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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:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Hayward, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Kennedy Calhoun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steve Swen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/110 ;
Abstract
Aspects for ensuring the integrity of a cache file utilized by an application program interface of a computer system are provided. A method aspect includes forming a checksum with a modification date value of each of a plurality of files, storing the checksum in the cache file, and utilizing the checksum to validate data in the cache file.