Patents by Inventor Brain Beach

Brain Beach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Distributed backup and retrieval system
    Patent number: 9807064
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing distributed backup and retrieval of data. Data is sent by a plurality of client devices to be processed by a server and then stored in a database. A subset of the processed data stored in the database is backed up to each of the plurality of client devices. For the one or more particular client devices owned by a user, the subset of processed data stored on the one or more particular client devices is the subset of processed data that is associated with the user. The server and client device is updated to maintain the same state of processed data in the database and the backup. In the event of failure of either the database or a client device, processed data may be restored using the processed data stored on the database or the backup stored on the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: TiVo Solutioins Inc.
    Inventors: James Barton, Brain Beach, Adam Feder
  • DISTRIBUTED BACKUP AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160156601
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing distributed backup and retrieval of data. Data is sent by a plurality of client devices to be processed by a server and then stored in a database. A subset of the processed data stored in the database is backed up to each of the plurality of client devices. For the one or more particular client devices owned by a user, the subset of processed data stored on the one or more particular client devices is the subset of processed data that is associated with the user. The server and client device is updated to maintain the same state of processed data in the database and the backup. In the event of failure of either the database or a client device, processed data may be restored using the processed data stored on the database or the backup stored on the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: James Barton, Brain Beach, Adam Feder
  • Distributed backup and retrieval system
    Patent number: 9251012
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing distributed backup and retrieval of data. Data is sent by a plurality of client devices to be processed by a server and then stored in a database. A subset of the processed data stored in the database is backed up to each of the plurality of client devices. For the one or more particular client devices owned by a user, the subset of processed data stored on the one or more particular client devices is the subset of processed data that is associated with the user. The server and client device is updated to maintain the same state of processed data in the database and the backup. In the event of failure of either the database or a client device, processed data may be restored using the processed data stored on the database or the backup stored on the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: James Barton, Brain Beach, Adam Feder
  • DISTRIBUTED BACKUP AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090187609
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing distributed backup and retrieval of data. Data is sent by a plurality of client devices to be processed by a server and then stored in a database. A subset of the processed data stored in the database is backed up to each of the plurality of client devices. For the one or more particular client devices owned by a user, the subset of processed data stored on the one or more particular client devices is the subset of processed data that is associated with the user. The server and client device is updated to maintain the same state of processed data in the database and the backup. In the event of failure of either the database or a client device, processed data may be restored using the processed data stored on the database or the backup stored on the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: James Barton, Brain Beach, Adam Feder