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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Pixia Corp., Reston, VA (US);
Rahul C. Thakkar, Leesburg, VA (US);
Scott L. Pakula, Chantilly, VA (US);
Rudolf O. Ernst, Leesburg, VA (US);
PIXIA CORP., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems of managing data files are described herein. One method includes updating a container file of data files having a container file metadata section and one or more empty records, each record of the one or more empty records having: (i) a data file section reserved for storing a data file, (ii) a file metadata section reserved for storing metadata about the data file, and (iii) a record metadata section including information about the record and having at least a record status mark indicating that the record is empty. The method includes setting the record status mark of the one or more empty records to being updated; writing one or more records containing the data file into the one or more empty records within the container file. After successfully writing the one or more records resetting the record status mark to valid.