Arkeia Assigned Patent

Arkeia Software, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,341,117) developed by Tamir Ram, Sunnyvale, CA, and Lawrence Hiroshi Kubo, San Jose, CA, for a "method, system, and program for personal data management using content-based replication."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided herein are data management systems and methods for storing, cataloging, and protecting data on a computer using software and a portable data storage device. The technology can backup, manage, and protect data for any operating or file system by checking files for block-level or byte-level changes and storing only new data. By storing only new data and cataloging information within a comprehensive backup archive composed of these blocks, the size of each backup is minimized."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 18, 2008 (12/273,339).