AetherStore Assigned Patent

AetherStore, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,542,466) developed by MacInnis, Robert Francis, Westport, CT, for a “systems and methods for distributed storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Techniques for distributed storage using a plurality of computing devices connected to a network can include storing an electronic file in a local storage layer of one of the computing devices. The stored electronic file can be asymmetrically transmitted, in portions, over the network to other computing devices to store the file across the other computing devices in a distributed storage layer. The electronic file can be asynchronously transmitted over the network to a cloud storage layer such that the electronic file is mirrored in the cloud storage layer. The local storage layer of each computing device can store, for each electronic file stored in the distributed storage layer, metadata having pointers to locations of the portions the electronic files stored in the local storage layer and distributed storage layer. The electronic files stored in the distributed storage layer can be displayed as stored in a single logical drive.“

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/840,017).