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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:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Makoto Mitsuda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masanori Ito, Moriguchi, JP;
Masafumi Shimotashiro, Katano, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Yasumori Hino, Ikoma, JP;
Makoto Mitsuda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masanori Ito, Moriguchi, JP;
Masafumi Shimotashiro, Katano, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Yasumori Hino, Ikoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A file management method for reducing a seek operation to a minimum even when a UDF file system is used is provided. The file management method has file management information for managing contiguous blocks on a disc as an extent and for grouping the extent as a file and managing the file, and includes the steps of: when creating a new directory on the disc, reserving as a reserved area for recording file management information on the file a file or a data area in the directory; and reserving a directory block having a predetermined size in the reserved area for recording a file entry of the directory and a file identifier descriptor of the directory.
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