Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Ramke, Jr.

Thomas F. Ramke, 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).

  • Providing and managing data protection by using incremental forever for storage to cloud object stores
    Patent number: 10896098
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for providing and managing data protection by using incremental forever for storage to cloud object stores. An incremental offload is performed by using one or more extents to identify blocks of data for a version of a virtual machine in operational recovery storage to be offloaded to a cloud object store, wherein each of the one or more extents identifies locations of the blocks of data. The blocks of data are converted to objects in an incremental forever data format. The objects are offloaded to the cloud object store. The details of the offloading of the objects are stored in a local database in the operational recovery storage. The local database is copied from the operational recovery storage to the cloud object store as a database copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Omar Vargas, Avishai H. Hochberg, Thomas F. Ramke, Jr., David G. Derk, Peter Tanenhaus, Stefan Bender, Michael S. Fruchtman, Vadzim I. Piletski, James P. Smith, Christopher Zaremba
  • PROVIDING AND MANAGING DATA PROTECTION BY USING INCREMENTAL FOREVER FOR STORAGE TO CLOUD OBJECT STORES
    Publication number: 20200327015
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for providing and managing data protection by using incremental forever for storage to cloud object stores. An incremental offload is performed by using one or more extents to identify blocks of data for a version of a virtual machine in operational recovery storage to be offloaded to a cloud object store, wherein each of the one or more extents identifies locations of the blocks of data. The blocks of data are converted to objects in an incremental forever data format. The objects are offloaded to the cloud object store. The details of the offloading of the objects are stored in a local database in the operational recovery storage. The local database is copied from the operational recovery storage to the cloud object store as a database copy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Omar Vargas, Avishai H. Hochberg, Thomas F. Ramke, JR., David G. Derk, Peter Tanenhaus, Stefan Bender, Michael S. Fruchtman, Vadzim I. Piletski, James P. Smith, Christopher Zaremba
  • Method for establishing an agency relationship to perform delegated computing tasks
    Patent number: 8327425
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for establishing an agency relationship to perform delegated computing tasks. The method provides for initiation of the agency relationship, establishment of credentials to perform a delegated computing task, and performance of the delegated computing task. Benefits of establishing an agency relationship in a computing environment include improved security, efficiency, and reliability in performing delegated computing tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin S. Dawson, Glen Hattrup, Avishai H. Hochberg, Michael Kaczmarski, Thomas F. Ramke, Jr., James P. Smith