Patents by Inventor Robert Meierhofer

Robert Meierhofer 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 and methods for restoring application data
    Patent number: 9658925
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for restoring application data may include (1) identifying a virtual disk image used by a virtual machine to represent a volume of data within the virtual machine used for storage by an application within the virtual machine, (2) identifying a request to back up the virtual disk image, and, in response to the request, (3) identifying, within the volume of data, at least one file including application data used by the application, (4) generating application metadata and a catalog associating a logical view of the application data with the file, the logical view being based on application logic of the application, (5) backing up the virtual disk image, and (6) associating the catalog with the backed up virtual disk image. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies
    Inventors: Prabhu Damodharan, Joseph Milton Gilpin, Robert Meierhofer, Lowell Palecek, Curtis Peterson, Matthew Reker, Larry Schiefelbein, Hermeher Sekhon, Robert Wilde, Martin Annoni