Synchronoss Assigned Patent

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,424,433) developed by Kuosa, Jussi, Espoo, Finland, Valtonen, Hannu, Maaranen, Hannu, Pankala, Janne, Helsinki, Finland, Tan, Kuan Eeik, Espoo, Finland, Konola, Jarkko, Oulu, Finland, Tikka, Sami, Vantaa, Finland, Sukanen, Jari, Espoo, Finland, Palomaki, Pirkka, Saratoga, CA, and Cooper, James, Sunnyvale, CA, for a “data storage management.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of data storage management. A server receives a data upload request from a remote client, the upload request including information identifying the data to be uploaded. The server determines that a duplicate of the data is stored at a data storage device. The server receives proof of possession information derived by the client from the data using additional information known to the server. On the basis of the received information, the server determines whether to allow the client or a user associated with the client to subsequently access the duplicate data stored at the data storage device.“

The patent application was filed on February 13, 2012 (13/371,633).