Massachusetts Inventor Develops Data Copy Transferring Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9 -- John Cardente of Milford, Mass., has developed a method for transferring a copy of data.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for transferring a copy of data stored at a source to a remote location. The method includes storing at the source sequence of sets of changes in the data stored at the source. The method transfers to a first one of a pair of storage volumes at the remote location the most recent pair of the stored sets of changes in the sequence of data stored at the source at a time prior to such transfer."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The method subsequently transferring to a second one of the pair of storage volumes at the remote location the most recent pair of the stored sets of changes in the in the sequence of data stored at the source at a time prior to such subsequent transfer."

The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,359,927 on April 15.

The patent has been assigned to EMC Corp., Hopkinton, Mass.

The original application was filed on Dec. 1, 2004, and is available at: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,359,927.PN.&OS=PN/7,359,927&RS=PN/7,359,927.

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