Patents by Inventor Michael Hirsch

Michael Hirsch 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).

  • Publication number: 20130232120
    Abstract: Input backup data is deduplicated with data of a synthetic backup previously constructed by a deduplication storage system. A synthetic backup is constructed by processing metadata instructions provided by a backup application. Deduplication digests are calculated based on the data of the synthetic backup and the deduplication digests are stored in a digests index. When new backup data is processed, deduplication digests of the new data are calculated and searched in the digests index. Matching digests of previously constructed synthetic backups are located in the digests index. Each of the located matching digest references stored data are included in the synthetic backup, and the stored data is similar to the input backup data. Data matches are found in the input backup data and data in the synthetic backup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lior ARONOVICH, Michael HIRSCH, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20130198754
    Abstract: Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for full exploitation of parallel processors for data processing are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a set of parallel processors is partitioned into disjoint subsets according to indices of the set of the parallel processors. The size of each of the disjoint subsets corresponds to a number of processors assigned to the processing of the data chunks at one of the layers. Each of the processors are assigned to different layers in different data chunks such that each of processors are busy and the data chunks are fully processed within a number of the time steps equal to the number of the layers. A transition function is devised from the indices of the set of the parallel processors at one time steps to the indices of the set of the parallel processors at a following time step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel Thomas KLEIN, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20130198753
    Abstract: For full exploitation of parallel processors for data processing, a set of parallel processors is partitioned into disjoint subsets according to indices of the set of the parallel processors. The size of each of the disjoint subsets corresponds to a number of processors assigned to the processing of the data chunks at one of the layers. Each of the processors are assigned to different layers in different data chunks such that each of processors are busy and the data chunks are fully processed within a number of the time steps equal to the number of the layers. A transition function is devised from the indices of the set of the parallel processors at one time steps to the indices of the set of the parallel processors at a following time step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel Thomas KLEIN, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20130179759
    Abstract: Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for an incremental modification of an error detection code operation are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, for a data block requiring a first error detection code (EDC) value to be calculated and verified and is undergoing modification for at least one randomly positioned sub-blocks that becomes available and modified in independent time intervals, a second EDC value is calculated for each of the randomly positioned sub-blocks. An incremental effect of the second EDC value is applied for calculating the first EDC value and for recalculating the first EDC value upon replacing at least one of the randomly positioned sub-blocks. The resource consumption is proportional to the size of at least one of the randomly positioned sub-blocks that are added and modified. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lior ARONOVICH, Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel Thomas Klein, Yair TOAFF
  • Patent number: 8484170
    Abstract: For scalable data deduplication working with small data chunks in a computing environment, for each of the small data chunks, a signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear in the small data chunks with a representation of frequencies of the small data chunks. The signature is used to help in selecting the data to be deduplicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lior Aronovich, Ron Asher, Michael Hirsch, Shmuel T. Klein, Ehud Meiri, Yair Toaff
  • Patent number: 8478730
    Abstract: For scalable data deduplication working with small data chunks in a computing environment, for each of the small data chunks, a signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear in the small data chunks with a representation of frequencies of the small data chunks. The signature is used to help in selecting the data to be deduplicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lior Aronovich, Ron Asher, Michael Hirsch, Shmuel T. Klein, Ehud Meiri, Yair Toaff
  • Patent number: 8458132
    Abstract: For deduplicating data in a computing environment, a sequence of data is received. The sequence of data is formatted for back-up such that an order of the sequence of data is different than the order of an input sequence of the data. The sequence of data is stored in the same order as the input sequence of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20130073528
    Abstract: For scalable data deduplication working with small data chunks in a computing environment, for each of the small data chunks, a signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear in the small data chunks with a representation of frequencies of the small data chunks. The signature is used to help in selecting the data to be deduplicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lior ARONOVICH, Ron ASHER, Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel T. KLEIN, Ehud MEIRI, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20130073529
    Abstract: For scalable data deduplication working with small data chunks in a computing environment, for each of the small data chunks, a signature is generated based on a combination of a representation of characters that appear in the small data chunks with a representation of frequencies of the small data chunks. The signature is used to help in selecting the data to be deduplicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lior ARONOVICH, Ron ASHER, Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel T. KLEIN, Ehud MEIRI, Yair TOAFF
  • Patent number: 8364641
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for deduplicating data in a computing environment are provided. A sequence of data is received. The sequence of data is formatted for back-up such that an order of the sequence of data is different than the order of an input sequence of the data. The sequence of data is stored in the same order as the input sequence of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hirsch
  • Patent number: 8332372
