Acronis International Assigned Five Patents

Selecting backup plan for newly stored files
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12181975) developed by Aseev; Eugene, Protasov; Stanislav S., Singapore, Singapore, Beloussov; Serguei M., Costa del Sol, Singapore, and Solanki; Sanjeev, Pasir Ris, Singapore, for “system and method for selecting a backup plan for newly stored files.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method is provided for selecting a backup plan based on sampled metadata. An exemplary method includes sampling metadata of files on a computer during a predetermined time interval and predicting file usage dynamics for a time interval subsequent to the predetermined time interval, based on a combination of the derivative features and the attributes of the metadata, wherein the predicted file usage dynamics indicate how the files will be utilized on the computer during the time interval. The method includes identifying on the computer at least one newly stored file, selecting a backup plan for the at least one newly stored file based on the file usage dynamics, and backing up the at least one newly stored file to a storage server according to the selected backup plan.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-14 (17/550756).

Automating formation and execution of backup strategy
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12174706) developed by Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, Martynov; Dmitry, Moscow, Russia, and Ulasen; Sergey, Singapore, Singapore, for “system and method for automating formation and execution of a backup strategy.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming and executing a backup strategy. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises forming a respective backup strategy for each respective file of a plurality of files stored in a data source based on a frequency of occurrence, a desired recovery time, and a criticality of data loss for the respective file. The method further comprises executing the respective backup strategy for the respective file.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-29 (17/488489).

Selecting backup plan based on sampled metadata
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12153494) developed by Aseev; Eugene, Moscow, Russia, Protasov; Stanislav S., Singapore, Singapore, and Beloussov; Serguei M., Costa del Sol, Singapore, for “system and method for selecting a backup plan based on sampled metadata.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method is provided for selecting a backup plan based on sampled metadata. An exemplary method includes sampling metadata of files on a computer during a predetermined time interval, wherein the files are backed up to a storage server in accordance with a first backup plan. The method includes predicting file usage dynamics for a time interval subsequent to the predetermined time interval, based on a combination of the derivative features and the attributes of the metadata, and comparing the predicted file usage dynamics for the time interval with file usage dynamics of the predetermined time interval. In response to determining that a difference between the predicted file usage dynamics and the file usage dynamics of the predetermined time interval exceeds a threshold difference, the method includes selecting a second backup plan for the files, and backing up the files to the storage server accordingly.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-14 (17/550615).

Seamless software migration
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12131141) developed by Kulaga; Andrey, Moscow, Russia, Beloussov; Serguei, Costa del Sol, Singapore, Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, and Grebennikov; Nikolay, Sofia, Bulgaria, for “systems and methods for seamless software migration.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are systems and method for seamlessly migrating from an existing software to a new software. In one exemplary aspect, a method may comprise retrieving usage activity information of the existing software from the at least one computing device and identifying settings from the existing software to migrate. The method may further comprise converting, based on an internal database with metadata information about the new software, the settings in the existing software to corresponding settings in the new software, and determining, based on the usage activity information, a migration plan indicative of a sequence of tasks for installing the new software and removing the existing software such that a quality of service associated with accessing the plurality of features on the at least one computing device does not decrease to less than a threshold quality of service. The method may further comprise executing the migration plan.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-05-18 (17/323075).

Backup slice control for recovering data archives
Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (12130918) developed by Strogov; Vladimir, Beloussov; Serguei, and Protasov; Stanislav, Singapore, Singapore, for “system and method of backup slice control for recovering data archives.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The invention relates to data recovery technology. An archive connection driver creates a virtual storage medium that is readable by an operating system, with the operating system running antivirus scanning algorithms on the connected virtual storage medium. Corrupted data and malware are deleted and the relevant data blocks repaired in a connected backup. Corrupted data and infected files are restored in marked invalid data in the backup.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-30 (17/646484).