| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 707641000 | Merging data for backup | 23 |
| 20100082545 | COMPRESSION OF SORTED VALUE INDEXES USING COMMON PREFIXES - A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product for compressing sorted values is disclosed. At least a first prefix and a second prefix in a plurality of prefixes are compared. Each prefix comprises at least a portion of a plurality of sorted values. A respective prefix comprises a set of consecutive characters including at least a first character of a respective sorted value. The respective sorted value further comprising a respective suffix comprising consecutive characters of the respective sorted value that are after the respective prefix. At least a respective first character of the first prefix and a respective first character of the second prefix are determined to be substantially identical. The first prefix is merged with the second prefix into a single prefix comprising the first character. A set of suffixes associated with the first prefix is updated to reflect an association with the second prefix. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082546 | Storage Tiers for Database Server System - A technique is described for storing data from a database across a plurality of data storage devices, wherein each data storage device is capable of being accessed only by a corresponding computer system in a group of interconnected computer systems. In accordance with the technique, an identifier of the database is received. An identifier of a storage tier instance is also received, wherein the storage tier instance comprises a logical representation of one or more storage locations within each of the data storage devices. Responsive to the receipt of the identifier of the database and the identifier of the storage tier instance, data from the database is stored in two or more of the storage locations logically represented by the storage tier instance, wherein each of the two or more storage locations in which data is stored is within a corresponding one of the data storage devices. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088281 | Zero Downtime Maintenance Using A Mirror Approach - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing software updates. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include copying an application to a shadow system, the application used to upgrade the shadow system rather than a production system; copying data from the production system to the shadow system; selecting whether to lock changes to data in the production system or record changes to the data in the production system; recording one or more changes to data in the production system, the changes recorded in a container, when record changes has been selected; migrating recorded data in the container to the shadow system, so that the shadow system and production system are in a similar data state; and using the shadow system, upgraded with the application and at least one of data copied from the production system and recorded data from the container, for production rather than the production system. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100114830 | METHOD OF INTEGRATING IN REAL TIME LARGE VOLUMES OF UPDATES IN A DATABASE - A method of integrating large volumes of updates in a database system is described. Each individual update is comprised of a coherent set of data records supplied by a data provider. The database system includes a master file repository and an active image repository. The method comprises the steps of first obtaining for each individual update a unique modification identifier from a logistic table of the database system. The master file repository is then updated with the coherent set of data records of each uniquely identified individual update. A unique commit identifier is further obtained from the logistic table for each individual update that has been committed by the master file. The active image repository is synchronized by successively loading into the active image, in the order specified by the commit identifier, each individual update. Synchronization includes retrieving from the master file repository the coherent set of data records of each uniquely identified individual update. Finally, completion of the propagation of each individual update into the active image repository is achieved when the loading of each corresponding set of data records is committed by the active image. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100121820 | ENERGY EFFICIENT BACKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer implemented method of backing up files includes initiating a backup process and waking up a client machine from a low power consumption mode. An indication from the client machine that the client machine is ready is received and the client machine is instructed to provide data to be backed up. An end of backup notification is received from the client machine and the client machine returns to a low power consumption mode. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100169281 | COALESCING AND CAPTURING DATA BETWEEN EVENTS PRIOR TO AND AFTER A TEMPORAL WINDOW - Systems and methods of coalescing and capturing data between events prior to and after a temporal window are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes determining a temporal window based on one or more of a user data and an automatically generated data, coalescing data between events prior to the temporal window using a processor and a physical memory and capturing data between events after the temporal window. The coalescing data between events prior to the temporal window may be determined by a set of overlapping operations to a data set, wherein certain operations have non-overlapping sectors which are not coalesced. Shifting a data view around a recovery point through a direction-agnostic roll algorithm that may use a roll-forward algorithm to shift the data view to a time after the recovery point and/or a roll-backward algorithm to shift the data view to a time before the recovery point. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110213754 | Opportunistic Asynchronous De-Duplication in Block Level Backups - A block based backup system may store backed up data from multiple clients by maintaining backup databases for each client, where each backup database may include blocks of data. The backup system may perform a de-duplication process by examining the databases to identify common blocks and moving the common blocks to a common database. The common blocks may be removed from the client backup databases and a pointer substituted for the data, thus compacting the client backup databases. The de-duplication operation may be performed at an opportunistic time, such as after the clients have completed any data transfer to the backup system. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110307448 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE - In conventional managed copy, files are copied to the copy destination, while maintaining the file structure of the copy source. A problem pertaining to the conventional managed copy is that, when a partial copy, which changes the file structure of the copy source, is performed, the created disc does not conform to the standard and thus cannot be played back by the playback device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120016841 | BLOCK LEVEL INCREMENTAL BACKUP - A system and method include creating a full backup copy of selected data from a storage device. A series of incremental backups are created over time following the creation of the full backup copy. The oldest incremental backup is merged into the full backup at a desired time. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120084258 | CHANGE CAPTURE PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN FOR LATER BACKUP - A computer implemented method includes monitoring blocks of data on a storage device that are changing as the computer operates. On detecting a computer shut down event, a copy of changes to the monitored blocks are saved. Upon startup of the computer, a backup of the changed blocks of data is performed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120226664 | PARALLEL DATABASE BACKUP AND RESTORE - Embodiments are directed to simultaneously backing up data from multiple locations to a single location and to restoring data from a single location to multiple locations simultaneously. In an embodiment, a computer system receives a backup command from a user which indicates that various specified portions of data are to be backed up. The data portions are stored in multiple different locations in a parallel database. The computer system generates multiple backup commands specific for each location in which the data is stored. The backup commands initiate a parallel backup from the various locations to a single location in a data store. The computer system also executes the generated backup commands in parallel, so that the data from each of the different locations is backed up in the data store. