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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jing Huang Chu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacques Joseph Labrie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/100 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/100 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a metadata synchronizer. Data stored on a data storage device connected to a computer is synchronized. At specified intervals, a tool that operates on an object is monitored to identify changes to metadata of that object. When changes to the metadata are identified, an information catalog containing corresponding metadata for the object is updated.