Method and device for accessing sets of data contained in mass memory
US6470411B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/10768
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of access to data sets stored in a bulk memory. During an access time to a data set, the method provides for reading introduction data and exploiting these. This way the method overcomes the problem of long access times in a bulk memory. The method may notably be used when data sets are arranged sequentially on a sequential data carrier, which is for example the case for songs recorded on a magnetic tape. A device for implementing the method is also defined.
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