Patents by Inventor Robert T. Madey, Jr.

Robert T. Madey, Jr. 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).

  • Peer to peer backup and recovery
    Patent number: 7586839
    Abstract: A method in a processing system for managing backup data on a set of nodes in a network data processing system. An inventory of files is generated on a set of nodes in the network data processing system. An initial map from the inventory is created, wherein the first initial map includes an identification of each file located on a node in the set of nodes. A location map is built from the initial map and the location map identifies a set of files and identifies each node on which a file in the set of files is located, wherein at least one node in the set of nodes is a peer node to another node in the set of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, David Bruce Kumhyr, Robert T. Madey, Jr., Neil R. Pennell