Symantec Assigned Patent

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,918,606) developed by Stringham Russell, Orem, UT, for a “techniques for providing incremental backups.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Techniques for providing incremental backups are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for providing incremental backup validation comprising setting one or more electronic storage indicators each indicating a respective allocated portion of electronic storage, setting one or more changed data indicators each indicating data changed in a respective allocated portion of the electronic storage since a prior backup, and comparing the one or more electronic storage indicators with the one or more changed data indicators to identify one or more allocated portions of the electronic storage containing data that is unchanged since the prior backup for backup validation.“

The patent application was filed on May 1, 2009 (12/434,319)