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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:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Shankar Balasubramanian, Bangalore, IN;

Vladimir Mandic, San Jose, CA (US);

Sriprasad Bhat Kasargod, Bellevue, WA (US);

Anand Raj, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Shankar Balasubramanian, Bangalore, IN;

Vladimir Mandic, San Jose, CA (US);

Sriprasad Bhat Kasargod, Bellevue, WA (US);

Anand Raj, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 11/1446 (2013.01); G06F 11/1448 (2013.01); G06F 11/1458 (2013.01); G06F 11/1484 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for protecting data. In some embodiments, this includes identifying a parent virtual container, identifying a linked child virtual container, creating a fast copy of the parent virtual container and the linked child virtual container, and consolidating the copy of the parent virtual container and the copy of the linked child virtual container based on the format of the parent virtual container.


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