Patents by Inventor Christopher Thurston Butler

Christopher Thurston Butler 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).

  • DISCOVERING A SEMANTIC MEANING OF DATA FIELDS FROM PROFILE DATA OF THE DATA FIELDS
    Publication number: 20230409835
    Abstract: A data processing system for discovering a semantic meaning of a field included in one or more data sets is configured to identify a field included in one or more data sets, with the field having an identifier. For that field, the system profiles data values of the field to generate a data profile, accesses a plurality of label proposal tests, and generates a set of label proposals by applying the plurality of label proposal tests to the data profile. The system determines a similarity among the label proposals and selects a classification. The system identifies one of the label proposals as identifying the semantic meaning. The system stores the identifier of the field with the identified one of the label proposals that identifies the semantic meaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Thurston Butler, Timothy Spencer Bush
  • Discovering a semantic meaning of data fields from profile data of the data fields
    Patent number: 11704494
    Abstract: A data processing system for discovering a semantic meaning of a field included in one or more data sets is configured to identify a field included in one or more data sets, with the field having an identifier. For that field, the system profiles data values of the field to generate a data profile, accesses a plurality of label proposal tests, and generates a set of label proposals by applying the plurality of label proposal tests to the data profile. The system determines a similarity among the label proposals and selects a classification. The system identifies one of the label proposals as identifying the semantic meaning. The system stores the identifier of the field with the identified one of the label proposals that identifies the semantic meaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Thurston Butler, Timothy Spencer Bush
  • DISCOVERING A SEMANTIC MEANING OF DATA FIELDS FROM PROFILE DATA OF THE DATA FIELDS
    Publication number: 20200380212
    Abstract: A data processing system for discovering a semantic meaning of a field included in one or more data sets is configured to identify a field included in one or more data sets, with the field having an identifier. For that field, the system profiles data values of the field to generate a data profile, accesses a plurality of label proposal tests, and generates a set of label proposals by applying the plurality of label proposal tests to the data profile. The system determines a similarity among the label proposals and selects a classification. The system identifies one of the label proposals as identifying the semantic meaning. The system stores the identifier of the field with the identified one of the label proposals that identifies the semantic meaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Thurston Butler, Timothy Spencer Bush