Method of creating CD-ROM image of files of different format with proper directories to be read by respective operating systems
October 25, 2011. 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.Patent ReferencesSystem for converting digital data from magnetic tape format apparatus and method for converting a sequentially accessible magnetic tape data format to directly accessible write-once disk data format to worm optical disk format Method and apparatus for editing source files of differing data formats using an edit tracking file Method of reading and writing files on nonerasable storage media Write once read many optical disc storage system having directory for storing virtual address and corresponding up-to-date sector address System for producing memory maps by interpreting a descriptor file which identifies and describes the data structures present in memory System for selectively converting plurality of source data structures through corresponding source intermediate structures, and target intermediate structures into selected target structure System for simulating access times of a CD ROM on a hard disk by slowing the operation of the hard disk File accessing system using code name to access selected conversion table for converting simplified file name into original file name Patent #: 5202983 InventorsApplicationNo. 776661 filed on 10/15/1991US Classes:707/200, FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCE711/111, Accessing dynamic storage device711/170, Memory configuring715/533Spell CheckExaminersPrimary: Lall, Parshotam S.Assistant: Kim, Kenneth S. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/40AbstractA method and apparatus for making a single CD-ROM disc useable on computers having unrelated operating systems or for multi-media platforms, specifically, wherein the two different operating systems are Hierarchical File System (HFS) used by Macintosh computers and MS-DOS which is the operating system used by IBM and compatible personal computers. The resulting compact disc is in ISO 9660 format which is a standard of the International Standards Organization which describes a logical format for organizing data on a Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM). In this manner, it is possible to, for example, store two versions of a program on the same CD-ROM, one for execution on Macintosh computers and the other for execution on IBM PC and compatible computers. Thus, data which is to be stored on an ISO 9660 formatted disc can be sent from the producer or supplier of the data to a compact disc presser on a single magnetic medium such as a Bernoulli removable cartridge disk under a single operating system partition.Other References
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