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Patent No.:

US 9239855 B1

Date of Patent:

Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2013

Method and system of retrieving data in a data file

Applicant:

Pixia Corp., Reston, VA (US);

Inventors:

Rahul C. Thakkar, Sterling, VA (US);

Scott L. Pakula, Chantilly, VA (US);

Assignee:

PIXIA CORP., Reston, VA (US);

Attorney:

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Chirag R Patel

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 17/30312 (2013.01); G06F 17/30233 (2013.01); H04L 29/08117 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01);

Abstract

A method and system for retrieving at least a portion of a first data file are provided. The method includes receiving a request for the at least a portion of the first data file, the request including a start of the at least a portion and a size of the at least a portion; computing a data offset that is aligned to an integer multiple of a block size of the storage device and nearest to the start of the at least a portion; computing a byte-range that is an integer multiple of the block size of the storage device; reading data within the byte-range; and transmitting the at least a portion starting at an offset relative to the data offset that is aligned to an integer multiple of the block size of the storage device.

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