Patents by Inventor Viyayshankar Raman

Viyayshankar Raman 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).

  • Data encoding and processing columnar data
    Patent number: 9244935
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are provided for accessing a plurality of data elements. A page of column data is stored in a format that includes compressed and/or non-compressed elements, with the format including a plurality of arrays and a vector. Each of the arrays stores elements with common characteristics, with the vector functioning as a mapping to the stored data elements. The vector is leveraged to identify an array and determine an offset to support access to one or more of the data elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Barber, Sam S. Lightstone, Guy M. Lohman, Lin Qiao, Viyayshankar Raman, Richard S. Sidle
  • Data Encoding and Processing Columnar Data
    Publication number: 20140372389
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are provided for accessing a plurality of data elements. A page of column data is stored in a format that includes compressed and/or non-compressed elements, with the format including a plurality of arrays and a vector. Each of the arrays stores elements with common characteristics, with the vector functioning as a mapping to the stored data elements. The vector is leveraged to identify an array and determine an offset to support access to one or more of the data elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald J. Barber, Sam S. Lightstone, Guy M. Lohman, Lin Qiao, Viyayshankar Raman, Richard S. Sidle