Snowflake had 27 patents in cloud during Q4 2023. Snowflake Inc’s patents in Q4 2023 focus on enforcing projection constraints on shared dataset variables, implementing unstructured data replication in distributed databases, improving metadata transfer from a metadata database to a data warehouse, committing tables in different formats on external volumes, and replicating recurrently executed tasks between primary and secondary cloud service deployments. GlobalData’s report on Snowflake gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Snowflake grant share with cloud as a theme is 51% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Projection constraints enforced in a database system (Patent ID: US20230409639A1)
The patent filed by Snowflake Inc. describes a system for enforcing projection constraints on data values stored in specified variables of a shared dataset in a cloud data platform. The system receives requests from data consumers, accesses data from the shared dataset, and enforces projection constraint policies attached to variables based on the request context. It generates outputs based on the data accessed and the operations specified in the request, automatically sharing results with data providers.
The method and system outlined in the patent involve confirming query templates, identifying and enforcing projection constraint policies, and generating outputs based on data accessed from shared datasets. The system is designed to handle various operations such as joins, aggregations, transformations, validations, and mining operations on shared datasets associated with different accounts on a cloud data platform. By enforcing projection constraints, the system restricts the output of data values stored in variables, ensuring data security and integrity while facilitating data sharing and collaboration among different entities within the platform.
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