Acronis Assigned Three Patents

Determining optimized schedule for backup session
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (11874745) developed by Tormasov, Alexander, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei, Costa Del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov, Stanislav, Moscow, Russia, for “system and method of determining an optimized schedule for a backup session.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for determining a backup schedule on a computer system. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise collecting user behavior data on the computer system. The method may comprise analyzing the user behavior data to determine an optimal time of a backup session to create backup copies of modified data stored on a volume of the computer system and determining an optimal duration of the backup session based on the analyzed user behavior. The method may comprise determining a portion of the modified data that can be saved during the backup session within the optimal duration at the optimal time of backup, and performing the backup session comprising the portion.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-05-16 (17/745705).

Integration of hashgraph and erasure coding for data integrity
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (11789617) developed by Tormasov, Alexander, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei, Costa Del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov, Stanislav, Moscow, Russia, for “integration of hashgraph and erasure coding for data integrity.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage system uses erasure coding in combination with hashgraph to organize stored data and recover that data in a computing environment.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-06-29 (17/304942).

Protecting files indirectly related to user activity
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (11762985) developed by Tormasov, Alexander, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei, Costa Del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov, Stanislav, Moscow, Russia, for “systems and methods for protecting files indirectly related to user activity.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for protecting files indirectly related to user activity. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise identifying, on a computing device, a file that is directly accessed by a user of the computing device. The method may comprise determining an application that provides access to the file. The method may comprise identifying a plurality of program files that the application utilizes during execution. For each respective program file of the plurality of program files, the method may comprise determining whether the respective program file is required by the application to provide access to the file and in response to determining that the respective program file is required, determining a type of threat that can target the respective program file. The method may further comprise performing a data protection action on the respective program file based on the type of threat.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-11-19 (16/952466).