# US 2023/0058752 A1 · Method for control, backup system, and control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0058752 A1 - Document ID: US20230058752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/885,548 - Filed: 2022-08-11 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-20 - Assignees: Buffalo Inc. - Applicants: Buffalo Inc. - Inventors: Tatsuya ONISHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230058752A1 ## CPC - G06F 11/1458: {Management of the backup or restore process} - G06F 11/1456: {Hardware arrangements for backup} - G06F 11/1464: {for networked environments} - G06F 11/1469: {Backup restoration techniques} - G06F 2201/84: Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method includes storing owner information indicating one or more owners of one or more storage devices and one or more owners of one or more backup storages; and enabling at least one of a backup processing and a restoration processing between a first backup storage of the one or more backup storages and a first storage device of the one or more storage devices, under a condition an owner of the first storage device and an owner of the first backup storage match. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: storing owner information indicating one or more owners of one or more storage devices and one or more owners of one or more backup storages; and enabling at least one of a backup processing and a restoration processing between a first backup storage of the one or more backup storages and a first storage device of the one or more storage devices, under a condition an owner of the first storage device and an owner of the first backup storage match. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: enabling an operator to select the first backup storage from the one or more backup storages; and extracting at least one storage device owned by the owner of the selected backup storage, and enabling the operator to select the first storage device based on an extraction result. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: preventing the operator from selecting a storage device of the one or more storage devices that has not been extracted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: outputting only the at least one extracted storage device as an option to the operator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: enabling an operator to select the first storage device from the one or more storage devices; and extracting at least one backup storage owned by an owner of the first selected storage device, and enabling the operator to select the first backup storage based on an extraction result. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, further comprising: preventing the operator from selecting a backup storage of the one or more backup storages that has not been extracted. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, further comprising: outputting only the at least one extracted backup storage as an option to the operator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: storing administrator information indicating one or more administrators of the one or more storage devices and one or more administrators of the one or more backup storages; enabling the operator to select the first storage device for which at least one of the backup processing and the restoration processing is executed from the one or more storage devices, wherein the operator is an administrator of the first storage device; and enabling the operator to select the first backup storage for which at least one of the backup processing and the restoration processing is executed from the one or more backup storages, wherein the operator is an administrator of the first backup storage. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein a storage device that has not been extracted is set to not be selectable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, further comprising, outputting a storage device that has not been extracted as another option to the operator in a first form different from a second form of the at least one extracted storage device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising: outputting warning information under a condition the storage device that has not been extracted is selected. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising: receiving a canceling operation for cancelling a selection operation under a condition the storage device that has not been extracted is selected. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: storing executability information that is set by the one or more owners of the one or more storage devices and indicates whether at least one of the backup processing and the restoration processing is executable for the one or more storage devices; and preventing an operator from selecting a storage device for which at least one of the backup processing and the restoration processing is set to be inexecutable, based on the executability information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the operator is a person different from the one or more owners of the first storage device. ### Claim 15 A backup system comprising: one or more storage devices; one or more backup storages; and a control device configured to control at least one of a backup processing and a restoration processing of data between the one or more storage devices and the one or more backup storages via a network, store owner information indicating one or more owners of the one or more storage devices and one or more owners of the one or more backup storages, and enable at least one of the backup processing and the restoration processing between a first backup storage of the one or more backup storages and a first storage device of the one or more storage devices under a condition the owner of the first storage device and the owner of the first backup storage match each other. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 1. ### Claim 17 A control device comprising circuitry configured to: store owner information indicating one or more owners of one or more storage devices and one or more owners of one or more backup storages; and enable at least one of a backup processing and a restoration processing of data between a first backup storage of the one or more backup storage and a first storage device of the one or more storage devices under a condition the owner of the first storage device and the owner of the first backup storage match each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The control device of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: compare the owner of the first storage device to the owner of the first backup storage device to determine a match. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The control device of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: enable an operator to select the first storage device from the one or more storage devices; and extract at least one backup storage owned by the owner of the first selected storage device, and enable the operator to select the first backup storage based on an extraction result. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The control device of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: prevent an operator from selecting a backup storage of the one or more backup storages that has not been extracted.