Patents by Inventor John David Dorman

John David Dorman 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).

  • Retention and disposition of stored content associated with multiple stored objects
    Patent number: 7970743
    Abstract: Retention and disposition of stored content associated with multiple stored objects is disclosed. An indication is received that a first stored object associated with an item of content comprising a body of managed content is no longer subject to retention under a retention policy applicable to the first stored object. The item of content is deleted or otherwise disposed of only if the item of content is not associated with a second stored object that is still required or desired to be retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
  • CONSISTENT RETENTION AND DISPOSITION OF MANAGED CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED METADATA
    Publication number: 20110047132
    Abstract: Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content is received. The selected item of content and its associated metadata are retained automatically in parallel in accordance with the retention policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
  • Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata
    Patent number: 7818300
    Abstract: Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content is received. The selected item of content and its associated metadata are retained automatically in parallel in accordance with the retention policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
  • Retention and disposition of components of a complex stored object
    Patent number: 7814063
    Abstract: Retention and disposition of components of a complex stored object is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a complex stored object comprising a root content object and one or more child content objects included in a body of managed content is received. The root content object and the one or more child content objects and associated metadata are retained in parallel automatically in accordance with the retention policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Dan Bailey
  • Resolving retention policy conflicts
    Patent number: 7594082
    Abstract: Resolving retention policy conflicts is disclosed. An indication is received that two or more retention policies apply to an item of content. A merged retention policy that is based at least in part on the respective requirements of the two or more retention policies is generated automatically for the item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Kilday, John David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey