Symantec Assigned Three Patents

Storage lifecycle policy management
Symantec Corp., Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,819,370) developed by Dennis Parker, Burnsville, MN, Claudia Rudolph, Medina, MN, and Deepak Patil, Roseville, MN, for “techniques for storage lifecycle policy management.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Techniques for storage lifecycle policy management. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for storage lifecycle policy management comprising creating a version of a storage lifecycle policy, associating a unique version ID with the created version of the storage lifecycle policy, associating the unique version ID with one or more portions of backup data created during a storage management job instantiated under the created version of the storage lifecycle policy, and ensuring that one or more storage management actions performed on the one or more portions of backup data comply with the created version of the storage lifecycle policy associated with unique version ID.”

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2012 (13/631,603).

SRM
Symantec, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,806,159) developed by Kirubakaran Kaliannan, Beaverton, Oregon, for “SRM systems and methods.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Storage systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a data storage resource management method comprises: performing a data update process, including communicating a data update input output packet between a primary storage resource and a secondary storage resource, wherein corresponding data updates in the secondary storage resource are a mirror of data updates in the primary storage resource; and performing a reclamation process, including: communicating reclamation information in a reclamation input output packet through the same interface as the data update input output packet, wherein the reclamation input output packet is communicated between the primary storage resource and the secondary storage resource; and reclaiming storage locations on the secondary storage resource in accordance with reclamation information in the reclamation input output packet communicated between the primary storage resource and secondary storage resource.“

The patent application was filed on April 8, 2011 (13/083,381).

Analytic functions for distributed storage system data
Symantec, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,805,849) developed by Aaron C. Christensen, Apple Valley, MN, and Nitin Suresh Supekar, Maharashtra, India, for “enabling use of analytic functions for distributed storage system data.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Various systems and methods for enabling use of analytic functions for distributed storage data are described. For example, one method involves generating an index for a data stream that includes a plurality of objects. The index indicates a location of each of the plurality of objects. The method also involves performing a plurality of first functions that generate a plurality of first outputs. Performing these first functions includes accessing objects based on the index and generating an output for each object. Each output also includes the respective object. The method also involves performing one or more second functions, where the second functions use the first outputs.”

The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,184).