CommVault Assigned Eighteen Patents

Automation of data storage activities
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,292,815) developed by Vibhor, Anand, Eatontown, NJ, and Karandikar, Amey Vijaykumar, Long Branch, NJ, for a “automation of data storage activities.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system receives data storage workflow activities that include computer-executable instructions for carrying out data storage workflow in a network data storage system. Once the workflow is received, the system deploys the workflow to one or more workflow engines that can execute the various data storage activities related to the workflow. Prior to executing a data storage activity, the system can determine which workflow engine to use based on an allocation scheme.“

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/787,152).

Retrieving data in computer network
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,286,398) developed by Oshinsky, David Alan, East Brunswick, NJ, Ignatius, Paul, North Grafton, MA, Prahlad, Anand, Bangalore, India, and May, Andreas, Marlboro, NJ, for a “systems and methods for retrieving data in a computer network.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data retrieval system comprising a first computing device communicatively coupled to a second computing device, the first computing device having a processor that supports operation of at least one software application that is used for retrieving data, the second computing device communicatively coupled to one or more storage media, the software application having a retrieval module for retrieving data from the one or more storage media, a storage and backup map that maps to the second computing device, and a data index stored on the second computing device that indicates to the retrieval module a particular location of the data that is to be retrieved by the retrieval module.“

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2014 (14/262,313).

Data storage recovery automation
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,286,327) developed by Kripalani, Sanjay Harakhchand, Morganville, NJ, and Gokhale, Parag, Marlboro, NJ, for a “data storage recovery automation.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”According to certain aspects, systems and methods are provided for automating recovery of a networked data storage environment. For instance, a system can generate a data recovery package configured to automatically carry out a process for recovering a data storage environment and/or associated data. The content of the particular workflow depends on the data storage environment, and can be defined by a user.“

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/788,846).

Virtual machine recall in data storage system
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,286,110) developed by Mitkar, Amit, Neptune, NJ, Deshpande, Sumer Dilip, Ocean, NJ, Dornemann, Henry Wallace, Eatontown, NJ, Pawar, Rahul S., Marlboro, NJ, and Sancheti, Ashwin Gautamchand, Ocean, NJ, for a “seamless virtual machine recall in a data storage system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to, and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system may archive virtual machines, (VMs) that are determined to have a low level of utilization. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived VM, which may be a ‘light’ or minimal version of the VM that acts like the actual VM. By using a VM placeholder, a VM may appear to be active and selectable by the user. When the user selects the VM, the VM placeholder can interact with the user in similar manner as the VM. Accessing the VM placeholder may trigger restore of the archived VM from secondary storage. The restore of the archived VM may be ‘seamless’ to the user since the VM remains available while it is being restored.“

The patent application was filed on June 24, 2013 (13/924,819).

Archiving virtual machines in data storage system
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,286,086) developed by Deshpande, Sumer Dilip, Ocean, NJ, Dornemann, Henry Wallace, Eatontown, NJ, Venkatesha, Ananda, Manalapan, NJ, and Sancheti, Ashwin Gautamchand, Ocean, NJ, for a “archiving virtual machines in a data storage system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to, (and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system can determine whether to archive virtual machines based on usage data or information. The usage information may include storage usage, CPU usage, memory usage, network usage, events defined by a virtual machine software or application, etc. The system may archive virtual machines that are determined to have a low level of utilization. For example, a virtual machine can be archived when its usage level falls below a threshold level. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived virtual machine, which may be a ‘light’ or minimal version of the virtual machine that acts as if it is the actual virtual machine. By using a virtual machine placeholder, a virtual machine may appear to be active and selectable by the user.“

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/793,249).

Database archiving
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,275,086) developed by Kumarasamy, Paramasivam, Morganville, NJ, and Vallabhaneni, Brahmaiah, Marlboro, NJ, for a “systems and methods for database archiving.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage system according to certain aspects can archive database data associated with different database applications. The data storage system according to certain aspects may provide database archiving modules that include logic incorporating and/or based on the native schema and/or native commands specific to particular database applications. The database archiving modules according to certain aspects may determine the relationship between tables associated with corresponding database applications and archive selected database data based on the native schema and native commands.“

The patent application was filed on March 6, 2013 (13/786,928).

