Patents by Inventor Grant Alexander McAlister

Grant Alexander McAlister 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).

  • Rotating incremental data backup
    Patent number: 9195546
    Abstract: A method for backing up a database includes identifying n portions of a database wherein each of the n portions is greater than 0% and less than 100% of the database. The method also includes performing a complete backup of a first 1/n portion of the database and performing an incremental backup on the remaining (n?1)/n portion of the database, and for each subsequent backup, performing a complete backup of a next 1/n portion of the database and performing an incremental backup on the remaining (n?1)/n portion of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant Alexander McAlister