etienne Membrives, Przemyslaw Pietrzkiewicz, Benjamin Lerman, Despoina Vouzoukidou