Patent for Disaster Recovery in Cloud Computing Environment Issued to International Business Machines Corporation

The United States Patent Office has issued patent no. 20110258481 to International Business Machines Corporation for a system of deploying a virtual machine for disaster recovery in a cloud computing environment. This patent, invented by Eric R. Kern, utilizes cloud computing machinery to flag and store virtual machine copies in remote data centers, enabling data processing operations to be redirected in the event of a disaster.

Key Takeaways:

• The patent, titled "Deploying A Virtual Machine For Disaster Recovery In A Cloud Computing Environment", was assigned to International Business Machines Corporation.
• The system involves deploying a virtual machine in a cloud computing environment, flagging it for disaster recovery, and storing a copy of the flagged VM in a remote data center.
• The cloud operating system configures the remote data center to replace data processing operations of the flagged VM in the local data center with data processing operations of the copy when the flagged VM is lost through disaster.
• The patent was filed on April 14, 2010, under Application No. 759976.
• The patent provides a system for disaster recovery in cloud computing environments, ensuring business continuity and data protection in the event of a disaster.
• Eric R. Kern developed this patented system, and it is available for further information through the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Statistics:

• Patent number: 20110258481
• Issued on: October 20 (no specific year mentioned in the source)
• Application number: 759976
• Filing date: April 14, 2010
• Inventor: Eric R. Kern
• Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

Sources:

• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Deploying A Virtual Machine For Disaster Recovery In A Cloud Computing Environment" (Patent No. 20110258481 - October 20) [1]
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: Application No. 759976 (filing date: April 14, 2010) [2]