# US 2013/0159768 A1 · System and method for restoring data

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- Number: US 2013/0159768 A1
- Document ID: US20130159768A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/566,280
- Filed: 2012-08-03
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-03
- Assignees: Invizion Pty Ltd
- Inventors: Gavin Brent McKay; Allan John King; Damien Glenn Jolly
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159768A1

## CPC

- G06F 11/1448: {Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore}
- G06F 11/1469: {Backup restoration techniques}
- G06F 11/1461: {Backup scheduling policy}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method for recovering data using metadata includes the steps of: receiving, at a storage location, data from a computing application; associating, at said storage location, metadata to said data received at said storage location; and storing said data and associated metadata in said storage location; wherein said data stored in said storage location is identifiable by said computing application using said metadata, thereby to recover said data in response to a data recovery event.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for recovering data using metadata, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a storage location, data from a computing application;
associating, at said storage location, metadata to said data received at said storage location; and
storing said data and associated metadata in said storage location;
wherein said data stored in said storage location is identifiable by said computing application using said metadata, thereby to recover said data in response to a data recovery event.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 wherein said computing application is executable on a consumer device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A method according to claim 2 wherein, in said data recovery event, said metadata is extracted from said storage location and transmitted to a data recovery system for analysis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A method according to claim 3 wherein said data recovery system rebuilds said data on said consumer device by identifying said data based on said analysis of said metadata.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A method according to claim 4 wherein said data is rebuilt with said metadata associated thereto.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A method according to claim 4 wherein said data is rebuilt on said consumer device in near real-time.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 wherein said associating comprises appending said metadata to said data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 wherein said storage location is located remotely with respect to said consumer device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

A method according to claim 2 wherein said consumer device is one of: a personal computer; a mobile telephone, a tablet or a like device adapted for communication on a data network.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1 wherein said recovery event comprises a disaster event resulting in loss of said data.

### Claim 11

A system for recovering data using metadata, said system having a storage location for receiving data from a computing application, said storage location comprising:
a receiver for receiving said data from said computing application;
a processor for associating metadata to said data received at said storage location;
memory for storing said data and associated metadata; and
a transmitter for transmitting said data from said server location to said computing application;
wherein said data stored in said storage location is identifiable by said computing application using said metadata, thereby to recover said data in response to a data recovery event.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A system according to claim 11 wherein said computing application is executable on a consumer device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

A system according to claim 12 wherein, in the event of disaster recovery, said metadata is extracted from said storage location and transmitted to a data recovery system for analysis.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A system according to claim 13 wherein said data recovery system rebuilds said data on said consumer device by identifying said data based on said analysis of said metadata.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

A system according to claim 14 wherein said data is rebuilt with said metadata associated thereto.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

A system according to claim 14 wherein said data is rebuilt on said consumer device in near real-time.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

A system according to any one of claim 11 wherein said associating comprises appending said metadata to said data.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

A system according to claim 11 wherein said storage location is located remotely with respect to said consumer device.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

A system according to claim 12 wherein said consumer device is one of: a personal computer; a mobile telephone, a tablet or any like device adapted for communication on a data network.

### Claim 20 (depends on 11)

A system according to claim 11 wherein said recovery event comprises a disaster event resulting in loss of said data.