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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Smriti Thakkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Tony T. Wong, Cary, NC (US);

Pooja Mahadik, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/137 (2019.01); G06F 16/152 (2019.01);
Abstract

One example method includes finding an Ln segment in a namespace, and adding the Ln segment to a fingerprint hashtable, scanning a container set and locating Ln in the container set, looking for Ln in the fingerprint hashtable, when Ln is found in the fingerprint hashtable, deleting Ln from the fingerprint hashtable, otherwise, retaining Ln in the fingerprint hashtable, when Ln is found in in the fingerprint hashtable, adding all fingerprints, pointed to by Ln, to the fingerprint hashtable, and when all levels of a tree that includes Ln have been checked, identifying as missing, any fingerprints still remaining in the fingerprint hashtable.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Thakkar, Smriti. (2026). Method and apparatus to verify file metadata in a deduplication filesystem (U.S. Patent No. 12561288). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12561288

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