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US 2017/0286437 A1Published application
Methods and systems for archiving computer files
Assigneeyours.co
InventorsMatthew Stevens, Spencer Lambert, John David Galbraith, Justin Whittaker
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Abstract
A system for archiving data owned by a requester, or an archiver, includes components that enable an archiver to access the requester's data from a third party data storage service (i.e., the Cloud), write the data to a physical archival medium and delivering the physical archival medium on which the data has been archived to the requester. Methods for archiving data are also disclosed.
Claims20
A data archival system, comprising:
- a download server capable of:
- receiving an archive request from a requester;
- receiving authorization to access the requester's data from a third party system;
- interacting with the third party system to retrieve the requester's data;
- organizing the data in a format suitable for archival upon at least one archival medium;
- and
- assembling at least one ISO image of the requester's data to be copied to the at least one archival medium;
- a data staging area for receiving the at least one ISO image;
- and
- an asynchronous recording unit capable of:
- copying data of the at least one ISO image to the at least one archival medium;
- comparing the data stored by the at least one archival medium to the at least one ISO image;
- and
- preparing the at least one archival medium for shipment to an address designated by the requester.
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A method for archiving data, comprising:
- receiving a request from a requester to archive the requester's data stored by a third party system;
- receiving authorization from the requester to access the third party system;
- accessing the requester's data from the third party system;
- indexing the requester's data;
- generating at least one ISO image from at least some of the requester's data;
- copying data of the at least one ISO image to at least one archival medium;
- confirming that the data stored by the at least one archival medium corresponds to the requester's data accessed from the third party system;
- and
- sending the at least one archival medium to an address designated by the requester.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.