Patents by Inventor Christopher Heino, JR.

Christopher Heino, JR. 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).

  • Patent number: 9720946
    Abstract: Sparse data may be stored in a search index such that one or more data points related to a number of entities may be queriable. Upon detection of a data point related to an entity, an integer array may be created for the data point to store within a single column of the search index, the integer array including an identifier of the entity and a value associated with the data point. In response to receiving a request from a user to perform a query on the search index that includes the data point, the query may be transformed to a corresponding range based on the identifier of the entity. Upon execution of the query, the identifier may be removed and query results may be provided to the user as another array with a user-compatible identifier for the entity such that the results may be understood by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Wilhelm, Øystein Torbjørnsen, Sowmy Srinivasan, Christopher Heino, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150370840
    Abstract: Sparse data may be stored in a search index such that one or more data points related to a number of entities may be queriable. Upon detection of a data point related to an entity, an integer array may be created for the data point to store within a single column of the search index, the integer array including an identifier of the entity and a value associated with the data point. In response to receiving a request from a user to perform a query on the search index that includes the data point, the query may be transformed to a corresponding range based on the identifier of the entity. Upon execution of the query, the identifier may be removed and query results may be provided to the user as another array with a user-compatible identifier for the entity such that the results may be understood by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Wilhelm, Øystein Torbjørnsen, Sowmy Srinivasan, Christopher Heino, JR.