File name length augmentation method

Patent 5307494 Issued on April 26, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 26, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 026193 filed on 02/26/1993

US Classes:

707/200FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCE

Examiners

Primary: Shaw, Dale M.
Assistant: Shin, Christopher B.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

International Class

G06F 007/10

Foreign Application Priority Data

1987-08-05 JP

Abstract

A method of augmenting the length of the name of a file in a computer system which allows the use of file names longer than otherwise allowed by the system. A file name table is searched for a table entry corresponding to a long provisional name. An actual file name contained in the corresponding table entry is used to access the file.