Patents by Inventor Richard Leon Kimball, III

Richard Leon Kimball, III 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).

  • Reducing skew for database operation processing with randomization
    Patent number: 10545923
    Abstract: A database operation is performed in a file system residing on a plurality of processing modules. The file system includes a first relation having a plurality of first-relation entries. Each of the plurality of first-relation entries has a first-relation attribute that is of interest in the database operation. A value of a distribution attribute in each of the first-relation entries is set to a unique value selected from among a domain of unique values. The first-relation entries of the first relation are redistributed among the plurality of processing modules based on the first-relation attribute and the distribution attribute. The computational operation is performed to produce a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Leon Kimball, III, Paul Laurence Sinclair, Grace Kwan-On Au