Patents by Inventor Stephan K. Gipp

Stephan K. Gipp 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).

  • Automatically mounting and unmounting a volume during a backup or restore operation
    Patent number: 7941621
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for sharing non-distributed, random-access storage resources among a plurality of computer systems. A first backup or restore operation may be initiated. In response to initiation of the first backup or restore operation, a volume of a random-access storage device may be automatically mounted at a first computer system. The random-access storage device may be coupled to the first computer system by a network, and the volume may store a non-distributed file system. The first backup or restore operation may be completed by transmitting a first set of data between the random-access storage device and the first computer system. In response to completion of the first backup or restore operation, the volume of the random-access storage device may be automatically unmounted at the first computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan K. Gipp, Girish S. Jorapurkar, Steven Kappel, James P. Ohr, Shelley A. Schmokel, Timothy J. Stevens, Weibao Wu