Patents by Inventor Istvan Cseri

Istvan Cseri 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: 11347485
    Abstract: A system comprises at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions. When executed, the instructions cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising receiving, in a compiling process, a request to create a Java user-defined table function (Java UDTF), the Java UDTF including code related to receiving one or more input tables and transforming the one or more input tables to an output table; verifying a construct of the Java UDTF in the request is correct; and compiling to generate execution code that includes the Java UDTF when the construct of the Java UDTF is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Elliott Brossard, Istvan Cseri, Derek Denny-Brown, Filip Drozdowski, Isaac Kunen, Edward Ma
  • Publication number: 20220164339
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for scheduling of data processing tasks are disclosed. A method includes performing a modification on a first set of immutable partitions storing database data to generate a second set of immutable partitions. The second set is associated with a modified version of the database data. A change tracking entry is entered in a stream of tracking entries based on committing the modification. The change tracking entry includes an indication of the modification on the first set of immutable partitions. A stream offset of the stream of tracking entries is advanced based on the entering of the change tracking entry in the stream of tracking entries. The stream offset indicates a timestamp associated with a latest committed modification to the database data. A data processing task is scheduled for execution on the modified version of the database data based on the advancing of the stream offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Publication number: 20220138184
    Abstract: A database platform receives an object identifier from a client in association with a database session. The client is associated with a customer account of the database platform, and the database session is associated with the client. The customer account includes multiple disjoint account-level namespaces, each of which represents a distinct context for resolution of object identifiers, such that matching object identifiers in different account-level namespaces in the customer account do not collide with respect to object-identifier resolution. The database platform determines that the object identifier does not specify an account-level namespace, and responsively resolves the object identifier with reference to a current account-level namespace of the database session by identifying an object corresponding to the object identifier in the customer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Istvan Cseri, Benoit Dageville, Zheng Mi, Subramanian Muralidhar
  • Patent number: 11321309
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for tracking a series of changes to database data are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction to modify data in a micro-partition of a table of a database by generating a new micro-partition that embodies the transaction. The method includes associating transaction data with the new micro-partition, wherein the transaction data comprises a timestamp when the transaction was fully executed, and further includes associating modification data with the new micro-partition that comprises an indication of one or more rows of the table that were modified by the transaction. The method includes joining the transaction data with the modification data to generate joined data and querying the joined data to determine a listing of intermediate modifications made to the table between a first timestamp and a second timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten Grabs, Istvan Cseri, Benoit Dageville
  • Publication number: 20220129335
    Abstract: A query referencing a function associated with a remote software component is received by a network-based data warehouse system. Temporary security credentials corresponding to a role at a cloud computing service platform are obtained. The role has permission to send calls to a web endpoint corresponding to the remote software component. A request comprising input data and electronically signed using the temporary security credentials is sent to a web Application Programming Interface (API) management system of the cloud computing service platform. The request, when received by the web API management system, causes the web API management system to invoke external functionality provided by the remote software component at the web endpoint with respect to the input data. A response comprising a result of invoking the external functionality is received from the web API management system, and the result data is processed according to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Isaac Kunen, Igor Zinkovsky
  • Patent number: 11308078
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for executing a task on database data in response to a trigger event are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction on a table comprising database data, wherein executing the transaction comprises generating a new table version. The method includes, in response to the transaction being fully executed, generating a change tracking entry comprising an indication of one or more modifications made to the table by the transaction and storing the change tracking entry in a change tracking stream. The method includes executing a task on the new table version in response to a trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Publication number: 20220114180
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for selective scanning of external partitions. In an embodiment, a database platform receives a query directed at least in part to an external table stored on an external data storage platform. The external table is partitioned into partitions corresponding to storage locations in the external data storage platform. The database platform prunes, using external-table metadata that is stored by the database platform and that maps the partitions of the external table to the storage locations in the external data storage platform, those partitions that do not potentially contain data that satisfies the query. The database platform identifies data that satisfies the query by scanning any one or more of the partitions of the external table that were not pruned, and responds to the query at least in part with the identified data that satisfies the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Nileema Shingte, Saurin Shah, Torsten Grabs, Istvan Cseri
  • Patent number: 11301451
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for a stream object configuration, including configuring and processing streams on views. For example, a method includes detecting a first stream object on a view. The view includes a query associated with a source table. A syntax tree of the query is determined based on a definition of the view. The view is expanded based on replacing the first stream object with the syntax tree. The syntax tree includes a second stream object on the source table. Stream expansion of the second stream object is performed based on computing changes on the source table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Tyler Jones, Daniel Mills, Daniel E. Sotolongo
  • Patent number: 11294882
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for transactional processing of change tracking data for a database are discussed. A method includes generating a micro-partition based on execution of a transaction on a table of a database, the micro-partition reflecting changes made to the table by the transaction. A change tracking entry is generated in response to the execution of the transaction. The change tracking entry includes an indication of one or more modifications made to the table by the transaction and an indication of the micro-partition generated based on the execution of the transaction. The change tracking entry is stored in the micro-partition as metadata. At least one existing micro-partition is removed from the table, responsive to storing the change tracking entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Publication number: 20220100758
    Abstract: External functions can provide users of a database system the ability to invoke external services while operating from inside the database system. The techniques described herein address may detect throttling by the external system and automatically adjust or modify a request rate accordingly. Also, the techniques described herein may increase the request rate to optimize the use of the resources provided by the external system. These techniques allow the database system to improve efficiency when working with external services, which may or may not be elastic or scalable. Moreover, these techniques can decrease query execution times and reduce costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Elliott Brossard, Istvan Cseri, Isaac Kunen, Nitya Kumar Sharma, Igor Zinkovsky
  • Publication number: 20220075776
