Patents by Inventor Ed Blair

Ed Blair 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: 9934259
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for accessing information that describes a hierarchical schema for assembling multiple time series of data in a distributed manner. The hierarchical schema associates each of the time series with a particular level of the hierarchical schema and prescribes a structure of relationships between time series assigned to different levels of the hierarchical schema. Multiple time series associated with a lowest level of the hierarchical schema are assembled by inventorying a portion of a data set. Multiple time series associated with an intermediate level of the hierarchical schema are assembled by aggregating the time series associated with the lowest level based on the structure of nested relationships. Also, multiple additional time series that are associated with the intermediate level and which were assembled by other grid-computing devices are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Leonard, Ed Blair
  • Publication number: 20150052173
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for accessing information that describes a hierarchical schema for assembling multiple time series of data in a distributed manner. The hierarchical schema associates each of the time series with a particular level of the hierarchical schema and prescribes a structure of relationships between time series assigned to different levels of the hierarchical schema. Multiple time series associated with a lowest level of the hierarchical schema are assembled by inventorying a portion of a data set. Multiple time series associated with an intermediate level of the hierarchical schema are assembled by aggregating the time series associated with the lowest level based on the structure of nested relationships. Also, multiple additional time series that are associated with the intermediate level and which were assembled by other grid-computing devices are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Michael J. Leonard, Ed Blair