Patents by Inventor Shawn Allen Howarth

Shawn Allen Howarth 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).

  • METHOD OF BUILDING A COMPRESSION DICTIONARY DURING DATA POPULATING OPERATIONS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20090198716
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronously building a Ziv-Lempel dictionary during online insert processing. In one embodiment the invention includes a method for processing information that includes the steps of initiating a process for adding data to a data object including a table and determining if a predetermined condition exists for triggering the creation of a compression dictionary. The compression dictionary is then created if the predetermined condition exists. Once created, the dictionary may then be inserted into the data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn Allen Howarth, Leo Tat Man Lau, William R. Minor, Billy Phu, Aleksandrs Santars, Michael Jeffrey Winer