Patent · US Active

System and method for assigning symbolic names to data streams

US7953879B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Symantec Operating Corporation · US

Inventors

Sree Hari Nagaralu · Darsi, IN
Murali Nagaraj · Pune, IN
Nookala Sunder Phani Kumar · Pune, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2006
Grant date	May 31, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/164
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments of methods and systems for assigning symbolic names to data streams within a file are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method involves receiving a request to access a file that includes multiple data streams and then selecting one of the data streams to be accessed, based on the symbolic name. In response to identifying that one of the data streams is associated with the symbolic name, that data stream is accessed.

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