Providing requested file mapping information for a file on a storage device
US7308463B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A resolve agent for providing requested file mapping information for a file on a storage device. The agent comprises an application programming interface through which file identifying information is provided to the resolve agent and the requested file mapping information provided by the resolve agent; and file system logic configured to ascertain the requested file mapping information from file data structures on the storage device according to a file system that created the file data structure on the storage device.
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