Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Shimkus

Joseph B. Shimkus 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).

  • Deduplication efficiency
    Patent number: 8539148
    Abstract: A method is used in improving deduplication efficiency. Metadata of a data object is evaluated for determining write activity of the data object. Based on the write activity, deduplicating technique is applied to the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangping Chen, Miles A. de Forest, Joseph B. Shimkus, Philippe Armangau, Mark Ku