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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Ephraim Meriwether Vishniac, Arlington, MA (US);
Marshall A. Isman, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Bay, Arlington, MA (US);
H. Mark Bromley, Lyndeborough, NH (US);
John L. Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ephraim Meriwether Vishniac, Arlington, MA (US);
Marshall A. Isman, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Bay, Arlington, MA (US);
H. Mark Bromley, Lyndeborough, NH (US);
John L. Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ab Initio Technology LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing data includes receiving individually accessible data units, each identified by a key value; storing a plurality of blocks of data, each of at least some of the blocks being generated by combining a plurality of the data units; and providing an index that includes an entry for each of the blocks. One or more of the entries enable location, based on a provided key value, of a block that includes data units corresponding to a range of key values that includes the provided key value.