Justin Banks

US Patent:

20110251996, Oct 13, 2011

Filed:

Oct 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/901925

Inventors:

Paul A. Sustman - Shorewood MN, US
Justin Banks - St. Louis Park MN, US
Abderrahman Aba A. El Haddi - Chaska MN, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707622, 707E17005

Abstract:

Techniques are described for replicating data from one to one or more heterogeneous data processing or communication devices for the purpose of remote backup, redundancy, content distribution, communications, observations or measurements. In a first phase, the attributes of the data that are modified or created on a device or that are passing through the device are tracked and journaled in volatile or non-volatile storage in real-time. In a second phase, the attributes that match patterns pre-specified in a configuration are used to determine which data to replicate and which modifications to make the devices. In a third phase, the data is replicated. In a preferred embodiment, the described techniques comprise an application that runs on a host device or is embedded in a logic or memory device. The described invention is designed to be transparent for system redundancy and error recovery processes such as error correction, re-transmission on links, and raid configuration.

US Patent:

20050149578, Jul 7, 2005

Filed:

Nov 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/980875

Inventors:

Paul Sustman - Shorewood MN, US
Justin Banks - St. Louis Park MN, US
Abderrahman Aba Haddi - Chaska MN, US
Victor Lee - White Bear Lake MN, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707200000

Abstract:

Techniques are described for replicating data from one to one or more heterogeneous data processing or communication devices for the purpose of remote backup, redundancy, content distribution, communications, observations or measurements. In a first phase, the attributes of the data that are modified or created on a device or that are passing through the device are tracked and journaled in volatile or non-volatile storage in real-time. In a second phase, the attributes that match patterns pre-specified in a configuration are used to determine which data to replicate and which modifications to make the devices. In a third phase, the data is replicated. In a preferred embodiment, the described techniques comprise an application that runs on a host device or is embedded in a logic or memory device. The described invention is designed to be transparent for system redundancy and error recovery processes such as error correction, re-transmission on links, and raid configuration.