Patents by Inventor Timothy John Stoakes

Timothy John Stoakes 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).

  • Identifying application metadata in a backup stream
    Patent number: 8620845
    Abstract: A method of identifying application metadata in a backup stream comprises finding a known application metadata signature within a backup stream. A source application of user data in the backup stream is identified based upon the known application metadata signature. Application metadata, which has been generated by the source application, is removed from consideration by a data de-duplicator which is used to perform data de-duplication on the backup stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy John Stoakes, Andrew Charles Leppard
  • IDENTIFYING APPLICATION METADATA IN A BACKUP STREAM
    Publication number: 20100077161
    Abstract: A method of identifying application metadata in a backup stream comprises finding a known application metadata signature within a backup stream. A source application of user data in the backup stream is identified based upon the known application metadata signature. Application metadata, which has been generated by the source application, is removed from consideration by a data de-duplicator which is used to perform data de-duplication on the backup stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy John Stoakes, Andrew Charles Leppard