Patents by Inventor Sanjay A. Patel

Sanjay A. Patel 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).

  • Application restore points
    Patent number: 8332842
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for creating an application restore point when an application is installed or updated and for restoring the application and other elements of a computing system modified by the installation and update processes to a state as they exist at the application restore point. The application restore point captures information about which files are modified, created, or deleted by the installation and update processes. In one embodiment, a user invokes an installer process to install or update the application. When the installer process modifies or creates a file, an original copy of the file, or a reference to the file is placed into the application restore point. To restore the application, files of the computing system having original copies in the application restore point are replaced with the original copies while all new files referred to in the application restore point are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bauer, Doug Chartrand, Kevin Kirkeby, Sanjay A. Patel
  • Restoring application upgrades using an application restore point
    Patent number: 8132047
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for creating an application restore point when an application is installed or updated and for restoring the application and other elements of a computing system modified by the installation and update processes to a state as they exist at the application restore point. The application restore point captures information about which files are modified, created, or deleted by the installation and update processes. In one embodiment, a user invokes an installer process to install or update the application. When the installer process modifies or creates a file, an original copy of the file, or a reference to the file is placed into the application restore point. To restore the application, files of the computing system having original copies in the application restore point are replaced with the original copies while all new files referred to in the application restore point are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bauer, Doug Chartrand, Kevin Kirkeby, Sanjay A. Patel
  • RESTORING APPLICATION UPGRADES USING AN APPLICATION RESTORE POINT
    Publication number: 20100125556
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for creating an application restore point when an application is installed or updated and for restoring the application and other elements of a computing system modified by the installation and update processes to a state as they exist at the application restore point. The application restore point captures information about which files are modified, created, or deleted by the installation and update processes. In one embodiment, a user invokes an installer process to install or update the application. When the installer process modifies or creates a file, an original copy of the file, or a reference to the file is placed into the application restore point. To restore the application, files of the computing system having original copies in the application restore point are replaced with the original copies while all new files referred to in the application restore point are deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bauer, Doug CHartrand, Kevin Kirkeby, Sanjay A. Patel
  • APPLICATION RESTORE POINTS
    Publication number: 20100125841
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for creating an application restore point when an application is installed or updated and for restoring the application and other elements of a computing system modified by the installation and update processes to a state as they exist at the application restore point. The application restore point captures information about which files are modified, created, or deleted by the installation and update processes. In one embodiment, a user invokes an installer process to install or update the application. When the installer process modifies or creates a file, an original copy of the file, or a reference to the file is placed into the application restore point. To restore the application, files of the computing system having original copies in the application restore point are replaced with the original copies while all new files referred to in the application restore point are deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bauer, Doug Chartrand, Kevin Kirkeby, Sanjay A. Patel