This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.. Active years: 2026.
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Years Active: 2026
Title: Gerard Louw: Inventor of Cross-Format Metadata for External Tables.
Introduction
Gerard Louw is an inventor associated with Berlin, Germany, and Amazon Technologies, Inc. His patent work addresses how database systems can query external tables whose data is stored in different formats.
Latest Patents
Louw is associated with 1 patent, titled “Cross-format metadata for querying external tables.” The invention describes storing metadata for external tables in a database table. When a query arrives, a database system can generate a plan that evaluates the metadata according to a read view, identifies data objects containing portions of an external table, and accesses those objects using the metadata. The system then performs the plan to produce the query result.
Career Highlights
Louw’s patent reflects work on database query processing and access to external data. By using metadata to locate and retrieve data across different formats, the described approach supports queries over external tables.
Collaborations
Louw is associated with Amazon Technologies, Inc. His coworker, Enrico Siragusa, is also named in the information provided about his professional connections.
Conclusion
Gerard Louw’s patent focuses on using cross-format metadata to help database systems identify and query data stored in external tables.
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