Patents by Inventor Steven Alan Kirk

Steven Alan Kirk 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).

  • Patent number: 12153576
    Abstract: Queries may be accelerated with compound disjunctive conditions. A query is received and a compound disjunctive condition identified. Different strategies, such as inferring and adding additional disjunctive join conditions, may be implemented as part of query planning. These additional disjunctive join conditions may be included in a query plan generated for the query, which is then executed to return a result for the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Alan Kirk, Mohammed Alkateb, Andreas Michael Kipf
  • Patent number: 12111833
    Abstract: Queries may be accelerated with disjunctive equijoin conditions. A query is received and a disjunctive equijoin condition identified. Different strategies, such as creating a filter data structure for distinct equijoins may be implemented where the filter data structure is applied to the result of scan operations for the disjunctive equijoin conditions. These strategies may be incorporated into a query plan generated for the query, which is then executed to return a result for the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Alan Kirk, Mohammed Alkateb, Andreas Michael Kipf