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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. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Paul A. Lovvik, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Junaid A. Saiyed, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Lovvik, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Junaid A. Saiyed, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, there is provided a method and apparatus for receiving a streamed zip file and accessing contents of the zip file's central directory. The zip file is made up of a set of files and a central directory. A zip receiver opens up a stream and reads in the zip file. A zip interface is provided to access the contents of the zip file's central directory as the central directory is received by the zip receiver.