Abstract: A method and apparatus for data mirroring are described. In one embodiment, a method for implementing country-specific data locality to cause data related to local transactions to be stored within the country in which the transactions occurred, comprises: capturing a set of transaction data associated with a set of transactions into a first cloud-based storage resource; and, according to a configuration file, performing data mirroring across a heterogeneous set of cloud providers using a plurality of stages executed by one or more processors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for data mirroring are described. In one embodiment, a method for implementing country-specific data locality to cause data related to local transactions to be stored within the country in which the transactions occurred, comprises: capturing a set of transaction data associated with a set of transactions into a first cloud-based storage resource; and, according to a configuration file, performing data mirroring across a heterogeneous set of cloud providers using a plurality of stages executed by one or more processors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for data minoring are described. In one embodiment, a method for implementing country-specific data locality to cause data related to local transactions to be stored within the country in which the transactions occurred, comprises: capturing a set of transaction data associated with payment processing transactions into a first public cloud storage resource; and performing data mirroring across a heterogeneous set of cloud providers using a pipeline having a plurality of pipeline stages executed by one or more processors.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for creating a template document for responding to an Office Action.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for processing of patents. Similar words to each word in a claim may be found to words in a patent document. Often the words of the claims may be searched for in a cited reference to flag to the practitioner an area of interest that may contain a paragraph or sentence that may disclose that feature of a claim. An automated method of searching for similar words of a claim that notify a practitioner of an area of patentable interest is presented in some embodiments of this invention.