Patents by Inventor Allan J. Bricker

Allan J. Bricker 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: 8364917
    Abstract: A method for replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. A stream of data is stored on an originator deduplicating system by storing a plurality of deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data. The originator deduplicating system is replicated on a replica system by sending a copy of the plurality of deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data to the replica system. A first portion of the deduplicated segments stored on the originator deduplicating system that is corrupted is identified. A copy of the first portion of the deduplicated segments is requested to be sent by the replica system to the originator deduplicating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Publication number: 20120191931
    Abstract: A method for replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. A stream of data is stored on an originator deduplicating system by storing a plurality of deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data. The originator deduplicating system is replicated on a replica system by sending a copy of the plurality of deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data to the replica system. A first portion of the deduplicated segments stored on the originator deduplicating system that is corrupted is identified. A copy of the first portion of the deduplicated segments is requested to be sent by the replica system to the originator deduplicating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Patent number: 8176277
    Abstract: A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises storing a stream of data on an originator deduplicating system by storing deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data. The method further comprises replicating the originator deduplicating system by receiving a copy of the deduplicated segments, information regarding containers for the deduplicated segments, and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data transferred from the originator deduplicating system to the replica system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Publication number: 20110307441
    Abstract: A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises storing a stream of data on an originator deduplicating system by storing deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data. The method further comprises replicating the originator deduplicating system by receiving a copy of the deduplicated segments, information regarding containers for the deduplicated segments, and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data transferred from the originator deduplicating system to the replica system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicants: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Patent number: 8028138
    Abstract: A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises requesting the state of a replica system. The method further comprises sending a container to the replica system and sending a file system log record to the replica system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Patent number: 7631144
    Abstract: A method for storing data is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a data stream comprising a plurality of data segments and preliminarily checking in a memory having a relatively low latency whether one of the plurality of data segments has been stored previously. The method further comprises in the event that the preliminary check does not conclusively determine whether the data segment has been stored previously, limiting checking in a memory having a relatively high latency to conclusively determine whether the data segment has been previously stored, and in the event that checking is limited or in the event that the check in the memory having relatively high latency conclusively determines the data segment has not been previously stored, storing the data segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: DataDomain, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Benjamin Zhu, R. Hugo Patterson, Allan J. Bricker, Edward K. Lee
  • Publication number: 20090292746
    Abstract: A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises requesting the state of a replica system. The method further comprises sending a container to the replica system and sending a file system log record to the replica system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade
  • Patent number: 7584338
    Abstract: A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises requesting the state of a replica system. The method further comprises sending a container to the replica system and sending a file system log record to the replica system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Data Domain, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan J. Bricker, Richard Johnsson, Greg Wade