Patents by Inventor Hasan Serdar Sutay

Hasan Serdar Sutay 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).

  • Incremental virtual machine backup supporting migration
    Patent number: 8832029
    Abstract: A record of changes to virtual machine data of a virtual machine and a record of changes to snapshots of the virtual machine that have been received since the virtual machine was last backed up are maintained. In response to it being time to perform an incremental backup of the virtual machine, a portion of the virtual machine data is backed up based on the record of changes to the virtual machine data, and a portion of the snapshots is backed up based on the record of changes to the snapshots. In response to it being time to migrate the virtual machine to a second host device, the virtual machine data, the record of changes to the virtual machine data, the record of changes to the snapshots, and one or more of the snapshots are migrated to the second host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Angshuman Bezbaruah, Christopher L. Eck, Soumya Kanti Das Bhaumik, Hasan Serdar Sutay, Howard Hao
  • INCREMENTAL VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUP SUPPORTING MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20120209812
    Abstract: A record of changes to virtual machine data of a virtual machine and a record of changes to snapshots of the virtual machine that have been received since the virtual machine was last backed up are maintained. In response to it being time to perform an incremental backup of the virtual machine, a portion of the virtual machine data is backed up based on the record of changes to the virtual machine data, and a portion of the snapshots is backed up based on the record of changes to the snapshots. In response to it being time to migrate the virtual machine to a second host device, the virtual machine data, the record of changes to the virtual machine data, the record of changes to the snapshots, and one or more of the snapshots are migrated to the second host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angshuman Bezbaruah, Christopher L. Eck, Soumya Kanti Das Bhaumik, Hasan Serdar Sutay, Howard Hao