Acronis Assigned Three Patents

Using data blocks to optimize file storage
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (9,870,367) developed by Sergeev, Alexei, Khalyapin, Alexander, Protasov, Stanislav, Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, and Beloussov, Serguei, Singapore, Singapore, for a “system and method of using data blocks to optimize file storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method is disclosed for using data blocks to optimize file storage in electronic data storage. An example method includes storing a data file in electronic memory, where the data file includes a main block and a plurality of secondary blocks, with the main block including metadata that indicates respective locations of the secondary blocks relative to the main block. The method further includes performing a sparse operation of a data file to determine regions of the data file that contains unused space, determining blocks that are overlapped by the regions of the data file that contains unused space, removing the overlapped blocks, and storing the updated data file in an electronic database.”

The patent application was filed on January 4, 2016 (14/987,159)

Agentless file backup of virtual machine
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (9,858,154) developed by Lyadvinsky, Maxim V., Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa del Sol, Singapore, Miroshkin, Vladimir, and Shulga, Victor, Moscow, Russia, for an “agentless file backup of a virtual machine.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for virtual machine backup are described. In part, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for performing backup of virtual machine files on a block level that include features that allow a user to select and backup specific files or folders of file systems of a VM. The specificity and selectivity features by which certain files or folders are backup from a file system of a VM can be implemented by processing one or more partition structures of a virtual disk of a virtual machine. Once the partition structures have been processed and analyzed using a backup up software application, it is then possible to detect and process guest file systems of the VM.”

The patent application was filed on June 30, 2014 (14/320,526)

Parallel computer system recovery
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (9,846,622) developed by Roguine, Stanislav, Candia, NH, ProtaSov, Stanislav, Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa Del Sol, Singapore, for a “parallel computer system recovery.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods for parallel computer system recovery are described. The method may include receiving requests for backup data at a storage server from a plurality of computer systems to be recovered. The method may further include determining a next data fragment of the backup data to be transmitted from the storage server to the plurality of computer systems based on an order of priority. The method may also include transmitting the next data fragment from the storage server to the plurality of computer systems via a data fragment multicast stream.”

The patent application was filed on December 31, 2015 (14/986,184).