Yiming Yang

Title: Yiming Yang: Graph Database Innovations

Introduction

Yiming Yang is an inventor based in Fremont, California, whose work focuses on graph database technologies. He is associated with Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, and holds 2 patents.

Latest Patents

Yang’s listed patents address query processing and version management in graph databases.

- **Selective Use of Data Structure Operations for Path Query Evaluation.** This invention describes evaluating graph path queries by compiling them into variables and constraints, then selectively performing operations on an in-memory data structure. The system checks whether a specified condition applies before executing an operation and stores intermediate query results in a table.

- **Branch Threading in Graph Databases.** This invention describes processing queries across branched versions of a graph database. It creates a branched index from an offset corresponding to a virtual time in the base version, then uses offsets and references between the branched and base indexes to process queries.

Career Highlights

Yang’s patent work reflects an emphasis on efficient graph database operations, including selective query evaluation and index management across database versions. His listed inventions are associated with Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Andrew Joseph Carter and Dhruvesh Rathore as Yang’s coworkers. The patent descriptions concern graph database systems and query-processing techniques.

Conclusion

Yiming Yang’s two listed patents focus on improving graph database query evaluation and supporting queries across branched database versions.