Patents by Inventor Torsten W.E. Ziegler

Torsten W.E. Ziegler 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).

  • Reclamation of empty pages in database tables
    Patent number: 9372880
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for reclamation of empty pages in database tables. In response to receiving a plurality of records for insertion into a database table, the plurality of records are inserted into one or more contiguous pages. In response to at least some of the plurality of records being deleted from the database table, the one or more contiguous pages are reclaimed by: relocating any records from the plurality of records remaining in the one or more contiguous pages and releasing the one or more contiguous pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank-Martin Haas, Nelson Hop Hing, Matthew A. Huras, Catherine S. McArthur, Sean W. McKeough, Keriley K. Romanufa, Torsten W. E. Ziegler
  • RECLAMATION OF EMPTY PAGES IN DATABASE TABLES
    Publication number: 20140324917
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for reclamation of empty pages in database tables. In response to receiving a plurality of records for insertion into a database table, the plurality of records are inserted into one or more contiguous pages. In response to at least some of the plurality of records being deleted from the database table, the one or more contiguous pages are reclaimed by: relocating any records from the plurality of records remaining in the one or more contiguous pages and releasing the one or more contiguous pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: SAP AG, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank-Martin Haas, Nelson Hop Hing, Matthew A. Huras, Catherine S. McArthur, Sean W. McKeough, Keriley K. Romanufa, Torsten W.E. Ziegler