Patents by Inventor James Charles WASHBURN, JR.

James Charles WASHBURN, JR. 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 managing a large-scale environment of copy data management appliances
    Patent number: 10379963
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide for global management of a set of data management services being executed by at least one of one or more physical data management appliances and one or more virtual data management appliances. First instructions are transmitted to a first copy data management appliance that cause the first copy data management appliance to send first data associated with protecting a first application entity to the management server. Second instructions are transmitted to a second copy data management appliance that cause the second copy data management appliance to send second data associated with protecting a second application entity to the management server. A plurality of data management policies associated with the first copy data management appliance and the second copy data management appliance are scheduled using a third service level template, which includes a merged set of schedules for the first and second copy data management appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Actifio, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Bhargava, Micah Waldman, James Charles Washburn, Jr., Jacqueline M. Smith, Jeffrey McNeil, Dongjun Sun, Yong-Min Chen, Qiang Fu
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A LARGE-SCALE ENVIRONMENT OF COPY DATA MANAGEMENT APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20160077927
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide for global management of a set of data management services being executed by at least one of one or more physical data management appliances and one or more virtual data management appliances. First instructions are transmitted to a first copy data management appliance that cause the first copy data management appliance to send first data associated with protecting a first application entity to the management server. Second instructions are transmitted to a second copy data management appliance that cause the second copy data management appliance to send second data associated with protecting a second application entity to the management server. A plurality of data management policies associated with the first copy data management appliance and the second copy data management appliance are scheduled using a third service level template, which includes a merged set of schedules for the first and second copy data management appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ankur BHARGAVA, Micah WALDMAN, James Charles WASHBURN, JR., Jacqueline M. SMITH, Jeffrey MCNEIL, Dongjun SUN, Yong-Min CHEN, Qiang FU