DataCore Assigned Patent

DataCore Software Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL, has been assigned a patent (8,417,905) developed by David A. Linde, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for "methods and apparatus for point-in-time volumes."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for point-in-time volumes are provided. A relationship is enabled between a source volume and point-in-time volume. Copying a data chunk to the point-in-time volume before a write operation modifies the data chunk on the source volume dynamically creates the point-in-time volume. The point-in-time volume can be accessed in R/W mode as a general purpose storage volume. Other embodiments comprising additional features, such as a forced migration process, are also provided."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2011 (13/217,417).