Patent ID: 8126854
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for performing a backup of a stored object, comprising: receiving an indication that a subsequent version data associated with an object stored by an authoring application in a shared primary storage location on a primary storage device is to be backed up to a backup storage location where an existing instance of the object is stored; copying the subsequent version data to the backup storage location; and invoking, by a backup application, a version control mechanism of the authoring application that created or updated the object stored in the primary storage location to incorporate the subsequent version data as copied to the backup storage location into the existing instance of the object stored in the backup storage location; wherein the version control mechanism of the authoring application is invoked by the backup application programmatically via an API or other interface of the authoring application; and wherein the authoring application is configured to export subsequent version data by storing subsequent version data in the shared primary storage location when a new version of a stored object is saved.