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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2024
Ocient Holdings Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
George Kondiles, Highland Park, IL (US);
Andrew Michael Bass, Carmel, IN (US);
Finley Jordan Lau, Chicago, IL (US);
Natalia Marie Jenuwine, Chicago, IL (US);
Greg R. Dhuse, Chicago, IL (US);
Hassan Farahani, Evanston, IL (US);
Gregory A. Papadopoulos, Chicago, IL (US);
Ocient Holdings LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A database system operates by: determining a set of assigned segments based on data ownership information; generating a plurality of segment handles and a corresponding plurality of segment metadata for the set of assigned segments based on performing a segment activation step for the set of assigned segments; determining a first query for execution requiring access to a first segment of the set of assigned segments; and executing an IO operator of the first query based on loading the first segment by utilizing a corresponding one of the plurality of segment handles.