Patents by Inventor Jacques Diederik Swanepoel

Jacques Diederik Swanepoel 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 modifying a backup data stream including a set of validation bytes for each data block to be provided to a fixed position delta reduction backup application
    Patent number: 7676509
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modifying a data stream of backup data to be provided to a fixed position delta reduction backup method are disclosed. When the data stream is received, at least a portion of the data stream is parsed into a plurality of data blocks and a plurality of sets of validation bytes, wherein each of the plurality of data blocks corresponds to one of the plurality of sets of validation bytes. One or more modified data streams are then generated such that the plurality of data blocks are separate from the plurality of sets of validation bytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: i365 Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Diederik Swanepoel, Guangsheng Fu