Inventor
Stephen L. Manley
Inventor
Pleasanton, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 40 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing61%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests32%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication8%
PatentTitleYear
9,256,378'Deduplicating data blocks in a storage system'20169,043,271'System and method for managing a plurality of snapshots'20158,849,767'Method and apparatus for identifying and eliminating duplicate data blocks and sharing data blocks in a storage system'20148,296,260'System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point images'20128,190,836'Saving multiple snapshots without duplicating common blocks to protect the entire contents of a volume'20128,126,847'Single file restore from image backup by using an independent block list for each file'20128,069,149'System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot'20118,046,333'Incremental dump with a metadata container walk using inode-to-parent mapping information'20118,028,135'Method and apparatus for maintaining compliant storage'20117,991,791'System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot'20117,921,077'System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point images'20117,921,110'System and method for comparing data sets'20117,904,466'Presenting differences in a file system'20117,818,299'System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot'20107,809,693'System and method for restoring data on demand for instant volume restoration'20107,769,717'System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot'20107,769,723'System and method for providing continuous data protection'20107,644,109'System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file'20107,624,106'Method and apparatus for generating user-level difference information about two data sets'20097,617,217'System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot'20097,603,391'System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot'20097,590,633'Format for transmitting file system information between a source and a destination'20097,562,077'Method and apparatus for generating and describing block-level difference information about two snapshots'20097,555,620'Method and system of using a backup image for multiple purposes'20097,478,101'System-independent data format in a mirrored storage system environment and method for using the same'20097,475,098'System and method for managing a plurality of snapshots'20097,472,242'Eliminating duplicate blocks during backup writes'20087,437,523'System and method for on-the-fly file folding in a replicated storage system'20087,437,360'System and method for communication and synchronization of application-level dependencies and ownership of persistent consistency point images'20087,437,601'Method and system for re-synchronizing an asynchronous mirror without data loss'20087,363,537'System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption'20087,251,749'Efficient true image recovery of data from full, differential, and incremental backups'20077,243,115'System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mapping'20077,225,204'System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mapping'20077,162,662'System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption'20077,043,485'System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file'20067,039,663'System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot'20067,010,553'System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot'20067,007,046'Format for transmission file system information between a source and a destination'20066,993,539'System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to destination snapshot'2006Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
2006–2012Patents assigned to NETWORK APPLIANCE INC (19)· patent assignee history
2006–2011Based in London, GB· patent location history
2007–2016Based in Pleasanton, CA, US· patent location history
2008–2015Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history
2008–2012Based in Livermore, CA, US· patent location history
2009–2016Patents assigned to NETAPP INC (20)· patent assignee history
2011–2015Patents assigned to MANLEY STEPHEN L (4)· patent assignee history
2012–2014Patents assigned to ZHENG LING (4)· patent assignee history
2012Patents assigned to ARIKATLA DURGA M (2)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| NETAPP INC | 20 | 2009–2016 |
| NETWORK APPLIANCE INC | 19 | 2006–2012 |
| MANLEY STEPHEN Lself | 4 | 2011–2015 |
| ZHENG LING | 4 | 2012–2014 |
| ARIKATLA DURGA M | 2 | 2012 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Pleasanton, California, US | 20 | 2007–2016 |
| London, GB | 14 | 2006–2011 |
| Sunnyvale, California, US | 3 | 2008–2015 |
| Livermore, California, US | 3 | 2008–2012 |