Patents by Inventor Mohamed A. Abbour

Mohamed A. Abbour 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).

  • Workload balancing in a distributed database
    Patent number: 10108654
    Abstract: A distributed database management system balances the load on query boundaries and to achieve a more evenly balanced load. The system includes two or more query processors with a common data source. A database client manages a transaction including two or more queries. A transaction analyzer checks if a transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. A query processor optimizer locates the optimum query processor for each query in the transaction based on workload of each query processor, while a workload balancer directs each query to the optimum query processor if the transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. This approach is particularly well suited to a clustered database environment that includes query processor nodes that work off a shared disk to provide database access to clients that connect to the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Abbour, Ciaran De Buitlear, Roy R. Cecil, John Matthews, Patrick A. Meehan
  • WORKLOAD BALANCING IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE
    Publication number: 20170046375
    Abstract: A distributed database management system balances the load on query boundaries and to achieve a more evenly balanced load. The system includes two or more query processors with a common data source. A database client manages a transaction including two or more queries. A transaction analyzer checks if a transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. A query processor optimizer locates the optimum query processor for each query in the transaction based on workload of each query processor, while a workload balancer directs each query to the optimum query processor if the transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. This approach is particularly well suited to a clustered database environment that includes query processor nodes that work off a shared disk to provide database access to clients that connect to the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Abbour, Ciaran De Buitlear, Roy R. Cecil, John Matthews, Patrick A. Meehan
  • Workload balancing in a distributed database
    Patent number: 9542429
    Abstract: A distributed database management system balances the load on query boundaries and to achieve a more evenly balanced load. The system includes two or more query processors with a common data source. A database client manages a transaction including two or more queries. A transaction analyzer checks if a transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. A query processor optimizer locates the optimum query processor for each query in the transaction based on workload of each query processor, while a workload balancer directs each query to the optimum query processor if the transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. This approach is particularly well suited to a clustered database environment that includes query processor nodes that work off a shared disk to provide database access to clients that connect to the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Abbour, Roy R. Cecil, Ciaran De Buitlear, John Matthews, Patrick A. Meehan
  • WORKLOAD BALANCING IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE
    Publication number: 20140297611
    Abstract: A distributed database management system balances the load on query boundaries and to achieve a more evenly balanced load. The system includes two or more query processors with a common data source. A database client manages a transaction including two or more queries. A transaction analyzer checks if a transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. A query processor optimizer locates the optimum query processor for each query in the transaction based on workload of each query processor, while a workload balancer directs each query to the optimum query processor if the transaction can be processed by more than one query processor. This approach is particularly well suited to a clustered database environment that includes query processor nodes that work off a shared disk to provide database access to clients that connect to the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Abbour, Roy R. Cecil, Ciaran De Buitlear, John Matthews, Patrick A. Meehan