Code42 Software Assigned Patent

Code42 Software, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has been assigned a patent (9,727,423) developed by Dornquast, Matthew, Bispala, Brian, Schroeder, Samuel, Gwinn, Christopher, Minneapolis, MN, Grammens, Justin, St. Paul, MN, Lindquist, Thomas, Tony, Minneapolis, MN, and Lindquist, Peter, St. Paul, MN, for a “shared file system predictive storage techniques.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states:” Disclosed in some examples are predictive storage techniques for use in a distributed data system. The predictive storage techniques may be used to manage locally stored elements of a shared data collection, such as the storage of files on nodes of the distributed data system that are limited in local storage space. The predictive storage techniques may achieve a balance between consumption of local resources and timely access of important elements in the shared data collection. For example, the predictive storage techniques may be used for keeping or pre-caching certain items of a collection that are determined as likely to be used in local storage for convenient access, and allowing access the remaining items on request over a network.“

The patent application was filed on December 31, 2014 (14/587,142).