Patents by Inventor Ross Schmidt

Ross Schmidt 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).

  • System and method for data management
    Patent number: 7103602
    Abstract: An automated data management system and method for logging, processing, and reporting a large volume of data having different file types, stored on different media, and/or run by different operating systems, includes a first server processor for restoring a plurality of received data files, the data files being capable of being different file types; a file organizing/categorizing processor for organizing the received data files, based on a predetermined user list, into a source directory structure and a destination directory structure; a file logging processor for logging the received data files into a database formed by the source and destination directory structures and identifying a file type of the received data files; a de-duplicate processor for calculating a SHA value of the received data files to determine whether the received data files have duplicates and flagging duplicated data files in the database; an image conversion processor for converting the remaining data files into image files, respective
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Kroll Ontrack Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Ross A. Schmidt, Sean M. Brockway, Robert M. Craig, Todd Partington
  • System and method for data management
    Publication number: 20050203864
    Abstract: An automated data management system and method for logging, processing, and reporting a large volume of data having different file types, using different versions, stored on different media, and/or run by different operating systems, includes a first processor for restoring a plurality of received data files, the data files being capable of being different file types; a file organizing/categorizing processor for organizing the received data files into data slices, each data slice including an identification number and a descriptor that describes characteristics of the received data file; a file logging processor for logging the received data files into a first database based on the data slices; a data uploading processor for uploading the first database to a second database; a de-duplicate processor for calculating a SHA value of the received data files to determine whether the received data files have duplicates and flagging duplicated data files in the second database; an image conversion processor for conv
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: ONTRAK DATA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Ross Schmidt, Robert Craig, Cameron Black, Sean Brockway, Todd Partington
  • System and method for data management
    Publication number: 20030004922
    Abstract: An automated data management system and method for logging, processing, and reporting a large volume of data having different file types, using different versions, stored on different media, and/or run by different operating systems, includes a first processor for restoring a plurality of received data files, the data files being capable of being different file types; a file organizing/categorizing processor for organizing the received data files into data slices, each data slice including an identification number and a descriptor that describes characteristics of the received data file; a file logging processor for logging the received data files into a first database based on the data slices; a data uploading processor for uploading the first database to a second database; a de-duplicate processor for calculating a SHA value of the received data files to determine whether the received data files have duplicates and flagging duplicated data files in the second database; an image conversion processor for conv
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: ONTRACK Data International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross A. Schmidt, Robert M. Craig, Cameron Black, Sean M. Brockway, Todd Partington
  • System and method for data management
    Publication number: 20020059317
    Abstract: An automated data management system and method for logging, processing, and reporting a large volume of data having different file types, stored on different media, and/or run by different operating systems, includes a first server processor for restoring a plurality of received data files, the data files being capable of being different file types; a file organizing/categorizing processor for organizing the received data files, based on a predetermined user list, into a source directory structure and a destination directory structure; a file logging processor for logging the received data files into a database formed by the source and destination directory structures and identifying a file type of the received data files; a de-duplicate processor for calculating a SHA value of the received data files to determine whether the received data files have duplicates and flagging duplicated data files in the database; an image conversion processor for converting the remaining data files into image files, respective
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: ONTRACK Data International, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Ross A. Schmidt, Sean M. Brockway, Robert M. Craig, Todd Partington