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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Niel Orcutt, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Assignee:
PowerQuest Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/202 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/202 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for canonizing, defragmenting, and improving the storage efficiency of advanced file systems stored in one or more disk partitions. Partition and file manipulations are performed without destroying user data, making it unnecessary to copy data to tape or other intermediate storage and wipe the partition clean. Advanced file system features, such as relocatable file system structures and multiple data streams, are treated appropriately during the manipulations.