Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Fastner

Thomas A. Fastner 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).

  • Transfering database workload among multiple database systems
    Patent number: 7567990
    Abstract: A system includes at least two database systems that both store a common portion of a relational database and that are configured to share in execution of a database workload against that relational database. The system also includes a system-management component configured to receive indication that a first one of the database systems is ceasing operation and, in response, take a second one of the database systems to an operational state in which at least a portion of the database workload that is scheduled to be carried out by the first database system is transferred to the second database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Teradata US, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Mitchell, Thomas A. Fastner