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Stephen L. Manley
Also filed as: MANLEY STEPHEN · MANLEY STEPHEN L · MANLEY STEPHEN LEE
44 granted patents·8 pending applications·2,915 citations·filing 2002–2025
99Inventor score
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52 records- 0199US6993539B2System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to destination snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 31, 2006·330 cites·20 claims
- 0298US7603391B1System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 13, 2009·95 cites·15 claims
- 0398US7472242B1Eliminating duplicate blocks during backup writesNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 30, 2008·213 cites·19 claims
- 0498US7225204B2System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mappingNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 29, 2007·318 cites·35 claims
- 0598US7043485B2System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote fileNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 9, 2006·219 cites·21 claims
- 0698US7010553B2System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 7, 2006·184 cites·20 claims
- 0797US7818299B1System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 19, 2010·61 cites·37 claims
- 0897US7039663B1System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 2, 2006·192 cites·46 claims
- 0996US7921077B2System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point imagesNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 5, 2011·125 cites·23 claims
- 1096US7769717B2System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·53 cites·7 claims
- 1195US8126847B1Single file restore from image backup by using an independent block list for each fileZHENG LING·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 28, 2012·74 cites·21 claims
- 1295US7644109B2System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote fileNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 5, 2010·39 cites·29 claims
- 1395US7617217B1System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·31 cites·5 claims
- 1495US7007046B2Format for transmission file system information between a source and a destinationNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 28, 2006·128 cites·27 claims
- 1594US8190836B1Saving multiple snapshots without duplicating common blocks to protect the entire contents of a volumeZHENG LING·Filed 2008·Granted May 29, 2012·51 cites·18 claims
- 1694US7809693B2System and method for restoring data on demand for instant volume restorationNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·40 cites·38 claims
- 1793US8849767B1Method and apparatus for identifying and eliminating duplicate data blocks and sharing data blocks in a storage systemZHENG LING·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 30, 2014·31 cites·28 claims
- 1893US7769723B2System and method for providing continuous data protectionNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·35 cites·39 claims
- 1992US7555620B1Method and system of using a backup image for multiple purposesNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 30, 2009·29 cites·33 claims
- 2092US7363537B1System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumptionNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 22, 2008·30 cites·36 claims
- 2191US8296260B2System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point imagesTING DANIEL·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 23, 2012·32 cites·20 claims
- 2291US8069149B1System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshotCHEN RAYMOND C·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 29, 2011·12 cites·20 claims
- 2391US7437601B1Method and system for re-synchronizing an asynchronous mirror without data lossNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 14, 2008·29 cites·24 claims
- 2491US7251749B1Efficient true image recovery of data from full, differential, and incremental backupsNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 31, 2007·84 cites·18 claims
- 2591US7243115B2System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mappingNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 10, 2007·65 cites·16 claims
- 2690US9256378B2Deduplicating data blocks in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 9, 2016·12 cites·21 claims
- 2790US7991791B1System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 2, 2011·15 cites·25 claims
- 2890US7904466B1Presenting differences in a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 8, 2011·38 cites·21 claims
- 2990US7475098B2System and method for managing a plurality of snapshotsNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 6, 2009·74 cites·24 claims
- 3087US8046333B1Incremental dump with a metadata container walk using inode-to-parent mapping informationNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 25, 2011·18 cites·16 claims
- 3187US7562077B2Method and apparatus for generating and describing block-level difference information about two snapshotsNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 14, 2009·30 cites·20 claims
- 3286US7162662B1System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumptionNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 9, 2007·42 cites·14 claims
- 3385US7590633B1Format for transmitting file system information between a source and a destinationNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 15, 2009·21 cites·36 claims
- 3483US7624106B1Method and apparatus for generating user-level difference information about two data setsNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 24, 2009·34 cites·29 claims
- 3582US7478101B1System-independent data format in a mirrored storage system environment and method for using the sameNETWORKS APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 13, 2009·36 cites·68 claims
- 3680US7921110B1System and method for comparing data setsNETAPP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 5, 2011·31 cites·35 claims
- 3778US2025021383A1System and method for reference-aware application recreation in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3878US2024311189A1System and method for secure recovery of application group in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3974US7437360B1System and method for communication and synchronization of application-level dependencies and ownership of persistent consistency point imagesNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 14, 2008·21 cites·53 claims
- 4074US7437523B1System and method for on-the-fly file folding in a replicated storage systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 14, 2008·21 cites·41 claims
- 4172US8028135B1Method and apparatus for maintaining compliant storageNETAPP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 27, 2011·18 cites·16 claims
- 4271US12118390B2System and method for secure recovery of application group in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 15, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4371US12056526B2System and method for reference-aware application recreation in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 4471US2024411648A1System and method for optimized scheduling of data backup/restoreDRUVA INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4571US2025315309A1System and method for dynamic resource allocation during data backup/restoreDRUVA INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4668US2023131643A1System and method for reference-aware application identification in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4764US2023185674A1System and method for optimized scheduling of data backup/restoreDRUVA INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4863US9043271B2System and method for managing a plurality of snapshotsPATTERSON HUGO·Filed 2009·Granted May 26, 2015·4 cites·16 claims
- 4961US12299491B2System and method for dynamic resource allocation during data backup/restoreDRUVA INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·10 claims
- 5050US12411705B2System and method for context-aware application management in container deployment environmentsDRUVA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 9, 2025·0 cites·14 claims
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