Patents by Inventor Janet L. Wiener

Janet L. Wiener 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: 20100198807
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and associated operating methods use performance maps created by evaluating robustness of a database operator, query plan, or query to analyze health of a currently-executing query. The computer-implemented system comprises logic that receives one or more robustness maps of measured database system performance acquired during database execution in a predetermined range of runtime conditions. The logic analyzes state of a currently-executing query by locating the query's performance on the robustness maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Harumi Kuno, Umeshwar Dayal, Janet L. Wiener, Goetz Graefe
  • Publication number: 20100198811
    Abstract: Computer-implemented and associated operating methods evaluate robustness of a query plan by measuring performance with regard to a range of runtime conditions and producing a map of relative performance of the given query plan when compared with alternative plans for a range of conditions. The computer-implemented system comprises logic that evaluates the selected query plan in comparison to multiple alternative query plans in a predetermined range of runtime conditions that include data characteristics. The logic produces a set of performance measurements and analyzes the measured performance to map performance of the selected query plan in comparison to performance of one or more alternative query plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Janet L. Wiener, Goetz Graefe, Harumi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20100198809
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and associated operating methods take measurements and landmarks associated with robustness maps and perform tests evaluating the robustness of a database engine's operator implementations and/or query components. The illustrative computer-implemented system comprises logic that receives one or more robustness maps of measured database system performance acquired during database execution in a predetermined range of runtime conditions and uses information from the robustness map or maps to perform regression testing wherein landmarks in the robustness maps are operated upon as a robustness bugs describing conditions under which a predetermined implementation of a database operator or query component degrades in a manner different from a predetermined expected manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Goetz Graefe, Harumi Kuno, Janet L. Wiener
  • Publication number: 20100198806
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and associated operating methods use atomic query maps to identify and evaluate database query plan robustness landmarks. The computer-implemented system comprises logic that evaluates robustness of a selected atomic query by measuring performance of atomic query execution in a predetermined range of runtime conditions that include data characteristics. The logic produces a set of measurements that can be displayed as one or more performance maps and analyzes the measured performance to identify landmarks indicative of database atomic query performance degradation greater than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Goetz Graefe, Murali M. Krishna, Harumi Kuno, Janet L. Wiener
  • Patent number: 6598051
    Abstract: A connectivity server for a collecting, arranging and representing data defining the interconnection of pages on the World Wide Web (Web). A URL Database stores URLs and associates a fingerprint and CS_id with each URL. The URL Database interface is operable to translate between any two of a URL, a fingerprint, and a Host_id. A Host Database associates a Host_id with each distinct hostname in the URL Database. The Host Database interface is operable to accept a Host_id and return a number equal to the number of URLs on the respective host and to return the CS_ids of those URLs. A Link Database stores links between source URLs and destination URLs. The Link Database interface is operable to retrieve, for a given CS_id, the number of inlinks to and outlinks from the URL corresponding to the CS_id.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Altavista Company
    Inventors: Janet L. Wiener, Raymond P. Stata, Michael Burrows