Patents by Inventor Heath Hafner

Heath Hafner 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).

  • MULTI-CLUSTER DUPLICATE RECORD DETECTION
    Publication number: 20260056975
    Abstract: A duplicate record detector may retrieve and identify sets of corresponding records within a multi-cluster data storage system. The duplicate record detector initially may query each cluster to retrieve record sets including potentially duplicate records. The duplicate record detector then may use a multi-cluster index to reduce each of the initial record sets by determining which records have a corresponding potential duplicate record stored in another cluster. Matching logic may be used to compare and analyze the reduced record sets from each cluster, to determine duplicate records in other clusters using various matching criteria and including duplicate records having non-identical fields. The results of the duplicate record detector may be provided as output via a duplicate record report and/or to initiate automatic removal the duplicate records from one or more of the storage clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Austin Smith, Stephen Wilbourn, Heath Hafner, Peter R. Wenzel, Brian Setzler
  • Multi-cluster duplicate record detection
    Patent number: 12461944
    Abstract: A duplicate record detector may retrieve and identify sets of corresponding records within a multi-cluster data storage system. The duplicate record detector initially may query each cluster to retrieve record sets including potentially duplicate records. The duplicate record detector then may use a multi-cluster index to reduce each of the initial record sets by determining which records have a corresponding potential duplicate record stored in another cluster. Matching logic may be used to compare and analyze the reduced record sets from each cluster, to determine duplicate records in other clusters using various matching criteria and including duplicate records having non-identical fields. The results of the duplicate record detector may be provided as output via a duplicate record report and/or to initiate automatic removal the duplicate records from one or more of the storage clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Austin Smith, Stephen Wilbourn, Heath Hafner, Peter R. Wenzel, Brian Setzler
  • MULTI-CLUSTER DUPLICATE RECORD DETECTION
    Publication number: 20250298812
    Abstract: A duplicate record detector may retrieve and identify sets of corresponding records within a multi-cluster data storage system. The duplicate record detector initially may query each cluster to retrieve record sets including potentially duplicate records. The duplicate record detector then may use a multi-cluster index to reduce each of the initial record sets by determining which records have a corresponding potential duplicate record stored in another cluster. Matching logic may be used to compare and analyze the reduced record sets from each cluster, to determine duplicate records in other clusters using various matching criteria and including duplicate records having non-identical fields. The results of the duplicate record detector may be provided as output via a duplicate record report and/or to initiate automatic removal the duplicate records from one or more of the storage clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Austin Smith, Stephen Wilbourn, Heath Hafner, Peter R. Wenzel, Brian Setzler