Patents by Inventor Cedric Ho

Cedric Ho 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).

  • Unlimited retroactive data element dimension widening
    Patent number: 9384221
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retroactively performing dimension widening on a data element are provided. A described method includes receiving a set of data elements from a database and a set of dimension widening rules. The method further includes identifying one or more of the data elements to which any of the dimension widening rules are applicable. The method further includes processing the identified data elements by applying the applicable dimension widening rules to the identified data elements. A dimension widening delta is generated for each data element, and the dimension widening deltas may be stored. The method further includes merging one or more of the data elements with one or more of the dimension widening deltas in response to a query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jieyan Fan, Cedric Ho, Yuan Zhuge, Sagnik Nandy
  • UNLIMITED RETROACTIVE DATA ELEMENT DIMENSION WIDENING
    Publication number: 20160034498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retroactively performing dimension widening on a data element are provided. A described method includes receiving a set of data elements from a database and a set of dimension widening rules. The method further includes identifying one or more of the data elements to which any of the dimension widening rules are applicable. The method further includes processing the identified data elements by applying the applicable dimension widening rules to the identified data elements. A dimension widening delta is generated for each data element, and the dimension widening deltas may be stored. The method further includes merging one or more of the data elements with one or more of the dimension widening deltas in response to a query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jieyan Fan, Cedric Ho, Yuan Zhuge, Sagnik Nandy