Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Alan Downing

22Patents
13h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 19, 1996 → Aug 24, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5806074A Configurable conflict resolution in a computer implemented distributed database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 304 Expired
US5937414A Method and apparatus for providing database system replication in a mixed propagation environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US6889231B1 Asynchronous information sharing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 113 Expired
US6058401A Method for data replication with conflict detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US6289335A Fast refresh of snapshots containing subqueries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US5963959A Fast refresh of snapshots Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6105018A Minimum leaf spanning tree Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5991768A Finer grained quiescence for data replication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US6792540B1 Data replication security Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US6532479B2 Data replication for front office automation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6847971B1 Lightweight data replication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7873684B2 Automatic and dynamic provisioning of databases Physics 24 Expired
US8161085B2 Automatic and dynamic provisioning of databases Physics 20 Active
US8196150B2 Event locality using queue services Physics 13 Active
US7814067B2 Asynchronous actions using flashback Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7702741B2 Configuring or reconfiguring a multi-master information sharing environment Physics 10 Active
US7856461B2 High availability for distributed non-persistent event propagation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7899785B2 Reconfiguring propagation streams in distributed information sharing Physics 5 Active
US8078588B2 Recoverable execution Physics 5 Active
US9792349B2 In-database sharded queue Physics 4 Active
US9996404B2 Message cache management for message queues Physics 2 Active
US10540217B2 Message cache sizing Physics 1 Active

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