BMC Assigned Patent

BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, has been assigned a patent (9,251,149) developed by Szowa, Marek, Cedar Park, TX, and Zack, Kerry, Laurel, MD, for a “data set size tracking and management.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Specified data sets may be tracked from creation to end-of-life, (e.g., deletion). Between creation and end-of-life, data set storage changes may be recorded, (i.e., when additional storage is allocated or when some storage is released). During a subsequent allocation cycle, this information may be used in conjunction with user-specified allocation rules to manage or control the data set’s initial allocation.“

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2009 (12/485,632).