Storage of application specific profiles correlating to document versions
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,274,803) developed by De Meno, Randy, Staten Island, NY, Schwartz, Jeremy A., Austin, TX, Prahlad, Anand, Bangalore, India, and McGuigan, James J., Avon, NJ, for a “storage of application specific profiles correlating to document versions.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computer system that includes a processor for operating a software application in the computer system. The software application provides for creation, storage, and retrieval of a file, the file having a corresponding profile that the software application uses for at least the purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application. Also included is a plurality of storage media that are communicatively coupled to the processor. A storage management module distributes stored files and their accompanying profiles among the plurality of storage media according to predetermined patterns. One of such predetermined patterns is separate storage of a file and the file’s corresponding profile.“

The patent application was filed on August 6, 2013 (13/960,218).

Performing data management operations using snapshots
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,268,602) developed by Prahlad, Anand, Bangalore, India, and Pawar, Rahul S., Marlboro, NJ, for a “systems and methods for performing data management operations using snapshots.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system stores a snapshot and an associated data structure or index to storage media to create a secondary copy of a volume of data. In some cases, the associated index includes application specific data about a file system or other application that created the data to identify the location of the data. The associated index may include three entries, and may be used to facilitate the recovery of data via the snapshot. The snapshot may be used by ancillary applications to perform various functions, such as content indexing, data classification, deduplication, e-discovery, and other functions.“

The patent application was filed on November 18, 2013 (14/083,089).

Unified access to personal data
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,262,496) developed by Kumarasamy, Paramasivam, Morganville, NJ, Vibhor, Anand, Eatontown, NJ, and Ahn, Jun H., Manalapan, NJ, for a “unified access to personal data.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method and system for providing unified access to data for multiple computing devices includes a system that associates multiple computing devices with a user of an information management system, assigns information management policies to data from the multiple computing devices within the information management system, and collects multiple data objects from the multiple computers. The system may generate a preview version of each collected data object, and provide at least one preview version of a collected data object to a computing device associated with the user. The system may also generate indexing information for each collected data object and distribute the indexing information with the preview version of the data object.“

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/788,886).

Automated, tiered data retention
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,262,449) developed by Amarendran, Arun Prasad, Manalapan, NJ, Chatterjee, Tirthankar, Tinton Falls, NJ, and Varadharajan, Prakash, Manalapan, NJ, for a “automated, tiered data retention.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The automatic, tiered retention storage system according to certain aspects can automatically classify data items based on content, such as based on the inclusion of search terms in the data items, or based on metadata or other characteristics associated with the data. Based on the classification, the system can assign the data items to corresponding user-defined ‘buckets.’ In some embodiments, each bucket is associated with a particular tier in the storage system having a specific retention period.“

The patent application was filed on August 4, 2014 (14/451,340).

Location-based data synchronization management
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,262,435) developed by Vibhor, Anand, Eatontown, NJ, Mehta, Bhavyan Bharatkumar, Edison, NJ, Karandikar, Amey Vijaykumar, Long Branch, NJ, and Gokhale, Parag, Marlboro, NJ, for a “location-based data synchronization management.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”In general, a data synchronization management system is disclosed in which files, (and/or other data) are synchronized among two or more client computing devices in connection with a backup of those files. Synchronization polices specify files to be synchronized based on selected criteria including file data, metadata, and location information. In general, files are initially copied from a primary client computing device to secondary storage. Thereafter, files to be synchronized are identified from the secondary storage, and copied to other client computing devices. Additionally, synchronized files may be viewed and accessed through a cloud and/or remote file access interface.“

The patent application was filed on August 15, 2013 (13/968,091).

Archiving data objects using secondary copies
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,262,275) developed by Gokhale, Parag, Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Marlboro, NJ, and Varadharajan, Prakash, Manalapan, NJ, for a “archiving data objects using secondary copies.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system for archiving data objects using secondary copies is disclosed. The system creates one or more secondary copies of primary copy data that contains multiple data objects. The system maintains a first data structure that tracks the data objects for which the system has created secondary copies and the locations of the secondary copies. To archive data objects in the primary copy data, the system identifies data objects to be archived, verifies that previously-created secondary copies of the identified data objects exist, and replaces the identified data objects with stubs. The system maintains a second data structure that both tracks the stubs and refers to the first data structure, thereby creating an association between the stubs and the locations of the secondary copies.“

The patent application was filed on January 13, 2015 (14/595,984).

