Patents by Inventor Kurt William Everson

Kurt William Everson 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).

  • Patent number: 11327948
    Abstract: A method is used in managing deduplication of data in storage systems. A candidate data object is identified for deduplicating a data object by evaluating digests stored in a current digest segment to determine whether another digest matching a digest associated with the data block is stored in the current digest segment. The current digest segment includes a set of digests associated with a set of data blocks previously received for deduplication. Based on the evaluation, a deduplicating technique is applied to the data object. The current digest segment is stored in an index table. A previous digest segment associated with a digest stored in the index table matches the digest associated with the data block is replaced by the current digest segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nickolay Dalmatov, Richard P. Ruef, Kurt William Everson
  • Patent number: 11144533
    Abstract: A method is used in managing deduplication of data in storage systems. A candidate data object is identified for deduplicating a data object by evaluating digests stored in a current digest segment to determine whether another digest matching a digest associated with the data block is stored in the current digest segment. The current digest segment includes a set of digests associated with a set of data blocks previously received for deduplication. Based on the evaluation, a deduplicating technique is applied to the data object. The current digest segment is stored in an index table. A previous digest segment associated with a digest stored in the index table matches the digest associated with the data block is replaced by the current digest segment. A plurality of digest segments are organized into a segment group and a reference counter is associated with the segment group, wherein if the reference counter reaches zero, storage space consumed by the digest group is reclaimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nickolay Alexandrovich Dalamatov, Richard P. Ruef, Kurt William Everson
  • Patent number: 11074232
    Abstract: A method is used in managing deduplication of data in storage systems. A digest is determined for a data object received for deduplication. A candidate data object is identified for deduplicating the data object. A digest associated with the candidate data object matches the digest associated with the data object. The digest in a digest segment is maintained based on identification of the candidate data object. The digest segment includes a set of digests associated with a set of data blocks identified for deduplication in an ordered arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nickolay Dalmatov, Richard P. Ruef, Kurt William Everson
  • Patent number: 9846718
    Abstract: A method is used in deduplicating sets of data blocks. A candidate data object is identified for deduplicating a data object. A digest associated with the candidate data object matches a digest associated with the data object. Digest information of a set of data objects is evaluated. The set of data objects are selected for evaluation based on an association between location of the set of data objects and location of the candidate data object. Based on the evaluation, a deduplicating technique is applied for deduplicating the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Richard P. Ruef, Ying Hu, Kurt William Everson