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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:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Robert S. Elder, Tucson, AZ (US);
Avishai H. Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Michael Sternberg, Haifa, IL;
David G. Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Robert S. Elder, Tucson, AZ (US);
Avishai H. Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Eran Raichstein, Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Michael Sternberg, Haifa, IL;
David G. Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30309 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a scalable, efficient way to backup data in a block-level incremental-forever backup system such that backup and expiration of data can be achieved at the granularity of a single backup version, without having to read or move data that is stored in backup storage.