Patents by Inventor William A. Pugh

William A. Pugh 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: 12316681
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a user application within a unified security context. The data platform authorizes a first user to use an editor to access source code of a user application based on security policies of a security context and authorizes the first user to use an application and data manager to set usage privileges for a second user to use the user application based on the security policies of the security context. To provide the user application to the second user, the data platform deploys the user application by instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server and an application engine of the UDF server within the security context, instantiating the user application as an application of the application engine within the security context, and authorizing access by the user application to databased on the security policies of the security context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Yujui Chen, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Brian Smith, Xu Xu
  • Patent number: 12248587
    Abstract: A data platform for managing an application as a first-class database object. The data object can include User Interface (UI) components. The data application can be shared by a provider account to a plurality of consumer accounts using a share object and based on grant commands. The consumer accounts can deploy and operate the UI component based on the share object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Scott C. Gray, Unmesh Jagtap, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh, Ahmed Waseef Shawkat, Xu Xu
  • Publication number: 20250045444
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a data application. The data platform receives from a first user the data application and provider granted privileges including a consumer usage privilege and a consumer access to data privilege. The data platform authorizes the second user to access the data platform based on one or more consumer account privileges included in a set of account privileges. The data platform authorizes the second user to execute the data application based on the consumer usage privilege. During execution, the data platform authorizes the data application to access the provider database object based on the consumer access to data privilege, and authorizes the data application to access the consumer database object based on a provider access to data privilege provided by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20250036644
    Abstract: A data platform for running a subset of cells in a notebook is provided. The data platform receives a run cells message from a notebook user interface (UI) application specifying the subset of cells to run. For each cell in the subset, the data platform runs the cell to generate a set of results, generates a cell execution stream using the results, stores the stream, and transmits the stream to the notebook UI application. The notebook UI application generates a display for the user using the cell execution stream. The data platform provides an efficient way to run specific cells in a notebook and display the results to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Annissa Al-Alusi, Istvan Cseri, Yifung Lin, Jue Liu, Michael Joseph Papale, William A. Pugh, Jeffrey Shaw, Wei Song, Thiago Teixeira
  • Patent number: 12153698
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a data application. The data platform receives from a first user the data application and provider granted privileges including a consumer usage privilege and a consumer access to data privilege. The data platform authorizes the second user to access the data platform based on one or more consumer account privileges included in a set of account privileges. The data platform authorizes the second user to execute the data application based on the consumer usage privilege. During execution, the data platform authorizes the data application to access the provider database object based on the consumer access to data privilege, and authorizes the data application to access the consumer database object based on a provider access to data privilege provided by the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh
  • Patent number: 12147445
    Abstract: A data platform for running a subset of cells in a notebook is provided. The data platform receives a run cells message from a notebook user interface (UI) application specifying the subset of cells to run. For each cell in the subset, the data platform runs the cell to generate a set of results, generates a cell execution stream using the results, stores the stream, and transmits the stream to the notebook UI application. The notebook UI application generates a display for the user using the cell execution stream. The data platform provides an efficient way to run specific cells in a notebook and display the results to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Annissa Al-Alusi, Istvan Cseri, Yifung Lin, Jue Liu, Michael Joseph Papale, William A. Pugh, Jeffrey Shaw, Wei Song, Thiago Teixeira
  • Patent number: 12010147
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a user application within a unified security context. The data platform authorizes a first user to use an editor to access source code of a user application based on security policies of a security context and authorizes the first user to use an application and data manager to set usage privileges for a second user to use the user application based on the security policies of the security context. To provide the user application to the second user, the data platform deploys the user application by instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server and an application engine of the UDF server within the security context, instantiating the user application as an application of the application engine within the security context, and authorizing access by the user application to databased on the security policies of the security context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Yujui Chen, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Brian Smith, Xu Xu
  • Publication number: 20240163316
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a user application within a unified security context. The data platform authorizes a first user to use an editor to access source code of a user application based on security policies of a security context and authorizes the first user to use an application and data manager to set usage privileges for a second user to use the user application based on the security policies of the security context. To provide the user application to the second user, the data platform deploys the user application by instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server and an application engine of the UDF server within the security context, instantiating the user application as an application of the application engine within the security context, and authorizing access by the user application to databased on the security policies of the security context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy Yujui Chen, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Brian Smith, Xu Xu
  • Patent number: 11880381
    Abstract: A data platform for running a subset of cells in a notebook is provided. The data platform receives a run cells message from a notebook user interface (UI) application specifying the subset of cells to run. For each cell in the subset, the data platform runs the cell to generate a set of results, generates a cell execution stream using the results, stores the stream, and transmits the stream to the notebook UI application. The notebook UI application generates a display for the user using the cell execution stream. The data platform provides an efficient way to run specific cells in a notebook and display the results to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Annissa Al-Alusi, Istvan Cseri, Yifung Lin, Jue Liu, Michael Joseph Papale, William A. Pugh, Jeffrey Shaw, Wei Song, Thiago Teixeira
  • Publication number: 20230412647