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for pruning external data. In an embodiment, a database platform receives a query directed at least in part to external data in an external table on an external data storage platform. The external table includes partitions that correspond to storage locations in a source directory of the external data storage platform. The storage locations contain files that contain the external data. The database platform identifies, from external-table metadata that is stored by the database platform and that maps the partitions of the external table to the storage locations in the source directory, a subset of the partitions as including data that potentially satisfies the query. The database platform identifies data that satisfies the query by scanning the identified subset of the partitions, and responds to the query at least in part with the identified data that satisfies the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Nileema Shingte, Saurin Shah, Torsten Grabs, Istvan Cseri
  • Patent number: 11269866
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for executing a task on database data in response to a trigger event are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction on a table comprising database data, wherein executing the transaction comprises generating a new table version. The method includes, in response to the transaction being fully executed, generating a change tracking entry comprising an indication of one or more modifications made to the table by the transaction and storing the change tracking entry in a change tracking stream. The method includes executing a task on the new table version in response to a trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Patent number: 11269868
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automated maintenance of external tables in database systems are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a database platform, read access to content in an external data storage platform that is separate from the database platform. The method includes defining an external table based on the content in the external data storage platform. The method includes connecting the database platform to the external table such that the database platform has read access for the external table and does not have write access for the external table. The method includes generating metadata for the external table, the metadata comprising information about data stored in the external table. The method includes receiving a notification that a modification has been made to the content in the external data storage platform, the modification comprising one or more of an addition of a file, a deletion of a file, or an update to a file in a source location for the external table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Nileema Shingte, Saurin Shah, Torsten Grabs, Istvan Cseri
  • Patent number: 11269869
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing queries over external tables. In an embodiment, a database platform receives a query directed at least to data in an external table stored in a storage platform that is external to the database platform. The database platform uses metadata that summarizes the data in the external table to identify one or more partitions of the external table as potentially including data satisfying the query, and generates a query plan that includes a plurality of discrete subtasks that collectively include instructions to scan the identified one or more partitions of the external table for data satisfying the query. The database platform assigns, based on the metadata, the plurality of discrete subtasks to one or more nodes in an execution platform, and refreshes the metadata in response to a threshold number of modifications being made to the external table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Nileema Shingte, Saurin Shah, Torsten Grabs, Istvan Cseri
  • Publication number: 20220058160
    Abstract: The subject technology receives an operation to perform on an external data source accessible via a network, the external data source being hosted by an external system separate from a network-based database system. The subject technology determines a set of shards corresponding to the external data source. The subject technology determines a set of offsets of each shard of the set of shards. The subject technology, based on the set of shards and the set of offsets, performs the operation on the external data source. The subject technology provides an indication that the operation is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Tyler Jones
  • Patent number: 11250006
    Abstract: A streaming ingest platform can improve latency and expense issues related to uploading data into a cloud data system. The streaming ingest platform can organize the data to be ingested into per-table chunks and per-account blobs. This data may be committed and may be made available for query processing before it is ingested into the target source tables. This significantly improves latency issues. The streaming ingest platform can also accommodate uploading data from various sources with different processing and communication capabilities, such as Internet of Things (IOT) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Arthur Akidau, Istvan Cseri, Tyler Jones, Daniel E. Sotolongo, Zhuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11249829
    Abstract: A query referencing a function associated with a remote software component is received by a network-based data warehouse system. Temporary security credentials corresponding to a role at a cloud computing service platform are obtained. The role has permission to send calls to a web endpoint corresponding to the remote software component. A request comprising input data and electronically signed using the temporary security credentials is sent to a web Application Programming Interface (API) management system of the cloud computing service platform. The request, when received by the web API management system, causes the web API management system to invoke external functionality provided by the remote software component at the web endpoint with respect to the input data. A response comprising a result of invoking the external functionality is received from the web API management system, and the result data is processed according to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Isaac Kunen, Igor Zinkovsky
  • Patent number: 11249988
    Abstract: A database platform receives an object identifier from a client in association with a database session. The client is associated with a customer account of the database platform, and the database session is associated with the client. In response to receiving the object identifier, the database platform identifies a resolution namespace for the object identifier, where the resolution namespace for the object identifier is a namespace that is specified in the object identifier if the object identifier includes a specified namespace, and where the resolution namespace is otherwise a current account-level namespace of the database session. The database platform resolves the object identifier with reference to the identified resolution namespace for the object identifier, including identifying an object corresponding to the object identifier in the customer account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Istvan Cseri, Benoit Dageville, Zheng Mi, Subramanian Muralidhar
  • Patent number: 11243947
    Abstract: A query referencing an external table function provided by a remote software component is received. Requests to execute the external table function on input data are sent to a proxy service. A first request includes a batch of input rows from the input data. A first response to the first request received from the proxy service includes a first portion of result data and a pagination token. The pagination token indicates that at least a second portion of the result data corresponding to the first batch of input rows is to be obtained from the remote software component. Based on the pagination token, a second request is sent to obtain the second portion of the result data. One or more responses are received from the proxy service that comprise at least the second portion of the result data. The result data is processed according to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Srilakshmi Chintala, Istvan Cseri, Albert L. Hu, Isaac Kunen, Nitya Kumar Sharma, Igor Zinkovsky
  • Publication number: 20220035611
    Abstract: The subject technology receives first code in a first programming language, the first code including a reference to a first dataset. The subject technology converting the first code to: second code in a second programming language different than the first programming language, and at least one data query in a second format different than the first programming language. Further the subject technology sends the converted first code and the at least one data query to a data system for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Istvan Cseri, Isaac Kunen, Bing Li, Edward Ma, Srinath Shankar