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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:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Sujatha Muthulingam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Tsukerman, Foster City, CA (US);
Vishwanath Karra, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas Whyte, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sujatha Muthulingam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Tsukerman, Foster City, CA (US);
Vishwanath Karra, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicholas Whyte, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Oracel International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system of reclaiming storage space in data storage systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a high water mark of a data container is adjusted after data in the data container is compacted. As a result, unused space in the data container can be reclaimed.