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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Christopher Seigle, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30371 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for utilizing a validity map to indicate whether an overwriting data portion of user data is received. In the method and apparatus, a plurality of data portions of user data are received, whereby each data portion of the plurality of data portion may overwrite another data portion. A validity map may be utilized to indicate whether a data portion is an overwriting data portion. The validity map may be utilized for retrieving the data portion instead of the data portion being replaced.