Data storage resource allocation
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,262,226) developed by Gokhale, Parag, Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Marlboro, NJ, Karandikar, Amey Vijaykumar, Long Branch, NJ, and Wang, Yu, Edison, NJ, for a “data storage resource allocation by employing dynamic methods and blacklisting resource request pools.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A resource allocation system begins with an ordered plan for matching requests to resources that is sorted by priority. The resource allocation system optimizes the plan by determining those requests in the plan that will fail if performed. The resource allocation system removes or defers the determined requests. In addition, when a request that is performed fails, the resource allocation system may remove requests that require similar resources from the plan. Moreover, when resources are released by a request, the resource allocation system may place the resources in a temporary holding area until the resource allocation returns to the top of the ordered plan so that lower priority requests that are lower in the plan do not take resources that are needed by waiting higher priority requests higher in the plan.“

The patent application was filed on January 8, 2013 (13/736,318).

Confirm replication data accuracy for data backup in data storage systems
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,256,622) developed by Kumarasamy, Paramasivam, Morganville, NJ, Vallabhaneni, Brahmaiah, Marlboro, NJ, and Thati, Ravi, Hyderabad, India, for a “systems and methods to confirm replication data accuracy for data backup in data storage systems.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage system, according to certain aspects, automatically determines the accuracy of replication data when performing data backup operations. For instance, the system performs data backup using replication data rather than source data to reduce the processing load on the source system. The backup data is then associated with the source data as if the backup had been performed on the source data. If the replication system fails, then backing up replication data results in backup data that does not accurately reflect the source data. The system automatically determines the accuracy of replication data during data backup.“

The patent application was filed on March 7, 2013 (13/788,172).

Data storage management, such as dynamic data stream allocation
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,256,606) developed by Attarde, Deepak Raghunath, Gokhale, Parag, Marlboro, NJ, and Klose, Michael F., Goch, Germany, for a “systems and methods of data storage management, such as dynamic data stream allocation.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method for choosing a stream to transfer data is described. In some cases, the system reviews running data storage operations and chooses a data stream based on the review. Additionally, the system pre-allocates disk space for data to be transferred.“

The patent application was filed on June 18, 2013 (13/920,633).

Sharing media in computer network
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,251,190) developed by Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Gokhale, Parag, Marlboro, NJ, Prahlad, Anand, Bangalore, India, Kumar Vijayan, Manoj, Marlboro, NJ, Ngo, David, Shrewsbury, NJ, and Devassy, Varghese, Ottawa, Canada, for a “system and method for sharing media in a computer network.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy, copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy, and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.“

The patent application was filed on March 26, 2015 (14/670,265).

Backup using client-side signature repository in networked storage system
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,251,186) developed by Muller, Marcus S., Cambridge, MA, and Ngo, David, Shrewsbury, NJ, for a “system and method for sharing media in a computer network.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During copy or backup operations, the system can use the client-side signature repository to identify data blocks located in primary storage that are new or that have changed. The system can also use the client-side signature repository to identify multiple locations within primary storage where different instances of the data blocks are located.“

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2013 (13/916,434).

Data recovery operations
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,244,779) developed by Littlefield, Duncan A., Millstone Township, NJ, Nallathambi, Vimal K., Ocean City, NJ, and Chanchlani, Girish, Lawrenceville, NJ, for a “data recovery operations, such as recovery from modified network data management protocol data.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The systems and methods herein permit storage systems to correctly perform data recovery, such as direct access recovery, of Network Data Management Protocol, (NDMP) backup data that was modified prior to being stored in secondary storage media, such as tape. For example, as described in greater detail herein, the systems and methods may permit NDMP backup data to be encrypted, compressed, deduplicated, and/or otherwise modified prior to storage. The systems and methods herein also permit a user to perform a precautionary snapshot of the current state of data, (e.g., primary data) prior to reverting data to a previous state using point-in-time data.“

The patent application was filed on September 23, 2011 (13/241,625).