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Ian R. Finlay
Also filed as: FINLAY IAN · FINLAY IAN R · FINLAY IAN RICHARD
57 granted patents·3 pending applications·362 citations·filing 1991–2021
98Inventor score
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60 records- 0196US10649991B2Pruning of columns in synopsis tablesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 12, 2020·15 cites·12 claims
- 0293US7844749B2Localization key and corresponding methodsXEROX CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 30, 2010·16 cites·18 claims
- 0389US7062098B1Method and apparatus for the scaling down of dataIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 13, 2006·31 cites·18 claims
- 0488US10318484B2Scan optimization using bloom filter synopsisIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 11, 2019·6 cites·20 claims
- 0587US11042544B2Derived data dictionary for optimizing transformations of encoded dataIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 22, 2021·7 cites·12 claims
- 0684US11704327B2Querying distributed databasesIBM·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 18, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 0784US10719512B2Partitioned bloom filter merge for massively parallel processing clustered data managementIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 21, 2020·3 cites·11 claims
- 0884US5349348AMulti-mode data stream generatorIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 20, 1994·86 cites·33 claims
- 0982US6002809ADigital image processor for image scalingIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 14, 1999·73 cites·30 claims
- 1081US11036737B2Partitioned bloom filter merge for massively parallel processing clustered data managementIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 15, 2021·2 cites·6 claims
- 1181US7720310B2Scaling down of dataIBM·Filed 2008·Granted May 18, 2010·4 cites·4 claims
- 1281US6970179B1Method and apparatus for the scaling up of dataIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 29, 2005·20 cites·23 claims
- 1379US10229359B2Optimizer problem determinationIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 12, 2019·4 cites·5 claims
- 1477US9953057B2Partitioned join with dense inner table representationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 24, 2018·2 cites·12 claims
- 1576US10228855B2Tuning memory across database clusters for distributed query stabilityIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 12, 2019·2 cites·10 claims
- 1676US7373003B2Method for the scaling down of dataIBM·Filed 2004·Granted May 13, 2008·9 cites·2 claims
- 1773US10691687B2Pruning of columns in synopsis tablesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·1 cites·6 claims
- 1871US10903851B2Page filtering via compression dictionary filteringIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 26, 2021·1 cites·8 claims
- 1971US10725995B2Automatically revising synopsis table structureIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 28, 2020·1 cites·9 claims
- 2071US10229358B2Optimizer problem determinationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 12, 2019·2 cites·10 claims
- 2171US7111025B2Information retrieval system and method using index ANDing for improving performanceIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·17 cites·27 claims
- 2269US10725994B2Automatically revising synopsis table structureIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 28, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 2369US9780806B2Predicate application through partial compression dictionary matchIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 3, 2017·2 cites·9 claims
- 2467US10366068B2Optimization of metadata via lossy compressionIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 30, 2019·1 cites·16 claims
- 2567US9946748B2Efficient join-filters for parallel processingIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 17, 2018·1 cites·9 claims
- 2667US9916318B2Method of reusing existing statistics to load database tablesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 13, 2018·1 cites·9 claims
- 2766US7099864B2System and method for slow materialization sorting of partially ordered inputs in a database systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 29, 2006·12 cites·33 claims
- 2865US11216436B2Optimization of metadata via lossy compressionIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 4, 2022·0 cites·25 claims
- 2964US9780805B2Predicate application through partial compression dictionary matchIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 3, 2017·2 cites·10 claims
- 3061US10942784B2Database resource scalingIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 9, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3161US7392245B1Direct call threaded codeIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 24, 2008·7 cites·9 claims
- 3260US10372698B2Optimization of metadata via lossy compressionIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 6, 2019·1 cites·9 claims
- 3360US7903889B2System and computer readable medium for the scaling down of dataIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·0 cites·12 claims
- 3459US7974968B2Direct call threaded codeIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 5, 2011·1 cites·10 claims
- 3559US7463777B2Method for the scaling down of dataIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 9, 2008·2 cites·6 claims
- 3658US9582540B2Feedback mechanism providing row-level filtering earlier in a planIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 28, 2017·0 cites·13 claims
- 3757US10903850B2Page filtering via compression dictionary filteringIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 26, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 3857US7680821B2Method and system for index sampled tablescanIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 16, 2010·5 cites·16 claims
- 3956US9940356B2Efficient join-filters for parallel processingIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 10, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 4055US10585707B2Database resource scalingIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 10, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4154US10067962B2Expression based synopsis of database tablesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 4, 2018·0 cites·4 claims
- 4254US9953025B2Query processing using a dimension table implemented as decompression dictionariesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 24, 2018·0 cites·7 claims
- 4353US10620837B2Tuning memory across database clusters for distributed query stabilityIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 14, 2020·0 cites·6 claims
- 4453US10606837B2Partitioned join with dense inner table representationIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 31, 2020·0 cites·8 claims
- 4553US7542962B2Information retrieval method for optimizing queries having maximum or minimum function aggregation predicatesIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 2, 2009·11 cites·7 claims
- 4652US10439638B2Page filtering via compression dictionary filteringIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 8, 2019·0 cites·6 claims
- 4752US9946705B2Query processing using a dimension table implemented as decompression dictionariesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 17, 2018·0 cites·13 claims
- 4852US9569495B2Feedback mechanism providing row-level filtering earlier in a planIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 14, 2017·0 cites·7 claims
- 4950US11023464B2Reducing temp size over a base tableIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 1, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 5050US10432217B2Page filtering via compression dictionary filteringIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 1, 2019·0 cites·11 claims
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