Application specific rollback in a computer system
US6721767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99955
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An application specific rollback system that includes a software application that performs operations requested by a user to generate application specific data. The software application has an application specific rollback module with an index for assisting in locating different states of the application specific data that were generated by the user requests. Also included in the system is a logical view storage that provides an organizational scheme for storage of the application specific data on one of a plurality of storage media, for migration of the application specific data to other ones of the plurality of storage media, for tracking the migration of the application specific data over time, and for maintaining the index of the software application. The application specific rollback module also provides access to a specific version of the application specific data when requested by a user such that the application specific data from a user selected date is accessible.
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