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120271798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEDUPLICATING DATA - For deduplicating data in a computing environment, a sequence of data is received. The sequence of data is formatted for back-up such that an order of the sequence of data is different than the order of an input sequence of the data. The sequence of data is stored in the same order as the input sequence of the data. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130282661 | PARALLEL DATABASE BACKUP AND RESTORE - Embodiments are directed to simultaneously backing up data from multiple locations to a single location and to restoring data from a single location to multiple locations simultaneously. In an embodiment, a computer system receives a backup command from a user which indicates that various specified portions of data are to be backed up. The data portions are stored in multiple different locations in a parallel database. The computer system generates multiple backup commands specific for each location in which the data is stored. The backup commands initiate a parallel backup from the various locations to a single location in a data store. The computer system also executes the generated backup commands in parallel, so that the data from each of the different locations is backed up in the data store. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130304701 | BACKUP METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The disclosure includes a backup method executed by a computer, and the backup method includes: determining whether or not a previous backup processing was automatically executed; and upon determining that the previous backup processing was automatically executed, merging a previous backup data generated by the previous backup processing into a current backup data. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140222760 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONCILING REMOTE DATA - A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for determining whether an unordered collection of overlapping substrings (called shingles) can be uniquely decoded into a consistent string. The method, system and medium are applicable to the fields of networking, data management, cryptography, genetic engineering and linguistics. Disclosed herein is a theoretic framework, an automata theoretic approach, and a time-optimal streaming algorithm for determining whether a string of characters over an alphabet can be uniquely decoded from its two (or more) character shingles. The present algorithm achieves an overall time complexity and space complexity. The method and system can be used to efficiently reconcile two data objects, files, strings or portions thereof. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140279915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A COPY OF A CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT AND RESTORATION THEREOF - A method and system for securing continued operation of a primary cloud-based computing environment (CBCE) residing in a first cloud environment are disclosed. The system comprises gathering information respective of the primary CBCE; storing the gathered information in a storage space, wherein the gathered information substantially provides a baseline to initiate the creation of a reconstructed CBCE upon a need to recreate the primary CBCE; updating the gathered information with new information gathered respective of changes to the primary CBCE; receiving a periodic status notification from the primary CBCE; and initiating a reconstruction of the primary CBCE in the second cloud environment responsive to the status notification requesting one of: a reconstruction request and failure of the primary CBCE. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140337294 | BLOCK LEVEL INCREMENTAL BACKUP - A system and method include creating a full backup copy of selected data from a storage device. A series of incremental backups are created over time following the creation of the full backup copy. The oldest incremental backup is merged into the full backup at a desired time. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150302075 | PROCESSING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - In a first aspect, a method includes, at a node of a Hadoop cluster, the node storing a first portion of data in HDFS data storage, executing a first instance of a data processing engine capable of receiving data from a data source external to the Hadoop cluster, receiving a computer-executable program by the data processing engine, executing at least part of the program by the first instance of the data processing engine, receiving, by the data processing engine, a second portion of data from the external data source, storing the second portion of data other than in HDFS storage, and performing, by the data processing engine, a data processing operation identified by the program using at least the first portion of data and the second portion of data. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310029 | PROCESSING METHOD AND TOUCH TERMINAL FOR MERGE AND DEDUPLICATION OPERATIONS ON CONTACT ENTRIES - A processing method and a touch terminal for merge and deduplication operations on contact entries may include opening an address book and displaying all contact entries, recording selected contact entries according to a selection action on contact entries, receiving a drag action to merge contact entries, and merging the selected contact entries according to the drag action. The processing method and touch terminal may further include removing the duplicated information in the selected contact entries during merging, and detecting conflict information in the selected contact entries. Thereby, redundant records in an address book may be deleted by dragging contact entries to be merged, removing the duplicated information while merging, and detecting conflict information, which may enhance a smart effect of the touch terminal and may improve user experience. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160077747 | EFFICIENT COMBINATION OF STORAGE DEVICES FOR MAINTAINING METADATA - Multiple storage devices may be used when storing data and metadata. Different types of storage devices exhibit distinct performance characteristics for read/write operations, input/output operations, throughput, latency and the like. Methods and systems described herein identify access patterns and provision a tailored hardware solution which blends the different types of storage to optimize performance and improve efficient use of resources. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160162363 | PERFORMING A CLOSURE MERGE OPERATION - In a method for data management, one or more processors identifying a source closure, a target file set, and a previously merged closure, wherein the source closure is a closure of files that includes changed files to merge into the target file set, and wherein the previously merged closure is a closure of files previously merged into the target file set. The method further includes one or more processors loading the identified source closure, the previously merged closure, and a closure of ancestor files shared by the identified source closure and the previously merged closure into a merge session. The method further includes one or more processors determining one or more file merge conflicts in the merge session based on differences between a comparison of the identified source closure to the closure of ancestor files and a comparison of the previously merged closure to the closure of ancestor files. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160378613 | Virtual Machine Snapshot Backup Based on Multilayer De-duplication - The present disclosure provides an example method and system for virtual machine backup based on multilayer de-duplication. A virtual machine snapshot is divided into multiple child data blocks. Each child data block is divided into multiple data segments. Multilayer de-duplication is applied to the virtual machine snapshot to exclude data causing duplicate backup in the virtual machine snapshot. The remaining virtual machine snapshot data after the processing of the multilayer de-duplication is stored. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20180024890 | PERFORMING A CLOSURE MERGE OPERATION | 01-25-2018 |
