Patents by Inventor James D. SPYKER

James D. SPYKER 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).

  • Publication number: 20180095971
    Abstract: An approach for inter-table parallel refresh in a database management system (DBMS). An inter-table refresher receives DBMS source and target databases comprising source parent and related source child datasets. The inter-table refresher determines a collection of the source parent and the related source child datasets and creates a collection of parent and child refresh segments based on the collection of the source parent and child datasets. The inter-table refresher creates a collection of parent and child refresh batches based on the collection of parent and child refresh segments respectively and outputs an inter-table refresh batch schedule based on the collection of the parent refresh batches and the collection of the child refresh batches where the collection of the parent refresh batches and the collection of the child refresh batches operate concurrently and a current child refresh batch follows the completion of a respective current parent refresh batch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Pravin K. Kedia, Nirmal Kumar, Dev K. Sarkar, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9910745
    Abstract: A primary system is established at a first site. The primary system hosts an application and a primary database for remote users that use the application to manage data of the primary database. A unified data layer is established at a remote site. The unified data layer provides access to data of the primary database without providing access to the primary database. A triggering event that impairs the ability of the primary system to host the application is detected. A recovery system is instantiated in response to detecting the triggering event. The recovery system includes both a recovery instance of the application and a recovery database for the data of the application. The recovery database is populated using the unified data layer. The recovery system is activated such that remote users can access the recovery instance of the application to manage data of the recovery database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anjan G. Lukkoor, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9910737
    Abstract: A method for implementing a change capture system using an event publishing system as a database recovery log is provided. The method may include determining a set of data based on a description of events for which change capture is possible. The method may also include selecting at least one item of data from within the determined set of data, wherein the at least one item of data requires change capture to be performed. Additionally, the method may include identifying at least one published event, wherein the at least one published event is produced by the event publishing system. The method may include instructing the event publishing system to deliver the at least one identified published event to the change capture system. Furthermore, the method may include receiving the at least one identified published event. The method may also include processing the at least one published event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9886347
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a database management system (DBMS) is operated to perform data replication. The DBMS includes a source database and a target database. The source database includes a plurality of first tables respectively comprising one or more first columns, and the target database includes a plurality of second tables respectively comprising one or more second columns. Each of multiple ones of the first columns is mapped to one of the second columns, and each one of the second columns is adapted to store replicated data changes of the first column mapped to the second column. Each of the second columns has an assigned update time, the update time being a moment in time when the second column most recently received incremental data changes from its mapped first column. The DBMS operates to process requested database statements while providing data replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Namik Hrle, Daniel Martin, Chandrasekaran Mohan, Sunil K. Sarin, James D. Spyker, Yongfeng Yao
  • Publication number: 20180032582
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for enabling cross object synchronization. An algorithm is applied in order to obtain a consistent view of multiple Kafka topics. One set of objects are associated with a first Kafka topic and another set of objects are associated with a second Kafka topic. The first Kafka topic and the second Kafka topic are processed as a single Kafka topic which leads to common transactional coordinate points associated with the first and second Kafka topics. The common transaction coordinate point is indicative of a consistent view of the multiple Kafka topics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Anjan G. Lukkoor, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9852201
    Abstract: A computer system for managing replication configurations includes program instructions to receive a replication configuration for replicating data, wherein the replication configuration defines at least a target table in a target database based on a source table in a source database. The program instructions initialize a federated view, wherein the federated view is based on at least the source table in the source database as defined in the replication configuration. The program instructions utilize the federated view to satisfy requesting applications, where requesting applications obtain data from the federated view. The program instructions to, responsive to determining the replication of data is in spec, utilize the target table in the target database to satisfy requesting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9817879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide, systems, methods, and computer program products for asynchronously replicating data from source tables of a source computer system to target tables of a target computer system. Embodiments of the present invention implement an external buffer table (EBT) from which changed data statements can be selectively applied to target tables, which can reduce the number of statements applied to the target tables of the target computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Martin, Christopher R. G. O'Quinn, James D. Spyker, Yongfeng Yao
  • Patent number: 9811577
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide, systems, methods, and computer program products for asynchronously replicating data from source tables of a source computer system to target tables of a target computer system. Embodiments of the present invention implement an external buffer table (EBT) from which changed data statements can be selectively applied to target tables, which can reduce the number of statements applied to the target tables of the target computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Martin, Christopher R. G. O'Quinn, James D. Spyker, Yongfeng Yao
  • Patent number: 9798626
    Abstract: A method for implementing a change capture system using an event publishing system as a database recovery log is provided. The method may include determining a set of data based on a description of events for which change capture is possible. The method may also include selecting at least one item of data from within the determined set of data, wherein the at least one item of data requires change capture to be performed. Additionally, the method may include identifying at least one published event, wherein the at least one published event is produced by the event publishing system. The method may include instructing the event publishing system to deliver the at least one identified published event to the change capture system. Furthermore, the method may include receiving the at least one identified published event. The method may also include processing the at least one published event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170286472
