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Methods and apparatus for content-aware data de-duplication

US7925683B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2009
Grant dateApr 12, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/974
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The systems and methods partition digital data units in a content aware fashion without relying on any ancestry information, which enables one to find duplicate chunks in unrelated units of digital data even across millions of documents spread across thousands of computer systems.

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