Patents by Inventor Douglas Cary Swallow

Douglas Cary Swallow 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).

  • Patent number: 11677824
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cary Swallow, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Dmitriy Borisovich Zakharkin
  • Patent number: 11669408
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cary Swallow, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Dmitriy Borisovich Zakharkin
  • Patent number: 11574050
    Abstract: An information management system implements a method for securing a media agent from unauthorized access, where the method includes configuring a secondary storage computing device to initialize a filter driver at boot time and monitor process calls to a media agent, where the media agent provides read and write operations to a secondary storage device in communication with the secondary storage computing device. The filter driver may detect a process call to the media agent, and determine whether the process call is authorized. In response to a determination that the process call is authorized, the filter driver may allow the process call to request an operation be performed by the media agent, and the media agent may then perform the requested operation. If the filter driver determines that the process call is not authorized, the filter driver may ignore the process call for the requested operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sri Karthik Bhagi, Douglas Cary Swallow
  • Publication number: 20220292187
    Abstract: An information management system implements a method for securing a media agent from unauthorized access, where the method includes configuring a secondary storage computing device to initialize a filter driver at boot time and monitor process calls to a media agent, where the media agent provides read and write operations to a secondary storage device in communication with the secondary storage computing device. The filter driver may detect a process call to the media agent, and determine whether the process call is authorized. In response to a determination that the process call is authorized, the filter driver may allow the process call to request an operation be performed by the media agent, and the media agent may then perform the requested operation. If the filter driver determines that the process call is not authorized, the filter driver may ignore the process call for the requested operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sri Karthik BHAGI, Douglas Cary SWALLOW
  • Publication number: 20210208978
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Patent number: 10922189
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cary Swallow, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Dmitriy Borisovich Zakharkin
  • Publication number: 20200382594
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Patent number: 10798170
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cary Swallow, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Dmitriy Borisovich Zakharkin
  • Publication number: 20200272546
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Rahul S. PAWAR, Rajiv KOTTOMTHARAYIL, Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Prakash VARADHARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20190281115
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Patent number: 10389810
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cary Swallow, Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Dmitriy Borisovich Zakharkin
  • Patent number: 10296607
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul S. Pawar, Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Douglas Cary Swallow, Prakash Varadharajan
  • Publication number: 20190065329
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rahul S. PAWAR, Rajiv KOTTOMTHARAYIL, Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Prakash VARADHARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20180121297
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Publication number: 20180124174
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Publication number: 20180121111
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Manoj Kumar PRADHAN, Dmitriy Borisovich ZAKHARKIN
  • Publication number: 20170344442
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Rahul S. PAWAR, Rajiv KOTTOMTHARAYIL, Douglas Cary SWALLOW, Prakash VARADHARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20170004054
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Rahul S. Pawar, Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Douglas Cary Swallow, Prakash Varadharajan
  • Patent number: 9390109
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system monitors data operations and when the data operation is a delete, the system determines whether the data identified for deletion has been protected by a backup operation. Data that has not been backed up, such as newly created data, is copied to temporary storage before deletion. When the data has been protected, the system determines whether the data has been modified after the backup operation. Data modified after the backup operation is copied to temporary storage before deletion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Rahul S. Pawar, Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Douglas Cary Swallow, Prakash Varadharajan
  • Publication number: 20140181033
    Abstract: A data storage system protects data identified for deletion which has been created or modified between scheduled data backups. For instance, the system copies the data to temporary storage, saves the file path in the temporary storage, and identifies the copy of the data in temporary storage for backup. In another manner, the system converts the data to a hidden file, copies the hidden file to temporary storage, saves the file path to the temporary storage, and identifies the copy of the hidden file for backup. In a further manner, the system copies the data to temporary storage when it is created, saves the file path to the temporary storage, and identifies the data in the temporary storage for backup after the delete operation is detected and the data is identified as not protected or as modified after the last backup operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CommVault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul S. Pawar, Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Douglas Cary Swallow, Prakash Varadharajan