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for processing data a computing environment are provided. The computer environment for data deduplication storage receives a plurality of write operations for deduplication storage of the data. The data is buffered in a plurality of buffers with overflow temporarily stored to a memory hierarchy when the data received for deduplication storage is sequential or non sequential. The data is accumulated and updated in the plurality of buffers per a data structure, the data structure serving as a fragment map between the plurality of buffers and a plurality of user file locations. The data is restructured in the plurality of buffers to form a complete sequence of a required sequence size. The data is provided as at least one stream to a stream-based deduplication algorithm for processing and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Itai Tzur, Shay H. Akirav, Ron Edelstein, Michael Hirsch, Ariel J. Ish-Shalom, Liran Loya
  • Publication number: 20120271798
    Abstract: For deduplicating data in a computing environment, a sequence of data is received. The sequence of data is formatted for back-up such that an order of the sequence of data is different than the order of an input sequence of the data. The sequence of data is stored in the same order as the input sequence of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael HIRSCH
  • Publication number: 20120271873
    Abstract: A remainder by division of a sequence of bytes interpreted as a first number by a second number is calculated. A first remainder by division associated with a first subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a first processor. A second remainder by division associated with a second subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a second processor. The calculating of the second remainder by division may occur at least partially during the calculating of the first remainder by division. A third remainder by division is calculated based on the calculating of the first remainder by division and the calculating of the second remainder by division.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael HIRSCH, Shmuel T. KLEIN, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20120243688
    Abstract: A computer system having at least first and second documents, a plurality of decryption keys, and a plurality of data segments stored therein is provided. Each of the plurality of data segments is decryptable by a selected one of the decryption keys. The decryption keys include a first set of decryption keys associated with the first document and not associated with the second document, a second set of decryption keys associated with the second document and not associated with the first document, and a third set of decryption keys associated with the first document and the second document. The first document is deleted, and in response, the first set of decryption keys is rendered unusable, and the second set of decryption keys and the third set of decryption keys are not rendered unusable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael HIRSCH
  • Patent number: 8275756
    Abstract: Systems and methods enabling search of a repository for the location of data that is similar to input data, using a defined measure of similarity, in a time that is independent of the size of the repository and linear in a size of the input data, and a space that is proportional to a small fraction of the size of the repository. The similar data segments thus located are further analyzed to determine their common (identical) data sections, regardless of the order and position of the common data sections in the repository and input, and in a time that is linear in the segment size and in constant space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hirsch, Haim Bitner, Lior Aronovich, Ron Asher, Eitan Bachmat, Shmuel T. Klein
  • Patent number: 8275782
    Abstract: Systems and methods enabling search of a repository for the location of data that is similar to input data, using a defined measure of similarity, in a time that is independent of the size of the repository and linear in a size of the input data, and a space that is proportional to a small fraction of the size of the repository. The similar data segments thus located are further analyzed to determine their common (identical) data sections, regardless of the order and position of the common data sections in the repository and input, and in a time that is linear in the segment size and in constant space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hirsch, Haim Bitner, Lior Aronovich, Ron Asher, Eitan Bachmat, Shmuel T. Klein
  • Patent number: 8275755
    Abstract: Systems and methods enabling search of a repository for the location of data that is similar to input data, using a defined measure of similarity, in a time that is independent of the size of the repository and linear in a size of the input data, and a space that is proportional to a small fraction of the size of the repository. The similar data segments thus located are further analyzed to determine their common (identical) data sections, regardless of the order and position of the common data sections in the repository and input, and in a time that is linear in the segment size and in constant space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hirsch, Haim Bitner, Lior Aronovich, Ron Asher, Eitan Bachmat, Shmuel T. Klein
  • Publication number: 20120239625
    Abstract: A deduplication storage system enables new input data to be deduplicated with data of synthetic backups already constructed, and for this purpose efficiently calculates deduplication digests for synthetic backups being constructed, based on already existing digests of data referenced by the synthetic backups. For each input data segment of the plurality of input data segments of a synthetic backup being constructed, a plurality of deduplication digests of stored data segments, referenced by the input data segment, is retrieved from an index. Each input data segment is partitioned into each of a plurality of fixed-sized data sub-segments. A calculation is performed producing a deduplication digest for a data sub-segment, where the calculation is based on the retrieved deduplication digests of the plurality of stored data sub-segments referenced by the input data sub-segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lior ARONOVICH, Michael HIRSCH, Yair TOAFF
  • Publication number: 20120219019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for synchronising data streams in networks and to a corresponding computer program and corresponding computer-readable storage medium which can be used, in particular, for synchronising different audio playback devices (audio adapters) within a home network. Said home network can be a conventional computer network comprising both wireline and wireless components. According to the invention, in order to synchronise the data output in networks in which at least one data stream is transmitted by a network unit to at least two output units of the network, where said stream is outputted, first common time information is made available to at least the output units and the output of the data in the data stream is synchronised at least in terms of the phase and/or frequency on the basis of the first common time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: RAUMFELD GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20120158660
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for deduplicating data in a computing environment are provided. A sequence of data is received. The sequence of data is formatted for back-up such that an order of the sequence of data is different than the order of an input sequence of the data. The sequence of data is stored in the same order as the input sequence of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael HIRSCH