Patents by Inventor Jacob C. Farkas

Jacob C. Farkas 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for multi-source restore
    Patent number: 9483365
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that restore a resource from a first source and a second source to a device are described. Availability of the resource from a second source may be dynamically determined after a portion of the resource has been restored to the device from the first source. If the second source is determined to be more efficiently connected with the device than the first source, a remaining portion of the resource may be restored from the second source to the device after the portion of the resource has been restored to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Jacob C. Farkas, Kenneth B. McNeil
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SOURCE RESTORE
    Publication number: 20150006837
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that restore a resource from a first source and a second source to a device are described. Availability of the resource from a second source may be dynamically determined after a portion of the resource has been restored to the device from the first source. If the second source is determined to be more efficiently connected with the device than the first source, a remaining portion of the resource may be restored from the second source to the device after the portion of the resource has been restored to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Jacob C. Farkas, Kenneth B. McNeil
  • Methods and apparatus for multi-source restore
    Patent number: 8868859
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that restore a resource from a first source and a second source to a device are described. Availability of the resource from a second source may be dynamically determined after a portion of the resource has been restored to the device from the first source. If the second source is determined to be more efficiently connected with the device than the first source, a remaining portion of the resource may be restored from the second source to the device after the portion of the resource has been restored to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Jacob C. Farkas, Kenneth B. McNeil
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SOURCE RESTORE
    Publication number: 20120311280
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that restore a resource from a first source and a second source to a device are described. Availability of the resource from a second source may be dynamically determined after a portion of the resource has been restored to the device from the first source. If the second source is determined to be more efficiently connected with the device than the first source, a remaining portion of the resource may be restored from the second source to the device after the portion of the resource has been restored to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Jacob C. Farkas, Kenneth B. McNeil