Patents by Inventor Donald Messerli

Donald Messerli 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).

  • Data processing recovery system and method spanning multiple operating system
    Patent number: 8219850
    Abstract: A system and method for recovering from a computer system crashing as a result of the storage disk suffering physical damage and/or the corruption of an application, operating system, and/or data. The computer system may be standalone or a part of a communication network. The computer includes a hard disk storage divided into a primary partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and a recovery partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and for backup data storage. A boot track storing a boot manager, a backup status information file for establishing communication between the operating systems of the primary and recovery partitions, and a status validation file verifying the integrity of the backup status information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: RPX Corporation
    Inventors: Frank C. Wang, Donald Messerli, Dennis E. Kelly
  • Data processing recovery system and method spanning multiple operating system
    Patent number: 7689861
    Abstract: A system and method for recovering from a computer system crashing as a result of the storage disk suffering physical damage and/or the corruption of an application, operating system, and/or data. The computer system may be standalone or a part of a communication network. The computer includes a hard disk storage divided into a primary partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and a recovery partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and for backup data storage. A boot track storing a boot manager, a backup status information file for establishing communication between the operating systems of the primary and recovery partitions, and a status validation file verifying the integrity of the backup status information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: XPoint Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Wang, Donald Messerli, Dennis E. Kelly
  • Data processing recovery system and method spanning multiple operating system
    Patent number: 7430686
    Abstract: A system and method for recovering from a computer system crashing as a result of the storage disk suffering physical damage and/or the corruption of an application, operating system, and/or data. The computer system may be standalone or a part of a communication network. The computer includes a hard disk storage divided into a primary partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and a recovery partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and for backup data storage. A boot track storing a boot manager, a backup status information file for establishing communication between the operating systems of the primary and recovery partitions, and a status validation file verifying the integrity of the backup status information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: XPoint Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C Wang, Donald Messerli, Dennis E. Kelly
  • Data processing recovery system and method spanning multiple operating system
    Patent number: 7024581
    Abstract: A system and method for recovering from a computer system crashing as a result of the storage disk suffering physical damage and/or the corruption of an application, operating system, and/or data. The computer system may be standalone or a part of a communication network. The computer includes a hard disk storage divided into a primary partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and a recovery partition containing a unique operating system for executing application programs and for backup data storage. A boot track storing a boot manager, a backup status information file for establishing communication between the operating systems of the primary and recovery partitions, and a status validation file verifying the integrity of the backup status information file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: XPoint Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank C. Wang, Donald Messerli, Dennis E. Kelly