Patents by Inventor Gaohong Wei

Gaohong Wei 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 of generating a point-in-time image of at least a portion of a database
    Patent number: 7831564
    Abstract: A method and system of generating a point-in-time image of at least a portion of a database is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided wherein a plurality of components of a database are discovered, a component of the plurality of components is selected, a data management resource of a plurality of data management resources is selected using an attribute of the component, and a point-in-time image of the component is generated using the data management resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Gaohong Wei, HanCheng Hsiung, Qiang Li
  • Method and system of generating a proxy for a database
    Patent number: 7631020
    Abstract: A method and system of generating a proxy for a database is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided wherein an image creation technique used to create a point-in-time image of a database is identified, a logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database is created using the image creation technique, and the logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database is presented as a proxy for the database. In another embodiment, one or more updates applied to the database following the creation of the point-in-time image are applied to the logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Gaohong Wei, Qiang Li, HanCheng Hsiung, Mark F. Wu, Lalgudi V. Sujatha