Patents

US 10936595 B2: Deferring and/or eliminating decompressing database data

Granted
2021-03-02
Filed
2014-04-03 application 14244565
Type
Utility · 16 claims
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Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for deferring or eliminating a need to decompress database data. An embodiment operates by decompressing a column of a database. The column may be represented by a predicate of a query. A row of the database may be determined to satisfy the predicate based on decompressed information from the column. Decompression of an additional column of the row may be deferred during execution the query until the row is determined to satisfy the predicate. The additional column may satisfy the query.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210302.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
SYBASE, INC. 236 patentsUS company or organizationDublin, CAPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Xiao-Ming ZhouSingapore, SG16PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G06FElectric digital data processingG06F16/24561PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2014-04-03Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
ZHOU, XIAO MING signed 2014-04-02SYBASE, INC. DUBLIN, CA32598/610ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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