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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Fumin Zhang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Fumin Zhang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Xiotech Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for backing up data includes a first computer configured to access a first storage device and a second computer configured to access a second storage device. In particular, the first storage device includes data to be backed up and the second storage device includes a snapshot of the data to be backed up. This system also includes a communications pathway between the first and second computers; and a backup application on the second computer which can backup the snapshot in response to a backup request initiated by the first computer.