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CommVault Assigned Four Patents

Automated tiered data retention, distributed indexing system for storage, pooling storage devices, automating customer-validated statement of work

Automated, tiered data retention
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (8,805,806) developed by Arun Prasad Amarendran, Eatontown, NJ, Tirthankar Chatterjee, Tinton Falls, NJ, and Prakash Varadharajan, Manalapan, NJ, for the “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 March 6, 2013 (13/787,407).

Distributed indexing system for storage
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (8,805,807) developed by Parag Gokhale, Marlboro, NJ, for a “distributed indexing system for storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A distributed indexing system spreads out the load on an index of stored data in a data storage system. Rather than maintain a single index, the distributed indexing system maintains an index in each media agent of a federated data storage system and a master index that points to the index in each media agent. In some embodiments, the distributed indexing system includes an index server (or group of servers) that handles indexing requests and forwards the requests to the appropriate distributed systems. Thus, the distributed indexing system, among other things, increases the availability and fault tolerance of a data storage index.”

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2012 (13/679,651).

Pooling storage devices
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (8,799,613) developed by Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Ocean, NJ, and Ho-Chi Chen, Marlboro, NJ, for “methods and system of pooling storage devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method are provided for pooling storage devices in a virtual library for performing a storage operation. A storage management device determines a storage characteristic of a plurality of storage devices with respect to performing a storage operation. Based on a storage characteristic relating to performing the storage operation, the storage management device associates at least two storage devices in a virtual library. The storage management device may continuously monitor the virtual library and detect a change in storage characteristics of the storage devices. When changes in storage characteristics are detected, the storage management device may change associations of the storage device in the virtual library.”

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2013 (13/786,182).

Automating customer-validated statement of work for storage environment
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ, has been assigned a patent (8,799,051) developed by Robert Keith Brower Jr., Midlothian, VA, and Peter Messore, Manahawkin, NJ, for a “system and method for automating customer-validated statement of work for a storage environment.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Computer systems and methods are disclosed for improving professional services delivery, such as services in a data management environment. In certain examples, computer systems comprise portals for transmitting and receiving information from parties involved in the performance and receipt of professional services. For instance, a first portal can receive data (e.g., from sales personnel) descriptive of a customer’s product environment. A manager module populates a record with the data, and a second portal provides the customer with access to the record for review, correction and/or validation prior to the generation of a statement of work or other like project description. The second portal can also request additional information from the customer regarding the product environment. The manager module compares the data received through the first portal with the customer-entered information to identify and/or address discrepancies between the sets of data and customize the generation of the statement of work.”

The patent application was filed on April 1, 2013 (13/854,391).

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