Patents by Inventor William R. Minor

William R. Minor 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).

  • Method for automated design of row compression on tables in a relational database
    Patent number: 8626724
    Abstract: A workload specification is obtained for the database. Based on the workload specification, candidate ones of the tables are identified and ranked. Compression impact is evaluated for the candidate ones of the tables. A design for the database is developed, specifying at least one of: (i) which of the tables should be compressed, and (ii) which of the tables should not be compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Hornibrook, Laurent S. Mignet, William R. Minor, Sumit Negi, Daniele C. Zilio
  • METHOD OF BUILDING A COMPRESSION DICTIONARY DURING DATA POPULATING OPERATIONS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20090198716
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronously building a Ziv-Lempel dictionary during online insert processing. In one embodiment the invention includes a method for processing information that includes the steps of initiating a process for adding data to a data object including a table and determining if a predetermined condition exists for triggering the creation of a compression dictionary. The compression dictionary is then created if the predetermined condition exists. Once created, the dictionary may then be inserted into the data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn Allen Howarth, Leo Tat Man Lau, William R. Minor, Billy Phu, Aleksandrs Santars, Michael Jeffrey Winer
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN OF ROW COMPRESSION ON TABLES IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE
    Publication number: 20090193041
    Abstract: A workload specification is obtained for the database. Based on the workload specification, candidate ones of the tables are identified and ranked. Compression impact is evaluated for the candidate ones of the tables. A design for the database is developed, specifying at least one of: (i) which of the tables should be compressed, and (ii) which of the tables should not be compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Hornibrook, Laurent S. Mignet, William R. Minor, Sumit Negi, Daniele C. Zilio
  • SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN OF ROW COMPRESSION ON TABLES IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE
    Publication number: 20090193042
    Abstract: A workload specification is obtained for the database. Based on the workload specification, candidate ones of the tables are identified and ranked. Compression impact is evaluated for the candidate ones of the tables. A design for the database is developed, specifying at least one of: (i) which of the tables should be compressed, and (ii) which of the tables should not be compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Hornibrook, Laurent S. Mignet, William R. Minor, Sumit Negi, Daniele C. Zilio