Data storage optimization using an access order resource list
US5819082A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99937
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for optimizing file structures stored on a memory device operatively associated with a computer. Particularly suited to optimizing individual resources within a given file to minimize seek and access time of the storage device, the present invention significantly improves execution speed of computer programs stored on CD-ROM disks. A resource optimizer first lists each resource of a given file as it is accessed, thereby forming a sequential listing of the several resources in order accessed. This list is then appended to the file. A resource arranger is then run which accesses the sequential listing and re-writes the file in access order. As the rewritten files are in resource access order, they improve the execution speed of the application program.
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