Patents by Inventor Tom Hansen

Tom Hansen 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).

  • Systems and methods for backing up data files
    Publication number: 20020174139
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, John Acott, Tom Hansen, Brian Wilson
  • Systems and methods for backing up data files
    Patent number: 6460055
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: LiveVault Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, John Acott, Tom Hansen, Brian Wilson