Patents by Inventor Michael M. DeGuzman

Michael M. DeGuzman 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).

  • Systems, methods and computer program products for performing remote data storage for client devices
    Patent number: 8019872
    Abstract: Remote data storage is performed for client devices that are associated with an enterprise, by performing the following automatically at a given client device in response to authorization from the given client device: obtaining metadata about the given client device; uploading the metadata to a remote data storage system and initiating an initial remote data storage to the remote data storage system using the metadata that was obtained. At the remote data storage system, a load balancing program may be executed to programmatically assign a given client device to a subset of remote data storage devices in response to obtaining the metadata about the given client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian M. Lora, Christopher L. Pilione, David W. Rutherford, Michael M. DeGuzman
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PERFORMING REMOTE DATA STORAGE FOR CLIENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080016148
    Abstract: Remote data storage is performed for client devices that are associated with an enterprise, by performing the following automatically at a given client device in response to authorization from the given client device: obtaining metadata about the given client device; uploading the metadata to a remote data storage system and initiating an initial remote data storage to the remote data storage system using the metadata that was obtained. At the remote data storage system, a load balancing program may be executed to programmatically assign a given client device to a subset of remote data storage devices in response to obtaining the metadata about the given client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Brian M. Lora, Christopher L. Pilione, David W. Rutherford, Michael M. DeGuzman