Connected Data/Nexsan/Imation Assigned Patent

Connected Data, Inc., Campbell, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,396,156) developed by Barrall, Geoffrey S., San Jose, CA, Turner, John B., Sunnyvale, CA, Mendelson, David Gary, San Carlos, CA, Morse, Brad Lee, Sunnyvale, CA, and Feaster, Joel, Boise, ID, for a “system and method for socially organized storage and shared access to storage appliances.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In various embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods for managing user data in a plurality of storage appliances coupled to a wide area network. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods that allow users to view and manipulate files in a shared virtual container. In other embodiments, the present invention also relates to systems and methods that allow users to access virtual containers located on storage appliances that are owned by other users.“

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/804,436).