Patents by Inventor Andrew C. Meyer

Andrew C. Meyer 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).

  • Method and system for providing continuous and long-term data protection for a dataset in a storage system
    Patent number: 7827366
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing continuous data protection and long-term data protection of data in a storage system. A persistent point-in-time Image (PPI) image of the data is created and stored at a first storage. The data at the first storage is updated frequently to provide continuous data protection. A copy of the dataset is created and stored in a secondary storage. The copy of the dataset stored in a secondary storage is updated and backed up less frequently than the PPIs image of data stored at the first storage to ensure long-term data protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: Gokul Nadathur, Andrew C. Meyer, Mike Szelong, Aseem Vaid