Acronis International Assigned Four Patents

Distributed-agent restoration of virtual machines
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12066898) developed by Batraev; Victor, Sofia, Bulgaria, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, for “system and method for distributed-agent restoration of virtual machines.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A distributed agent for backup and restoration of virtual machines collects backup data and meta-data. The distributed agent includes an agent inside a virtual machine and an agent outside the virtual machine. The two kinds of agents communicate with each other to collect data of different types used to backup and restore virtual machines.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-03-30 (17/301256).

Optimized execution of program operations on cloud-based services
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12033002) developed by Tormasov; Alexander, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov; Stanislav, Moscow, Russia, for “systems and methods for optimized execution of program operations on cloud-based services.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method efficiently executing a program operation on a cloud-based service. In an exemplary aspect, a method comprises receiving a request to perform a program operation on a cloud-based service and at least one user constraint for performing the program operation, and determining a plurality of sub-operations that are comprised in the program operation. The method comprises identifying a plurality of service component combinations offered by the service provider that can execute the program operation, and identifying, based on a status of each service component, at least one processing constraint of each service component. The method comprises determining, by a machine learning algorithm, a service component combination from the plurality of service component combinations for executing the program operation based on the at least one user constraint and processing constraints. The method comprises executing the program operation by the determined service component combination.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-05-04 (17/307058).

Fan noise reduction during backup
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (11984105) developed by Simonov; Vladimir, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, for “systems and methods for fan noise reduction during backup.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for minimizing fan noise during a data backup. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise initiating, at a computing device, a data backup at a first backup rate, wherein the computing device comprises a fan that regulates an internal temperature of the computing device. The method may comprise calculating a noise level of the fan. The method may comprise comparing the noise level to a threshold noise level. In response to determining that the noise level exceeds the threshold noise level based on the comparison, the method may comprise reducing a backup rate of the data backup to a second backup rate, such that the noise level equals the threshold noise level. The method may comprise performing the data backup at the second backup rate.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-06-03 (17/337902).

Isolating private information in streamed data
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (11966500) developed by Tormasov; Alexander, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, for “systems and methods for isolating private information in streamed data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for isolating private information in streamed data. In an exemplary aspect, a method may comprise receiving a stream of data, for storage in a first storage device, and an indication of how the stream will be utilized by an end user. The method may comprise comparing the indication against a plurality of rules, wherein each rule indicates a type of private information that should be isolated from a given input stream based on a respective indication of usage for the given input stream. The method may comprise identifying and extracting a first type of private information that should be isolated from the stream, modifying the stream by removing the first type of private information from the stream, storing the modified stream in the first storage device, and storing the extracted first type of private information in a different location from the modified stream.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-08-06 (17/395918).