US Patent 11283853 Generating a data stream with configurable commonality

One example method includes receiving ‘n’ data streams, where ‘n’ is ≥2, receiving a commonality parameter ‘F’, creating a mixed data stream having a commonality of ‘F’ by mixing data from the ‘n’ data streams together, and outputting the mixed data stream. The mixed data stream may be provided to a deduplication engine for deduplication of stream data that is common to one or more other data streams.