Patent ID: 9262277
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. An automatic refresh request generation device for a data backup system having a plurality of data backup products, each data backup product connected to a computer network and each data backup product generating records relating to the data backup activity for the data backup product, the device comprising: a computer having a backup engine plug-in that obtains records of data backup activity from the plurality of data backup products and consolidate the records in a database that allows cross-referencing between the records from the plurality of data backup products; and a refresh request unit that operates in the background of the device, the refresh request unit further comprising a timer that determines if an hour of the current day has changed, that checks a string of values to determine if a refresh request is automatically initiated at the hour of the current day and that initiates a refresh request for a particular server-backup product combination.