System and method for backing up data

• US 20060218644A1
• Filed: 05/25/2006
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ronald S. Niles, Wai Lam
• Original Assignee: Ronald S. Niles, Wai Lam
• Inventors: Niles, Ronald S., Lam, Wai
• Granted Patent: US 7,765,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 15/04 by changing a part
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/004 based on a displacement or a deformation of a fluid
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/646 compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/102 controlled by a microcomputer cameras with interchangeable lenses G03B17/14
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/17 with reflectors arranged in beam forming the photographic image, e.g. for reducing dimensions of camera
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0046 Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming for optical zoom lenses in general G02B7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0069 using electromagnetic actuators, e.g. voice coils
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 3/10 Power-operated focusing
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 5/00 Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1453 using de-duplication of the data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/137 Hash-based content-based indexing of textual data G06F16/31
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/564 by virus signature recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 : the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 : Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 : Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 : Archiving or backup

Abstract

A method is provided to audit license restrictions of a computer program in an enterprise computing environment. In one example, a digital fingerprint is generated of at least one file in the computer program using a substantially collision-free algorithm, and a digital fingerpring is generated for each file on each computer in the enterprise using the substantially collision-free algorithm. The digital fingerprints from the enterprise files are compared with the digital fingerprint of the computer program file, and the number of fingerprint matches is counted. Another method is provided for inventorying a computer program in an enterprise computing environment. In examples of both methods, a file may be divided into data blocks and a digital fingerprint may be generated for each data block.

Claims

1. A method for auditing license restrictions of a computer program in an enterprise computing environment, comprising:

generating a digital fingerprint of at least one file in the computer program using a substantially collision-free algorithm;

generating a digital fingerprint for each file on each computer in the enterprise using the substantially collision-free algorithm;

comparing the digital fingerprints from the enterprise files with the digital fingerprint of the computer program file; and

comparing the number of fingerprint matches to the number of licenses allowed for the computer program.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dividing the file into data blocks; and

generating a digital fingerprint of at least one data block.

3. A method for inventorying a computer program in an enterprise computing environment, comprising:

generating a digital fingerprint of at least one file in the computer program using a substantially collision-free algorithm;

generating a digital fingerprint for each file on each computer in the enterprise using the substantially collision-free algorithm;

comparing the digital fingerprints from the enterprise files with the digital fingerprint of the computer program file; and

counting the number of fingerprint matches.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

dividing each file into data blocks; and

generating a digital fingerprint of at least one data block.