Patents by Inventor Jonathan W. Wierenga

Jonathan W. Wierenga 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: 11455217
    Abstract: Transaction consistency query support is available for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores. An external data store is populated with records using entries of a change data table. The change data table has entries for each transaction that has committed and is to be replicated, and each of the entries stores information for each log entry in a recovery log from a database management system. Each log entry identifies a transactional change of data and a transaction completion indicator of one of commit and abort. In response to receiving a query about a transaction of the transactions, a set of records are retrieved from the external data store for the transaction. From the set of records, records whose sequence identifier values are larger than a maximum transaction commit sequence identifier are removed. From the set of records, remaining records having transaction consistency are returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf, Kan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11442823
    Abstract: Transaction consistency query support is available for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores. An external data store is populated with records using entries of a change data table. The change data table has entries for each transaction that has committed and is to be replicated, and each of the entries stores information for each log entry in a recovery log from a database management system. Each log entry identifies a transactional change of data and a transaction completion indicator of one of commit and abort. In response to receiving a query about a transaction of the transactions, a set of records are retrieved from the external data store for the transaction. From the set of records, records whose sequence identifier values are larger than a maximum transaction commit sequence identifier are removed. From the set of records, remaining records having transaction consistency are returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf, Kan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10956403
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Patent number: 10902015
    Abstract: Several replication subscriptions are defined for a table in a database management system. The table is divided into partitions. Each replication subscription replicates transactions to a range of partitions. Subscriptions are assignable to different consistency groups. Transaction consistency is preserved at the consistency group level. A persistent delay table is created for each of several apply functions. Each apply function processes replication subscriptions for one consistency group, to replicate the table to a target table in parallel. Transactions for a given range of a partition are executed in parallel. When an apply function upon a row of the target table results in an error, the row is stored in the delay table. Application of each row in the delay table is repeatedly retried, and if successful, the row is removed from the delay table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Xin Wu, Christian Zentgraf, Xiang W. Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190087450
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, SI BIN FAN, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Patent number: 10216582
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for replicating relational transactional log data to a big data platform. Change records contained in change data tables are fetched. A relational change history with transaction snapshot consistency is rebuilt to generate consistent change records by joining the change data tables and a unit of work table based on a commit sequence identifier. The consistent change records are stored on the big data platform, and queries are answered on the big data platform using the consistent change records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf
  • Patent number: 10216584
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for replicating relational transactional log data to a big data platform. Change records contained in change data tables are fetched. A relational change history with transaction snapshot consistency is rebuilt to generate consistent change records by joining the change data tables and a unit of work table based on a commit sequence identifier. The consistent change records are stored on the big data platform, and queries are answered on the big data platform using the consistent change records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf
  • Patent number: 10176216
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Patent number: 10083202
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Publication number: 20180203913
    Abstract: Several replication subscriptions are defined for a table in a database management system. The table is divided into partitions. Each replication subscription replicates transactions to a range of partitions. Subscriptions are assignable to different consistency groups. Transaction consistency is preserved at the consistency group level. A persistent delay table is created for each of several apply functions. Each apply function processes replication subscriptions for one consistency group, to replicate the table to a target table in parallel. Transactions for a given range of a partition are executed in parallel. When an apply function upon a row of the target table results in an error, the row is stored in the delay table. Application of each row in the delay table is repeatedly retried, and if successful, the row is removed from the delay table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'Costa, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Xin Wu, Christian Zentgraf, Xiang W. Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180113771
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for transaction consistency query support for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores. An external data store is populated with records using entries of a change data table. The change data table has entries for each transaction that has committed and is to be replicated, and each of the entries stores information for each log entry in a recovery log from a database management system. Each log entry identifies a transactional change of data and a transaction completion indicator of one of commit and abort. In response to receiving a query about a transaction of the transactions, a set of records are retrieved from the external data store for the transaction. From the set of records, records whose sequence identifier values are larger than a maximum transaction commit sequence identifier are removed. From the set of records, remaining records having transaction consistency are returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F.M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf, Kan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180113766
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for replicating relational transactional log data to a big data platform. Change records contained in change data tables are fetched. A relational change history with transaction snapshot consistency is rebuilt to generate consistent change records by joining the change data tables and a unit of work table based on a commit sequence identifier. The consistent change records are stored on the big data platform, and queries are answered on the big data platform using the consistent change records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F.M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf
  • Publication number: 20180046551
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for replicating relational transactional log data to a big data platform. Change records contained in change data tables are fetched. A relational change history with transaction snapshot consistency is rebuilt to generate consistent change records by joining the change data tables and a unit of work table based on a commit sequence identifier. The consistent change records are stored on the big data platform, and queries are answered on the big data platform using the consistent change records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F.M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf
  • Publication number: 20170351585
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for transaction consistency query support for replicated data from recovery log to external data stores. An external data store is populated with records using entries of a change data table. The change data table has entries for each transaction that has committed and is to be replicated, and each of the entries stores information for each log entry in a recovery log from a database management system. Each log entry identifies a transactional change of data and a transaction completion indicator of one of commit and abort. In response to receiving a query about a transaction of the transactions, a set of records are retrieved from the external data store for the transaction. From the set of records, records whose sequence identifier values are larger than a maximum transaction commit sequence identifier are removed. From the set of records, remaining records having transaction consistency are returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F.M. D'Costa, Yat On Lau, Xiao Li, Hong Min, Gong Su, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Christian Zentgraf, Kan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9734223
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to determine differences between a source table and a target table in a database environment, as being persistent or transient. A first set of differences between the source table and the target table is determined at a first point in time. A second set of differences between the source table and the target table is determined at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time. At least one of a set of persistent differences and a set of transient differences is determined. The set of persistent differences includes a set intersection of the first and second sets of differences, the set intersection being filtered based on matching non-key values of the differences. The set of transient differences includes a relative complement of the second set of differences in the first set of differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Yat O. Lau, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga
  • Patent number: 9727625
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system uses parallel transaction messages for database replication. The system receives transaction messages from a source system via a plurality of parallel send queues in a receive queue. Each transaction message includes a message identifier indicating a commit order for that transaction. The system reads transaction messages in the receive queue in order in which they were committed against a source database based on the message identifier, and applies changes described by the transaction messages to a target database. Two or more transaction messages in the receive queue are applied to the target database in parallel. The system deletes transaction messages from the receive queue asynchronously to applying changes described by those transaction messages to the target database. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for parallel transaction messages in substantially the same manners described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Austin F. M. D'costa, Somil Kulkarni, Yat On Lau, Jonathan W. Wierenga
  • Publication number: 20170220628
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Publication number: 20170220625
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Publication number: 20170220627
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng
  • Patent number: 9542406
    Abstract: A method for verifying data consistency between update-in-place data structures and append-only data structures containing change histories associated with the update-in-place data structures is provided. The method includes loading data from an update-in-place data structure to a first set of hash buckets in a processing platform, loading data from append-only data structures to a second set of hash buckets in the processing platform, performing a bucket-level comparison between the data in the first set of hash buckets and the data in the second set of has buckets, and generating a report based on the bucket-level comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Serge Bourbonnais, Si Bin Fan, Xiao Li, Jonathan W. Wierenga, Mai Zeng