Patents by Inventor David Humby

David Humby 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).

  • Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata
    Patent number: 7818300
    Abstract: Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content is received. The selected item of content and its associated metadata are retained automatically in parallel in accordance with the retention policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
  • Retention and disposition of components of a complex stored object
    Patent number: 7814063
    Abstract: Retention and disposition of components of a complex stored object is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a complex stored object comprising a root content object and one or more child content objects included in a body of managed content is received. The root content object and the one or more child content objects and associated metadata are retained in parallel automatically in accordance with the retention policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Dan Bailey
  • Retention of complex objects
    Patent number: 7801862
    Abstract: Retention of complex objects is disclosed. An indication is received that retention applied to a root object of a complex object is to be extended to child objects, such as attachments or included files or other content. A snapshot of at least the child objects is stored and the retention that is applied to the root object is extended to the snapshot. Retention of the snapshot ensures that the child objects are retained, so long as and in the same manner as the root object, in the form (e.g., version) in which they are stored at the time retention is applied to the snapshot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: David Humby, David Mennie, Steve Sauder, John-David Dorman
  • Resolving retention policy conflicts
    Publication number: 20100050231
    Abstract: Resolving retention policy conflicts is disclosed. An indication is received that two or more retention policies apply to an item of content. A merged retention policy that is based at least in part on the respective requirements of the two or more retention policies is generated automatically for the item of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John-David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
  • Resolving retention policy conflicts
    Patent number: 7594082
    Abstract: Resolving retention policy conflicts is disclosed. An indication is received that two or more retention policies apply to an item of content. A merged retention policy that is based at least in part on the respective requirements of the two or more retention policies is generated automatically for the item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey