Patents by Inventor Patrick Scott Thomas

Patrick Scott Thomas 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).

  • Managing data deletion among multiple data stores
    Patent number: 12783462
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes accessing metadata that indicates how data sets that include a specified type of data are mapped among multiple data stores within a data management platform. The method includes auditing the data sets, based on the mapping, to determine where, among the data stores, instances of the specified type of data are stored. The method further takes an offline snapshot of the data stores that include the specified type of data to capture a current state of the instances of the specified type of data that were identified during the auditing and searches the offline snapshot for instances of the specified type of data that are marked for deletion. The method also deletes the marked instances of the specified type of data according to a data deletion policy that governs how the instances are to be deleted. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Vidhya Arvind, David Imran Noor, Vinay Kumar Chella, Van Quie Luy, Patrick Scott Thomas
  • MANAGING DATA DELETION AMONG MULTIPLE DATA STORES
    Publication number: 20260105025
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes accessing metadata that indicates how data sets that include a specified type of data are mapped among multiple data stores within a data management platform. The method includes auditing the data sets, based on the mapping, to determine where, among the data stores, instances of the specified type of data are stored. The method further takes an offline snapshot of the data stores that include the specified type of data to capture a current state of the instances of the specified type of data that were identified during the auditing and searches the offline snapshot for instances of the specified type of data that are marked for deletion. The method also deletes the marked instances of the specified type of data according to a data deletion policy that governs how the instances are to be deleted. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Vidhya Arvind, David Imran Noor, Vinay Kumar Chella, Van Quie Luy, Patrick Scott Thomas