    Abstract: A data platform for managing an application as a first-class database object. The data platform includes at least one processor and a memory storing instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations including detecting a data request from a browser for a data object located on the data platform, executing a stored procedure, the stored procedure containing instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform additional operations including instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server, an application engine, and the application within a security context of the data platform based on a security policy determined by an owner of the data object. The data platform then communicates with the browser using the application engine as a proxy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Timothy S. Conkling, Thierry Cruanes, Benoit Dageville, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Shrikant Ravindra Shanbhag, Xu Xu
  • Publication number: 20230409724
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a data application. The data platform receives from a first user the data application and provider granted privileges including a consumer usage privilege and a consumer access to data privilege. The data platform authorizes the second user to access the data platform based on one or more consumer account privileges included in a set of account privileges. The data platform authorizes the second user to execute the data application based on the consumer usage privilege. During execution, the data platform authorizes the data application to access the provider database object based on the consumer access to data privilege, and authorizes the data application to access the consumer database object based on a provider access to data privilege provided by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20230401326
    Abstract: A data platform for managing an application as a first-class database object. The data object can include User Interface (UI) components. The data application can be shared by a provider account to a plurality of consumer accounts using a share object and based on grant commands. The consumer accounts can deploy and operate the UI component based on the share object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Scott C. Gray, Unmesh Jagtap, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh, Ahmed Waseef Shawkat, Xu Xu
  • Publication number: 20230403306
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a user application within a unified security context. The data platform authorizes a first user to use an editor to access source code of a user application based on security policies of a security context and authorizes the first user to use an application and data manager to set usage privileges for a second user to use the user application based on the security policies of the security context. To provide the user application to the second user, the data platform deploys the user application by instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server and an application engine of the UDF server within the security context, instantiating the user application as an application of the application engine within the security context, and authorizing access by the user application to databased on the security policies of the security context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Yujui Chen, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Brian Smith, Xu Xu
  • Patent number: 11775669
    Abstract: A data platform for developing and deploying a data application. The data platform receives from a first user the data application and provider granted privileges including a consumer usage privilege and a consumer access to data privilege. The data platform authorizes the second user to access the data platform based on one or more consumer account privileges included in a set of account privileges. The data platform authorizes the second user to execute the data application based on the consumer usage privilege. During execution, the data platform authorizes the data application to access the provider database object based on the consumer access to data privilege, and authorizes the data application to access the consumer database object based on a provider access to data privilege provided by the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, William A. Pugh
  • Patent number: 11750661
    Abstract: A data platform for managing an application as a first-class database object. The data platform includes at least one processor and a memory storing instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations including detecting a data request from a browser for a data object located on the data platform, executing a stored procedure, the stored procedure containing instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform additional operations including instantiating a User Defined Function (UDF) server, an application engine, and the application within a security context of the data platform based on a security policy determined by an owner of the data object. The data platform then communicates with the browser using the application engine as a proxy server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Timothy S. Conkling, Thierry Cruanes, Benoit Dageville, Unmesh Jagtap, William A. Pugh, Shrikant Ravindra Shanbhag, Xu Xu
  • Patent number: 8032864
    Abstract: Software developers working on multi-language systems can utilize a multi-language debugging environment. The debugging environment can be uniform across languages, and can seamlessly perform debugging between one or more languages in a multi-language environment. Such a system can have a number of attributes intended to help developers facing debugging problems in multi-language environments. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Pugh, Joshua Moll Eckels
  • Patent number: 7756835
    Abstract: A web based application having non-file system structures is copied or archived by first initializing a file to store the web based application, including creation of a root directory within the file. Then, data directories are created under the root directory, and a number of storage data objects under the data directories are initialized for all non-file system structures of the web based application. Thereafter, the non-file system structures are copied and stored into the storage data objects. In embodiments where the web based application further includes files that are part of a file system, the files are stored as additional storage data objects under the root directory. Accordingly, database and operating system independence is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: William A. Pugh
  • Patent number: 7530053
    Abstract: A debugging proxy can be used to manage communication between a client and a debugger or debugging component. A debugging protocol can be used by the debugging proxy to facilitate communication management. A debugging protocol can provide for asynchronous messaging, and can allow for the communication of large grain messages. A debugging protocol can also implement a priority scheme that can be used to process messages between a client and a debugger based upon a priority assigned to each message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Bea Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Pugh, Joshua Moll Eckels, Terry Leonard Lucas
  • Patent number: 7299454
    Abstract: Software developers working on multi-language systems can utilize a multi-language debugging environment. The debugging environment can be uniform across languages, and can seamlessly perform debugging between one or more languages in a multi-language environment. Such a system can have a number of attributes intended to help developers facing debugging problems in multi-language environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Pugh, Joshua Moll Eckels
  • Patent number: 7178143
    Abstract: An application service provision apparatus is provided with one or more components to perform a dispatching and a shared resource monitoring function to allow applications be hosted with multiple versions of a hosting service runtime library in a more efficient manner. The dispatching function, upon receipt of a request for service for an application, determines if the version of the runtime library required is known. If not, the dispatching function turns to the latest version of the runtime library to determine the version required. In one embodiment, the required earlier versions are loaded only on an as needed basis. The shared resource monitoring function, upon detecting aggregated allocation of a shared resource reaching a pre-determined threshold, requests consumers of the shared resource to provide tracked last used times of their allocations. In response, the monitoring function selects a number of the allocations for release, and instructed the shared resource consumers accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Pugh, Brendan X MacLean