Data file directories and methods
CA 2045948 C · Owner: Rolfe, Randy Keith · Inventors: Friedl, Theodore John; Gregg, Leon Edward; Rolfe, Randy Keith
Overview
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A data storage medium having the ability to recover from media errors includes a directory located at any desired region of a data storage area with redundant directory pointers at reserved locations. A unique file token is included in the directory entry for each data file and is also included in each extent list where the locations of parts of a fragmented data file are stored. Multiple extent lists are chained in two directions to facilitate reconstruction of the chain if part of the pointer information is lost.
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- Filed June 28, 1991 and granted November 17, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 28, 2013.
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