Patents by Inventor Dilys Thomas

Dilys Thomas 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: 11182502
    Abstract: Systems and methods for computing data privacy-utility tradeoff is disclosed. Large data hubs like data marketplace are a source of data that may be of utility to data buyers. However, output data provided to data sellers is required to meet the privacy requirements of data sellers and at the same time maintain a level of utility to data buyers. Conventionally known methods of achieving data privacy tend to suppress components of data that may result in reduced utility of the data. Systems and methods of the present disclosure compute this tradeoff to establish need for data transformation, if any, before data is shared with data sellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Dilys Thomas, Sachin Premsukh Lodha, Kalyani Mashiwal, Vijayanand Mahadeo Banahatti, Kishore Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20190057225
    Abstract: Systems and methods for computing data privacy-utility tradeoff is disclosed. Large data hubs like data marketplace are a source of data that may be of utility to data buyers. However, output data provided to data sellers is required to meet the privacy requirements of data sellers and at the same time maintain a level of utility to data buyers. Conventionally known methods of achieving data privacy tend to suppress components of data that may result in reduced utility of the data. Systems and methods of the present disclosure compute this tradeoff to establish need for data transformation, if any, before data is shared with data sellers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Dilys THOMAS, Sachin Premsukh LODHA, Kalyani MASHIWAL, Vijayanand Mahadeo BANAHATTI, Kishore PADMANABHAN
  • Patent number: 9569475
    Abstract: A plurality of mid-tier databases form a single, consistent cache grid for data in one or more backend data sources, such as a database system. The mid-tier databases may be standard relational databases. Cache agents at each mid-tier database swap in data from the backend database as needed. Ownership locks maintain consistency in the cache grid. Cache agents prevent database operations that will modify cached data in a mid-tier database unless and until ownership of the cached data can be acquired for the mid-tier database. Cache groups define what backend data may be cached, as well as a general structure in which the backend data is to be cached. Metadata for cache groups is shared to ensure that data is cached in the same form throughout the entire grid. Ownership of cached data can then be tracked through a mapping of cached instances of data to particular mid-tier databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Kim Hoang, Tirthankar Lahiri, Marie-Anne Neimat, Chih-Ping Wang, John E. Miller, Dilys Thomas, Nagender Bandi, Susan Cheng
  • Patent number: 8401994
    Abstract: A plurality of mid-tier databases form a single, consistent cache grid for data in a one or more backend data sources, such as a database system. The mid-tier databases may be standard relational databases. Cache agents at each mid-tier database swap in data from the backend database as needed. Consistency in the cache grid is maintained by ownership locks. Cache agents prevent database operations that will modify cached data in a mid-tier database unless and until ownership of the cached data can be acquired for the mid-tier database. Cache groups define what backend data may be cached, as well as a general structure in which the backend data is to be cached. Metadata for cache groups is shared to ensure that data is cached in the same form throughout the entire grid. Ownership of cached data can then be tracked through a mapping of cached instances of data to particular mid-tier databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Chi Hoang, Tirthankar Lahiri, Marie-Anne Neimat, Chih-Ping Wang, John Miller, Dilys Thomas, Nagender Bandi, Susan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110072217
    Abstract: A plurality of mid-tier databases form a single, consistent cache grid for data in a one or more backend data sources, such as a database system. The mid-tier databases may be standard relational databases. Cache agents at each mid-tier database swap in data from the backend database as needed. Consistency in the cache grid is maintained by ownership locks. Cache agents prevent database operations that will modify cached data in a mid-tier database unless and until ownership of the cached data can be acquired for the mid-tier database. Cache groups define what backend data may be cached, as well as a general structure in which the backend data is to be cached. Metadata for cache groups is shared to ensure that data is cached in the same form throughout the entire grid. Ownership of cached data can then be tracked through a mapping of cached instances of data to particular mid-tier databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Chi Hoang, Tirthankar Lahiri, Marie-Anne Neimat, Chih-Ping Wang, John Miller, Dilys Thomas, Nagender Bandi, Susan Cheng
  • Patent number: 7882121
    Abstract: A query generation using cardinality constraints process including choosing a first set of parameters for a query, calculating an additional set of parameters based on the first set of parameters, executing the query using additional set of parameters, evaluating the cardinality error the additional set of parameters, and refining the additional set of parameters to meet the desired cardinality constraint. Creating a query and selecting parameters for the query to meet a desired cardinality constraint or set of cardinality constraints when the query is executed against a database may be difficult. A query generation using cardinality constraints process may create a set of parameters for a query which satisfies a desired cardinality constraint or set of cardinality constraints. An application of such a query generation using cardinality constraints process may be database component and code testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas Bruno, Surajit Chaudhuri, Dilys Thomas
  • Publication number: 20070185851
    Abstract: A query generation using cardinality constraints process including choosing a first set of parameters for a query, calculating an additional set of parameters based on the first set of parameters, executing the query using additional set of parameters, evaluating the cardinality error the additional set of parameters, and refining the additional set of parameters to meet the desired cardinality constraint. Creating a query and selecting parameters for the query to meet a desired cardinality constraint or set of cardinality constraints when the query is executed against a database may be difficult. A query generation using cardinality constraints process may create a set of parameters for a query which satisfies a desired cardinality constraint or set of cardinality constraints. An application of such a query generation using cardinality constraints process may be database component and code testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas Bruno, Surajit Chaudhuri, Dilys Thomas