Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Stickles

Stephen M. Stickles 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).

  • Parallelizing and deduplicating backup data
    Patent number: 11182345
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Exagrid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Therrien, Stephen M. Stickles, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews
  • PARALLELIZING AND DEDUPLICATING BACKUP DATA
    Publication number: 20190278750
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Exagrid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Therrien, Stephen M. Stickles, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews
  • Parallelizing and deduplicating backup data
    Patent number: 10303656
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Exagrid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Therrien, Stephen M. Stickles, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews
  • PARALLELIZING AND DEDUPLICATING BACKUP DATA
    Publication number: 20170046360
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Exagrid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Therrien, Stephen M. Stickles, Thomas J. Gillispie, William Andrews