Patents by Inventor Robert Blafford

Robert Blafford 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).

  • Activating a coprocessor to transform queued data associated with a topic
    Patent number: 12693866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses and systems for transforming data within a queuing system, including activating a first coprocessor for a first topic in the queuing system based on a first script identified for the first topic, obtaining a first initialization offset identifying a position in a queue of data elements associated with the first topic, storing a first coprocessor offset based on the first initialization offset, obtaining a last offset identifying a position of a last received data element in the queue of data elements associated with the topic, executing the first coprocessor against a first data element from a queue of data elements based on a comparison between the first coprocessor offset and the last offset to produce a first transformed data element, and storing the first transformed data element in a first materialized topic associated with the first topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Redpanda Data, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Gallego, Robert Blafford
  • Queuing System
    Publication number: 20220222080
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses and systems for transforming data within a queuing system, including activating a first coprocessor for a first topic in the queuing system based on a first script identified for the first topic, obtaining a first initialization offset identifying a position in a queue of data elements associated with the first topic, storing a first coprocessor offset based on the first initialization offset, obtaining a last offset identifying a position of a last received data element in the queue of data elements associated with the topic, executing the first coprocessor against a first data element from a queue of data elements based on a comparison between the first coprocessor offset and the last offset to produce a first transformed data element, and storing the first transformed data element in a first materialized topic associated with the first topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Gallego, Robert Blafford