Computer file directory system
September 14, 2014. 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 ReferencesProcess for the management of files on a non-erasable information carrier Modular data storage directories for large-capacity data storage units Method of rapidly opening disk files identified by path names 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 Data processing method to create virtual disks from non-contiguous groups of logically contiguous addressable blocks of direct access storage device Optical disk device using high and low data-sensing criteria plus device recalibration for error control Accessing last recorded data in a continuation chain Redundant array parity caching system Method and system for dynamic volume tracking in an installable file system InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 306194 filed on 09/14/1994US Classes:707/203, Version management711/4, Dynamic-type storage device (e.g., disk, tape, drum)711/111, Accessing dynamic storage device711/113CachingExaminersPrimary: Black, Thomas G.Assistant: Pham, C. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 007/22AbstractThe computer system disclosed herein provides an aggregated directory facility which can encompass the file contents of a large number of high capacity storage devices such as CD ROMS and which enables a user to deal those files as though they were in a single physical volume. An age based caching system facilitates access to the most frequently used portions of the aggregated directory. | |
