Patent
1995-11-30
1998-03-17
Black, Thomas G.
395620, G06F 1730
Patent
active
057297436
ABSTRACT:
A computer apparatus and method for merging system deltas, and more particularly, to a computer apparatus and method for 1) merging a number of system deltas with a copy of a system's files (primary input stream) to create a revised copy of a system's files (primary output stream), 2) merging a plurality of system deltas with one another to create a compiled system delta, 3) creating inverse system deltas, and 4) merging inverse system deltas as in 1) and 2), supra. The methods may be used to save, construct and/or retrieve current and historical system states. The apparatus and method may be used in conjunction with a computer backup process, version manager, or the like.
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U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 08/039,702 filed Mar. 30, 1993.
Black Thomas G.
DeltaTech Research, Inc.
Min Donald
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