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Data processing apparatus and method of processing data

US8099573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2008
Grant dateJan 17, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store containing specimen data chunks, a manifest store containing at least one manifest that represents at least a part of a data set and that comprises at least one reference to at least one of said specimen data chunks, a sparse chunk index containing information on only those specimen data chunks having a predetermined characteristic, the processing apparatus being operable to process input data into input data chunks and to use the sparse chunk index to identify at least one of said at least one manifest that includes at least one reference to one of said specimen data chunks that corresponds to one of said input data chunks having the predetermined characteristic.

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