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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Mark O'connell, Westborough, MA (US);
Michael Kilian, Harvard, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark O'Connell, Westborough, MA (US);
Michael Kilian, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to associating a source string with a target content unit stored on a content addressable storage (CAS) system. This may be accomplished, in some embodiments, by storing on the CAS system an associative content unit that includes the source string in its binding part and includes the target content unit in its non-binding part.