Patents by Inventor Randy Hu

Randy Hu 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).

  • Metadata indexing for information management using both data records and associated metadata records
    Patent number: 12038979
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer system, and computer program product for managing information. A set of bucket hashes and comparison information for a data record are identified by a computer system. The set of bucket hashes is generated from the comparison information, wherein the set of bucket hashes and the comparison information form a metadata record. A number of candidate metadata records in a metadata database is identified by the computer system using the set of bucket hashes, wherein the number of candidate metadata records comprises a set of candidate bucket hashes and candidate comparison information. An entity membership is identified by the computer system for the data record from a comparison of the comparison information in the metadata record with the candidate comparison information in the number of candidate metadata records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Seth, Soma Shekar Naganna, Randy Hu, James Albert O'Neill, Jr.
  • METADATA INDEXING FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20220164396
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer system, and computer program product for managing information. A set of bucket hashes and comparison information for a data record are identified by a computer system. The set of bucket hashes is generated from the comparison information, wherein the set of bucket hashes and the comparison information form a metadata record. A number of candidate metadata records in a metadata database is identified by the computer system using the set of bucket hashes, wherein the number of candidate metadata records comprises a set of candidate bucket hashes and candidate comparison information. An entity membership is identified by the computer system for the data record from a comparison of the comparison information in the metadata record with the candidate comparison information in the number of candidate metadata records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Abhishek Seth, Soma Shekar Naganna, Randy Hu, James Albert O'Neill, JR.