Acronis Assigned Three Patents

Providing comprehensive backup of modular mobile devices
Acronis International GmbH, Shaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,394,659) developed by Tormasov, Alexander G., Protassov, Stanislav S., Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method for providing comprehensive backup of modular mobile devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method for backup and recovery of user mobile device modules, settings and configurations. An example system includes a modular mobile device and a number of interconnected modules that can be connected to the mobile device. The device includes memory that stores configuration and setting parameters associated with each of the modules. In operation, a backup software utility monitors the configuration and setting parameters to detect additions and modifications and the transmits the detected additions and modifications to remote data storage to generate a data backup indicating a current state of the configuration and setting parameters. As a result, the modular mobile device can always return to a previous state for each module if it is replaced or the software is reinstalled, for example.”

The patent application was filed on January 13, 2017 (15/405,659).

Synchronization of large amounts of data while maintaining control over access rights to such data
Acronis International GmbH, Shaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,387,666) developed by Beloussov, Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, Tormasov, Alexander, Protasov, Stanislav, and Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method for synchronization of large amounts of data while maintaining control over access rights to such data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Disclosed are system and method for synchronization of large amounts of data while maintaining control over access rights to such data in electronic data storage. An exemplary method comprises: partitioning a volume of data into a plurality of data blocks, assigning a synchronization status to at least one data block in the plurality of data blocks, determining access rights to the data contained in the at least one data block, based upon at least one of information identifying an owner or administrator associated with the at least one data block, or a set of allowed or prohibited operations that may be performed on the at least one data block, controlling access to the data contained in the at least one data block based upon the determination of access rights, and updating the synchronization status of the at least one data block.”

The patent application was filed on December 19, 2016 (15/383,315).

Fast incremental backup
Acronis International GmbH, Shaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,380,141) developed by Chepel, Dmitry, Moscow, Russia, Per, Yuri, Dolgoprudny, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa Del Sol, Singapore, Protasov, Stanislav, and Lyadvinsky, Maxim V., Moscow, Russia, for “fast incremental backup method and system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for creating an archive of a set of logical storage units stored on at least one storage medium. A first plurality of LSU descriptors may be generated. Each LSU descriptor may describe a current version of one of the set of LSUs at about the time of the generating. A first archive may be read to produce a first archive plurality of LSU descriptors. Each of the first archive plurality of LSU descriptors may describe a version of one of the set of LSUs when the first archive was created. The first archive plurality of LSU descriptors may be compared with the first plurality of LSU descriptors to identify a first LSU from the set of LSUs that has an associated LSU descriptor that does not match a corresponding LSU descriptor from the first archive plurality of LSU descriptors.”

The patent application was filed on September 30, 2015 (14/870,452).