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, by a streaming analytics component, identifying a source database table and a target database table. The target database table includes one or more target database rows and one or more target database columns. The method further includes identifying a change stream including a plurality of row-level modifications that cause the target database table to replicate the source database table. The method further includes determining that each row-level modification affects one or more common columns of the target database columns, wherein the common columns exhibit one or more common values for those of the target database rows that are affected by the row-level modifications. The method further includes generating, based on the common values and the common columns, a reconstructed modification statement and sending the reconstructed modification statement to an apply component. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170286475
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, by a streaming analytics component, identifying a source database table and a target database table. The target database table includes one or more target database rows and one or more target database columns. The method further includes identifying a change stream including a plurality of row-level modifications that cause the target database table to replicate the source database table. The method further includes determining that each row-level modification affects one or more common columns of the target database columns, wherein the common columns exhibit one or more common values for those of the target database rows that are affected by the row-level modifications. The method further includes generating, based on the common values and the common columns, a reconstructed modification statement and sending the reconstructed modification statement to an apply component. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170286515
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for analyzing change stream data. The method includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, a list of changes in a replication stream. The method further includes determining, by one or more computer processors, if one or more changes in the list of changes matches a criteria for a hint. The method further includes in response to determining that one or more of the changes in the list of changes matches the criteria for a hint, inserting, by one or more computer processors, the hint into the list of changes prior to a first change of the one or more changes that triggers a match in criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170286513
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for analyzing change stream data. The method includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, a list of changes in a replication stream. The method further includes determining, by one or more computer processors, if one or more changes in the list of changes matches a criteria for a hint. The method further includes in response to determining that one or more of the changes in the list of changes matches the criteria for a hint, inserting, by one or more computer processors, the hint into the list of changes prior to a first change of the one or more changes that triggers a match in criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170242905
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for replicating structured query language (SQL) in a heterogeneous replication environment is provided. The method includes receiving a first statement for a multi-row operation, whereby the multi-row operation is directed to one or more tables of a database, and whereby the first statement includes a text of a SQL statement in a DBMS transaction log. The method also provides for evaluating whether to create a source tree structure from the received first statement. In response to creating the source tree structure, the method evaluates whether the source tree structure is transformable. The method transforms the source tree structure to a target tree structure in response to evaluating that the source tree structure is transformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: James D. Spyker, Victor L. Szabo, Yongfeng Yao
  • Publication number: 20170228411
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing conflict analysis of replicated changes among nodes in a network A first node and a second node include a first instance and second instance of a data set, respectively. The second node receives a first transaction replicated from the first node, applied to the first instance of the data set. The second node determines a conflict that would occur between the replicated first transaction and a second transaction applied to the second instance of the data set. A conflict policy is applied at the second node to perform a first action in response to determining the conflict. The conflict policy is applied to the first node to perform a second action at the first node to handle the conflict when the first node receives a replication of the second transaction to the second instance of the data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170228415
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing conflict analysis of replicated changes among nodes in a network A first node and a second node include a first instance and second instance of a data set, respectively. The second node receives a first transaction replicated from the first node, applied to the first instance of the data set. The second node determines a conflict that would occur between the replicated first transaction and a second transaction applied to the second instance of the data set. A conflict policy is applied at the second node to perform a first action in response to determining the conflict. The conflict policy is applied to the first node to perform a second action at the first node to handle the conflict when the first node receives a replication of the second transaction to the second instance of the data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9703821
    Abstract: A method facilitates auditing of database transactions by maintaining logical consistency between a source database table and a shadow database table. A bulk command is received that specifies edits to a plurality of rows in the source database table. The bulk command is executed on the source database table. The shadow database table is queried to obtain an indication of the plurality of rows edited by the bulk command. The indication is stored as part of an audit trail for the source database table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170177691
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for workload discovery using real-time analysis of input streams. For a meta workload, changes to data objects made by change operations that are in a replication change stream are stored into a recovery log. Using an analytics engine, one of the recovery log and the replication change stream are analyzed to identify associations between the data objects based on usage and access patterns. The associations are used to identify sub-workloads of the meta workload that form consistency groups for replication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Patent number: 9665635
    Abstract: A computer program product for managing replication configurations includes program instructions to receive a replication configuration for replicating data, wherein the replication configuration defines at least a target table in a target database based on a source table in a source database. The program instructions initialize a federated view, wherein the federated view is based on at least the source table in the source database as defined in the replication configuration. The program instructions utilize the federated view to satisfy requesting applications, where requesting applications obtain data from the federated view. The program instructions to, responsive to determining the replication of data is in spec, utilize the target table in the target database to satisfy requesting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker
  • Publication number: 20170147670
    Abstract: A computer system for managing replication configurations includes program instructions to receive a replication configuration for replicating data, wherein the replication configuration defines at least a target table in a target database based on a source table in a source database. The program instructions initialize a federated view, wherein the federated view is based on at least the source table in the source database as defined in the replication configuration. The program instructions utilize the federated view to satisfy requesting applications, where requesting applications obtain data from the federated view. The program instructions to, responsive to determining the replication of data is in spec, utilize the target table in the target database to satisfy requesting applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Cadarette, James D. Spyker