US 12,346,222 B2
System and method for backing up data from edge infrastructures
Boris Shpilyuck, Ashdod (IL); Maxim Balin, Gan-Yavne (IL); and Igor Dubrovsky, Beer Sheva (IL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,160.
Prior Publication US 2025/0138955 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/1464 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1456 (2013.01); G06F 11/1461 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a data backup system, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a lookup manager of the data backup system, a backup request, the backup request comprises a natural language description of at least one backup target;
locating, by the lookup manager and within one or more edge devices of an edge infrastructure, a piece of data implicated by the natural language description as the at least one backup target;
providing, by the lookup manager to a backup manager of the data backup system, backup target information of the at least one backup target based on the locating of the piece of data, the backup target information comprising a location of the piece of data within the edge devices of the edge infrastructure;
generating, by the backup manager, a backup policy based, at least in part, on the backup target information; and
performing, by the backup manager and based on the backup policy, a backing up of the at least one backup target from the edge infrastructure to a target backup location.