Patents by Inventor William Rothe

William Rothe 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).

  • Method and system for optimizing data backup
    Patent number: 7913047
    Abstract: There is provided a method for optimizing a data backup. The method comprising determining a backup project size, the backup project size identifying the quantity of data to be backed up; detecting available recording devices for transferring the data backup to storage media; receiving an input corresponding to at least one user specified optimization variable, wherein the at least one user specified optimization variable comprises an upper limit on the length of each of the calculated plurality of data streams; utilizing the at least one user specified optimization variable to calculate a plurality of data streams for performing the data backup; and assigning subsets of the plurality of data streams to the available recording devices to optimize the data backup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Erickson, Jeffrey M. Jordan, William Rothe
  • Method and system for optimizing data backup
    Publication number: 20100030984
    Abstract: There is provided a method for optimizing a data backup. The method comprising determining a backup project size, the backup project size identifying the quantity of data to be backed up; detecting available recording devices for transferring the data backup to storage media; receiving an input corresponding to at least one user specified optimization variable, wherein the at least one user specified optimization variable comprises an upper limit on the length of each of the calculated plurality of data streams; utilizing the at least one user specified optimization variable to calculate a plurality of data streams for performing the data backup; and assigning subsets of the plurality of data streams to the available recording devices to optimize the data backup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Erickson, Jeffrey M. Jordon, William Rothe