Patents by Inventor Deepak M. Patil

Deepak M. Patil 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 apparatus for implementing a storage lifecycle based on a hierarchy of storage destinations
    Patent number: 7987325
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a storage lifecycle policy based on a hierarchy of storage destinations to improve storage lifecycle management is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises specifying at least one source copy for at least one storage lifecycle operation in a storage lifecycle policy to generate a storage destination hierarchy using the at least one specified source copy and performing the at least one storage lifecycle operation using the storage destination hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Operation
    Inventors: Deepak M. Patil, Claudia L. Rudolph
  • Method and apparatus for implementing a storage lifecycle policy of a snapshot image
    Patent number: 7979649
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of a snapshot image using a storage lifecycle policy is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises recording a snapshot image of a volume and creating a copy of the snapshot image, wherein the copy is to be used to implement a storage lifecycle policy for the snapshot image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Alioune Thiam, Deepak M. Patil, Dennis C. Parker