Patents by Inventor Paul E. Tinius

Paul E. Tinius 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).

  • Detecting and managing orphan files between primary and secondary data stores
    Patent number: 7685177
    Abstract: A method and system for locating and eliminating orphan files within a secondary storage device. The method includes identifying a secondary file on a secondary storage device, the secondary file being associated with file identification data, identifying a placeholder file on a primary storage device, the placeholder file being associated with an offline reference, and determining if the offline reference of the placeholder file validly references the secondary file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Carl F. Hagerstrom, Thomas Dixon Hutchinson, Shridhar Bharthulwar, Paul E. Tinius
  • Detecting and managing orphan files between primary and secondary data stores for content addressed storage
    Patent number: 7640406
    Abstract: A method and system for locating and eliminating orphan files within a secondary storage device. The method includes identifying a secondary file on a secondary storage device, the secondary file being associated with file identification data, wherein the file identification data includes a content address, identifying a placeholder file on a primary storage device, the placeholder file being associated with an offline reference, and determining if the offline reference of the placeholder file validly references the content address of the secondary file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Carl F. Hagerstrom, Thomas Dixon Hutchinson, Shridhar Bharthulwar, Paul E. Tinius
  • Detecting and managing missing parents between primary and secondary data stores
    Patent number: 7603397
    Abstract: A method and system for locating and/or eliminating missing parent files within a primary storage device. The method includes identifying a placeholder file on a primary storage device, the placeholder file having an offline reference and being associated with file identification data, identifying a secondary file on a secondary storage device using data in the offline reference of the placeholder file, identifying an online reference of the secondary file, determining if the online reference of the secondary file properly references the file identification data of the placeholder file, and updating the online reference of the secondary file so that it includes the file identification data of the placeholder file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Carl F. Hagerstrom, Thomas Dixon Hutchinson, Shridhar Bharthulwar, Paul E. Tinius
  • Detecting and managing missing parents between primary and secondary data stores for content addressed storage
    Patent number: 7599971
    Abstract: A method and system for locating and eliminating missing parent files within a primary storage device. The method includes identifying a placeholder file on a primary storage device, the placeholder file having an offline reference and being associated with file identification data, identifying a secondary file on a secondary storage device using a content address of the secondary file included in the offline reference of the placeholder file, identifying an online reference of the secondary file, determining if the online reference of the secondary file properly references the file identification data of the placeholder file, and updating the online reference of the secondary file so that it includes the file identification data of the placeholder file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Carl F. Hagerstrom, Thomas Dixon Hutchinson, Shridhar Bharthulwar, Paul E. Tinius