Acronis Assigned Six Patents

Backup of virtual machines from storage snapshot
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,481,984) developed by Semyonov, Vasily, Protassov, Stanislav S., Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Singapore, Singapore, Shmulevich, Mark, and Shulga, Victor, Moscow, Russia, for a “backup of virtual machines from storage snapshot.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method for minimizing VMware.TM. snapshot lifetime, by reading data from a storage snapshot created on the VM storage side. The reading is performed by mounting the storage snapshot as a new datastore on an ESX(I) host and accessing the host using a standard VMware.TM. VDDK, vStorage API) method. A pre-configured source ESX(I) host contains a VM that needs to be backed up. A SAN storage connected to the ESX(I) host over iSCSI or FibreChannel or NFS protocols is used. The backup agent, which contains the proprietary code, is installed on a physical or a virtual machine connected to an ESX(I) host. This backup agent maintains the operations with the ESX(I) host and the SAN storage and coordinates the VM virtual disks data read and write operations. The backup agent contains the executable code, which provides compatibility with SAN storage and ESX(I) host.”

The patent application was filed on November 23, 2015 (14/948,747).

Restoration of Microsoft exchange server mail
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,467,187) developed by Korshunov, Igor E., Lyadvinsky, Maxim V., Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Singapore, Singapore, and Sergeev, Alexey, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method for restoration of Microsoft exchange server mail.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system, method and computer program product for restoration of Microsoft Exchange Server mail. Microsoft Exchange Server mail is retrieved from a virtual copy of the Microsoft Exchange database. Virtualization is implemented by a system filter. Logs are applied to a virtualized DB in order to synchronize it with a real DB of the Microsoft Exchange. The data located in the remote archive does not need to be copied into the real folder, because the data is made available by virtualization means. After the logs are applied, the virtualized DB is opened, without being mounted) from files from the virtual folder. From this point on, the DB of Microsoft Exchange can be viewed and the data can be queried and retrieved from the virtualized DB. Thus, a single message or a mailbox can be retrieved very fast, as if it were being retrieved from a real Microsoft Exchange DB.”

The patent application was filed on December 15, 2015 (14/969,114).

Secure private communications
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,439,995) developed by Tormasov, Alexander G., Protasov, Stanislav S., Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Singapore, Singapore, and Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, for “method and system for secure private communications.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method for providing secure private electronic communications. An exemplary method includes encrypting a hidden message using an encryption scheme, encoding the encrypted hidden message in a source message, providing the source message having the encoded hidden message by a first electronic device, and transmitting a decryption key to a second electronic device. Moreover, the second electronic device can capture the encoded hidden message provided by the first electronic device, decode the hidden message, and extract the hidden message using the decryption key so that the hidden message can be rendered by the second electronic device.”

The patent application was filed on January 12, 2017 (15/404,395).

Generating backup of personalized user data
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,437,507) developed by Tormasov, Alexander G., Shmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Rusia, Beloussov, Serguei S., Singapore, Singapore, and Protasov, Stanislav, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method for generating backup of personalized user data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method that provides for the backup and recovery of personalized user data. An exemplary method includes storing user data files in electronic memory of a user device, continuously tracking user actions by one or more user devices to detect interact with at least one external resource, determining whether the tracked user actions have modified one or more of the plurality of user data files, and if the processor determines that the tracked user actions have modified a user data file, storing the modified user data file in a data storage system.”

The patent application was filed on September 9, 2016 (15/260,558).

File time-stamping using blockchain network
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,432,411) developed by Barinov, Igor, San Mateo, CA, Lysenko, Victor, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa Del Sol, Singapore, Protasov, Stanislav, and Schmulevich, Mark, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method for file time-stamping using a blockchain network.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method is provided for storing data and ensuring integrity and reliability of the data using blockchain technology. An exemplary method is provided for time-stamping a file to be added to a blockchain network. The method includes generating a data file, identifying a hash value from a first block previously recorded in the blockchain network, embedding a beacon relating to the hash value in the data file, and recording the data file with the embedded beacon as a transaction in a second block in the blockchain network.”

The patent application was filed on May 10, 2017 (15/591,294).

Using encryption algorithms in P2P encryption mode to restore integrity of data
Acronis International GbmH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (10,409,688) developed by Tormasov, Alexander G., Moscow, Russia, for “system and method of using encryption algorithms in P2P encryption mode to restore integrity of data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method is disclosed for using encryption algorithms in peer-to-peer encryption mode to restore the integrity of data. An example method is provided for generating a new derivative for a file that has a plurality of existing derivatives that have been stored on servers using an (n,k) algorithm, where the (n,k) algorithm provides that a minimum number k of the derivatives required to restore the file. The method includes accessing, on a server, a first derivative of the existing derivatives and forming a blob for the new derivative based on a modification operation that uses the first derivative. Moreover, the method includes determining a number of times the modification operation has been performed, and if the number of times the modification operation has been performed is equal to the minimum number k, uploading the blob to a server for storage thereon.”

The patent application was filed on February 10, 2017 (15/429,269).