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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Kevin Farlee, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Richard Reitmeyer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Maruyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Farlee, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Richard Reitmeyer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Maruyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Traversing hierarchical data is disclosed. A first list of items in a first level of the data is received and sorted in an order. The data of the first level is processed in the order of the sorted first list. If any other level of data is encountered during processing, another list of items in the encountered level is received and sorted in an order. The data is processed in the order of the list.