Adrian Scott

US Patent:

8200613, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Nov 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/293627

Inventors:

Winnie Tak Yu Wan - Menlo Park CA, US
Adrian Graham Scott - San Mateo CA, US
Zili Fan - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707601, 707602

Abstract:

An approach for reconciling a data warehouse includes automatically identifying, based upon a change made to a definition of an object, one or more other objects in the data warehouse that are affected by the change made to the definition of the object. The object and the other objects may be any type or form of data, for example, database tables or routines, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of object. Dependency analysis is used to evaluate dependency data to identify the one or more other objects affected by the change made to the definition of the object. The dependency data specifies dependencies between the object and the one or more other objects. The dependency data may also specify dependencies between the one or more other objects. As described in more detail hereinafter, the dependency data used may vary depending upon a particular function to be performed. A transformation mechanism may also be updated, in response to the change made to the definition of the object, so that the transformation mechanism can generate the one or more other objects based upon a new object defined by the changed definition of the object.

US Patent:

20020049760, Apr 25, 2002

Filed:

Jun 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/883064

Inventors:

Adrian Scott - San Francisco CA, US
S. Ardron - Fairfax CA, US

Assignee:

FLYCODE, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/010000

Abstract:

The present invention provides an improved technique for accessing information in a peer-to-peer network. According to specific embodiments of the present invention, each file accessible in the peer-to-peer network is assigned a respective hash ID or fingerprint ID which is used to describe the contents of that file. Files in the peer-to-peer network may be identified and/or accessed based upon their associated hash ID values. In this way it is possible to identify identical files stored in the peer-to-peer network which have different file names and/or other metadata descriptors. Since the content of all files having the same hash ID will be identical, an automated process may be used to retrieve the desired content from one or more of the identified files.

US Patent:

20060149806, Jul 6, 2006

Filed:

Feb 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/364465

Inventors:

Adrian Scott - San Francisco CA, US
S. Ardron - Fairfax CA, US

Assignee:

QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. - Peterborough NH

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709201000

Abstract:

The present invention provides an improved technique for accessing information in a peer-to-peer network. According to specific embodiments of the present invention, each file accessible in the peer-to-peer network is assigned a respective hash ID or fingerprint ID which is used to describe the contents of that file. Files in the peer-to-peer network may be identified and/or accessed based upon their associated hash ID values. In this way it is possible to identify identical files stored in the peer-to-peer network which have different file names and/or other metadata descriptors. Since the content of all files having the same hash ID will be identical, an automated process may be used to retrieve the desired content from one or more of the identified files.