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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249281 | Method and system for backing up and restoring data of a node in a distributed system A method and system for backing up and restoring a data set on a node of a distributed system prevents conflicts in data replication caused by restoration from backup data. Before a node is backed up, state data of the data set of the node are set to mark the data s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246139 | File system for enabling the restoration of a deffective file In the invention it is assumed that in a data recording operation, when the data recording is initiated, the data recording module writes the initial value of the file size in the new file attribute area of the directory, and when the data recording is ended, the da... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246140 | Method and apparatus for storage system to provide distributed data storage and protection The present invention relates to a computer primary data storage system that integrates the functionality of file backup and remote replication to provide an integrated storage system. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246123 | Automatic transaction management In processing system that includes a processing element communicatively coupled to a storage system for storage of database files (35) managed by a database management system (34) having a transaction management facility (36), file access operat... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246209 | System for secure erasing of files The present invention is directed to a system and method for the secure and correct deletion of data files from a data storage that bypasses the file system of an operating system. A secure erase service receives a secure erase request from a system interceptor comp... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246275 | Method and apparatus for managing data integrity of backup and disaster recovery data The present invention relates to a computer primary data storage system that integrates the functionality of file backup and remote replication to provide an integrated storage system that protects its data from loss related to system or network failures or the phys... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243197 | Method and apparatus for backup and recovery using storage based journaling A storage system maintains a journal of journal entries and at lease one snapshot of one or more data volumes. By assigning a unique sequence number to journal and snapshot, it is easy to find a journal which can be applied to the snapshot. A technique is described ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243103 | Peer to peer enterprise storage system with lexical recovery sub-system A peer-to-peer storage system includes a storage coordinator that centrally manages distributed storage resources in accordance with system policies administered through a central administrative console and a lexical recovery sub-system that automatically creates ve... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243116 | Storage system In creating replicas to data of a storage volume in a storage system, a technique in which labor for issuing instructions from a processor can be reduced and then data consistency of related volumes can be secured is provided. A single replication instruction includ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243143 | Flow probe connectivity determination An accounting system inserts flow probes into various locations within a network to measure certain parameters. The flow probes capture Internet Protocol (IP) packets and determines if the captured IP packets contain messages relating to error reporting. If the IP p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240079 | Method and arrangement for securing a digital data file having financial value, terminal operating in the arrangement, and software application employing the method A method for creating an electronic data file from information residing in the memory of a first device operating in a data communication system includes storing information identifying the owner who made a request for the creation of the electronic data file in a b... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240279 | XML patterns language Evaluating a source document for compliance with a rule set that represents contextual guidelines to which the source document must conform. The rule set comprises a rule node that includes a context that is compared to the source document to identify candidate node... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240172 | Snapshot by deferred propagation An embodiment of the invention provides a method for creating a snapshot of a data store. A command to create a snapshot of an original data store, stored to a parent virtual logical unit (VLU), is received. A deferred propagation data structure (DPDS) is associated... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239605 | Item and method for performing a cluster topology self-healing process in a distributed data system cluster A cluster topology self-healing process is performed in order to replicate a data set stored on a failed node from a first node storing another copy of the data set to a second non-failed node. The self-healing process is performed by: locking one of several domains... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239797 | Data storage and reproduction apparatus storing and reproducing multimedia data An HDD is divided into a segment area storing multimedia data, an information file area storing an information file of a file, and a system information area storing a system information file. Storage of the system information file in the system information area and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240088 | Node self-start in a decentralized cluster Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for automatically starting a node in a clustered computer system. A starting state value may be assigned to the node and a discovery process initiated to find a sponsor node. If a sponsor node is found, the node is joined... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240057 | System and method for implementing journaling in a multi-node environment A system and method are disclosed for providing journaling in a computer environment. An embodiment of the present invention comprises providing a first node and a second node; providing a journal wherein the journal is accessible by the first node and the second no... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239405 | Image processing system for outputting scanned images in the specified sequences An image processing system comprises a photocopier and an information processor. The photocopier scans and images each page of a document, creates a thumbnail image from each scanned image, and sends the thumbnail images to the information processor. Using the infor... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240091 | Method and system for supporting off-line mode of operation and synchronization Systems and methods for synchronizing multiple copies of data in a network environment that includes servers and clients so that incremental changes made to one copy of the data can be identified, transferred, and incorporated into all other copies of the data. The ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240104 | Method and apparatus for managing resources stored on a communication device Resources at a communication device having its own memory device are managed. A cleanup request is received at the communication device over a bandwidth-limited connection. An available space on the memory device of the communication device at a first time is less t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240065 | Providing mappings between logical time values and real time values Techniques are provided for providing mappings between logical time values and real time values for a database. The techniques include, if a first event related to the database occurs, writing an entry of a current LTV and a current RTV in a volatile mapping data st... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236689 | Data recording/reproducing apparatus and data recording/reproducing method The present invention provides a digital camera for recording image data to a recording medium, which includes an image signal processor, a recording and reproducing unit having an Optical Pickup unit, and a control unit for managing files having a sequence of data ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236967 | Methods and systems for maintaining transaction semantics in a computer system An interface is used to manage nested atomic transactions, in which a transaction participant can also be a transaction manager. These transactions include fundamental and/or composite commands. Each command is represented by a command object, and the interface is i... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236992 | Storage system In order to efficiently use each of storage physical devices fast in access rate for each data block even where a deviation in access frequency exists within a file, in a storage system comprising a plurality of the storage physical devices, a policy is stored withi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237013 | Network system including data socket components for accessing internet semaphores An improved method and system for accessing data from a semaphore in a computer system, through the use of a software component in an application. The method may involve multiple software components in a corresponding multiple of applications in a corresponding mult... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237021 | Network-attached storage system, device, and method supporting multiple storage device types A network-attached system, device, and method supports storage devices having a plurality of storage device types, such as Fibre Channel storage devices, ATA storage devices, serial attached SCSI storage devices, serial ATA storage devices, and solid stage storage d... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237147 | Method and apparatus for making available data that was locked by a dead transaction before rolling back the entire dead transaction Described is an approach for recovering the failure of a transaction. According to the approach, a first change and a third change is made to a first resource and a second change is made to a second resource. The second change was made after the first but before the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237066 | Cache memory managing method for computer system A computer system acquires mapping information of data storage regions in respective layers from a layer of DBMSs to a layer of storage subsystems, grasps correspondence between DB data and storage positions of each storage subsystem on the basis of the mapping info... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237040 | Error recovery for SRDF assist Transmitting data from a source to a destination, includes receiving the data from the source and providing the data to the destination using a network, where the data is acknowledged to the source as being successfully received at the destination prior to all of th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234077 | Rapid restoration of file system usage in very large file systems File system restoration is made more flexible through the use of indicators of individual file restoration status throughout the restoration process. Such indicators are particularly useful in the restoration of large file systems where, for example, the number of f... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233947 | Timestamping in databases A method of assigning transaction timestamps for use with a database that includes temporal data and may include non-temporal data. In the method, a lock is placed on a resource accessed by a first transaction to prevent conflicts with concurrently executing transac... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7234049 | Computer system with NAND flash memory for booting and storage A computer system includes a system controller with a central processing unit and a memory bus controller operating in a first interface mode; a system memory connected with the system controller through the system bus; a NAND flash memory for storing a system drivi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231411 | Removable card system with downloadable agent for communicating with a digital television receiver or other host device A removable card is adapted for insertion into a corresponding receptacle of a host device, and includes a processor for running at least one application. An agent program is downloadable from the removable card to the host device. The agent program runs on a proces... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231391 | Loosely coupled database clusters with client connection fail-over Aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure include a highly available database cluster employing replication between two or more data files. The cluster also can maintain a connection with potentially geographically remote client application programs, includin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231407 | Partially replicated distributed database with multiple levels of remote clients A method of and system for collecting, storing, and retrieving data in a data base management system. The database management system includes a master database server (4), at least one workgroup server (315), and a plurality of workgroup user clients (... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231408 | Data recovery in a distributed system In a distributed system, where data is maintained in at least two databases and the data includes at least one data element, the amount of data transmitted during data recovery is minimized by comparing a first total of the data elements of the data in a first datab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231409 | System and method for reallocating blocks in checkpointing bitmap-based file systems A system and method for reallocating block in a checkpointing bitmapped-based file system is provided. The system and method enable blocks to be allocated or reallocated during checkpoints which permits various file system processes to proceed during the checkpointi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231412 | Allocating files in a file system integrated with a raid disk sub-system Integrating a file system with a RAID array that exports precise information about the arrangement of data blocks in the RAID subsystem. The present invention uses separate current-write location (CWL) pointers for each disk in the disk array where the pointers simp... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231448 | System and method for automated network element database population In an illustrative method for populating a database for use in automated administration of network elements, data that describes network elements in a telecommunication system is aggregated from existing systems. The aggregated network element data is validated and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228320 | System and method for creating an object-level snapshot in a storage system A system and method for object-level snapshot creation in an object-based storage system. The host device includes a first object management table (OMT) and a file system. The object-based storage system is connected to the host device and includes a controller and ... | 06/05/2007 |
