Patents by Inventor Deborah C. Jones

Deborah C. Jones 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).

  • Method and system for relocating files that are partially stored in remote storage
    Patent number: 7634491
    Abstract: An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is updated according to its relocated storage relationships. Thus, when a source file having portions migrated to remote storage is to be re-located or copied by the HSM system to a target file, instead of copying the entire file across all of its associated storage locations, the minimum or efficient set of data is relocated. The metadata describing the source file's migration storage characteristics is updated to reflect its new use in connection with the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Deborah C. Jones
  • Method and system for relocating files that are partially stored in remote storage
    Patent number: 7340492
    Abstract: An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is updated according to its relocated storage relationships. Thus, when a source file having portions migrated to remote storage is to be re-located or copied by the HSM system to a target file, instead of copying the entire file across all of its associated storage locations, the minimum or efficient set of data is relocated. The metadata describing the source file's migration storage characteristics is updated to reflect its new use in connection with the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Deborah C. Jones
  • Partial migration of an object to another storage location in a computer system
    Patent number: 7072914
    Abstract: A technique is provided whereby a stream of data located in a first storage location is registered for migration administration and according to preset criteria, portion(s) of the stream of data that are suited to another storage location are migrated to maximize system storage efficiencies. The file system may have use of facilities that enable the monitoring of files/streams that have been registered for migration administration or files/streams may be polled according to preset criteria. If the stream of data has portions to migrate to another storage location, the hierarchical storage management (HSM) system migrates the data to the other storage location, such as to long term or off-line storage, and preserves the data relationships of the stream via metadata. The technique allows for multiple volumes to be spanned by the migration target location, and multiple file systems may service the source and target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Microsft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Deborah C. Jones, Ravisankar Pudipeddi, Stefan R. Steiner
  • Partial migration of an object to another storage location in a computer system
    Patent number: 6981005
    Abstract: A technique is provided whereby a stream of data located in a first storage location is registered for migration administration and according to preset criteria, portion(s) of the stream of data that are suited to another storage location are migrated to maximize system storage efficiencies. The file system may have use of facilities that enable the monitoring of files/streams that have been registered for migration administration or files/streams may be polled according to preset criteria. If the stream of data has portions to migrate to another storage location, the hierarchical storage management (HSM) system migrates the data to the other storage location, such as to long term or off-line storage, and preserves the data relationships of the stream via metadata. The technique allows for multiple volumes to be spanned by the migration target location, and multiple file systems may service the source and target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Deborah C. Jones, Ravisankar Pudipeddi, Stefan R. Steiner
  • Method and system for relocating files that are partially stored in remote storage
    Patent number: 6804719
    Abstract: An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is updated according to its relocated storage relationships. Thus, when a source file having portions migrated to remote storage is to be re-located or copied by the HSM system to a target file, instead of copying the entire file across all of its associated storage locations, the minimum or efficient set of data is relocated. The metadata describing the source file's migration storage characteristics is updated to reflect its new use in connection with the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Deborah C. Jones