Compuverde Assigned Patent

Compuverde AB, Karlskrona, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (9,965,542) developed by Bernbo, Stefan, Karlskrona, Sweden, Melander, Christian, Rodeby, Sweden, Persson, Roger, Karlskrona, Sweden, and Petersson, Gustav, Sturko, Sweden, for a “method for data maintenance.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for data storage implemented in a data storage system is disclosed. Data storage nodes may be interconnected by means of a communications network. The method may include sending a request for a first data item to a plurality of storage nodes. The first data item may include a reference to a second data item stored in the storage system. The method may include receiving the first data item from at least one storage node, and sending a request for the second data item to the plurality of storage nodes based on the reference included in the first data item.”

The patent application was filed on January 15, 2016 (14/997,098).