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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012

Filed:

May. 22, 2008
Applicants:

Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Hyderabad, IN;

Chetan a Parulekar, Hyderabad, IN;

Erica Sui-ching Lan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Kannan Ramasubramanian, Hyderabad, IN;

Suyog Mukund Gadgil, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rohan Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);

Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;

Anatoliy Panasyuk, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Hyderabad, IN;

Chetan A Parulekar, Hyderabad, IN;

Erica Sui-Ching Lan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Kannan Ramasubramanian, Hyderabad, IN;

Suyog Mukund Gadgil, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rohan Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);

Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;

Anatoliy Panasyuk, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to backup up data. In aspects, a backup target determines a degree to which a data set included on the backup target is not backed up on a backup facility. The degree can represent more than just that the data set is completely backed up or is not backed up at all. If the degree satisfies a condition, the backup target utilizes information derived from a backup history of one or more attempted or successfully completed backup sessions between the backup target and the backup facility to determine whether to provide a notification regarding backup state. The backup target also may send the degree and other backup information to a backup facility which may use this information in determining a backup scheme to employ with the backup target.


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