Patents by Inventor Scott Gnau

Scott Gnau 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).

  • Dynamic query and step routing between systems tuned for different objectives
    Patent number: 8392404
    Abstract: A virtual regulator monitors and manages a plurality of database systems in a domain. Each of the database systems is tuned for a particular type of workload, and the virtual regulator or multiple virtual regulators running in parallel routes a set of one or more queries to a particular database system within the domain based on a cost function for each database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Brown, Scott Gnau, John Mark Morris, William Ward