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File management system for a partially rewritable storage medium where file management information is created in a rewritable zone based on medium management information in a read only zone
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-27
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Granted: 1996-07-16
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Expires: 2015-03-27
Abstract
Abstract A file management system for a partially rewritable single storage medium increases a Rewritable Zone and an unrewritable Read Only Zone, where a desired number of files and pieces of medium management information, including management information for respective files, are written when the Read Only Zone is manufactured. The file management system comprises a reading device and a creating device. The reading device reads the medium management information written in the Read Only Zone upon commencing the use of the storage medium. The creating device creates, in the Rewritable Zone, file management information necessary for using the storage medium based on the medium management information read from the reading device, according to the usage status of the storage medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiaki Uchida
- 👤 Kenichi Utsumi
- 👤 Masahiro Nakada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:38
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/06; G06F3/0601; G06F3/0602; G06F3/061; G06F3/0613; G06F3/0628; G06F3/0638; G06F3/0643; G06F3/0668; G06F3/0671; G06F3/0673; G06F3/0674; G06F3/0676; G11; G11B; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/21; G11B2220/211
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A file management system for a partially rewritable single storage medium including both a Rewritable Zone and an unrewritable Read Only Zone, said Read Only Zone including a desired number of files and medium management information, said medium management information including pieces of management information for respective said files, said files and medium management information initially being written into said Read Only Zone of said partially rewritable single storage medium during a manufacturing of said partially rewritable single storage medium, said file management system comprising: reading means for reading said medium management information written into said Read Only Zone upon commencing the use of said storage medium; and creating means for creating in said Rewritable Zone file management information based on one of a model of hardware and an operating system necessary for using said storage medium, from said medium management information read by said reading means and contents of said Read Only Zone, upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A file management system for a partially rewritable single storage medium including both a Rewritable Zone and an unrewritable Read Only Zone, said Read Only Zone including a desired number of files and medium management information, said medium management information including pieces of management information for respective said files, said files and medium management information initially being written into said Read Only Zone of said partially rewritable single storage medium during a manufacturing of said partially rewritable single storage medium, said file management system comprising: reading means for reading said medium management information written into said Read Only Zone upon commencing the use of said storage medium; and creating means for creating in said Rewritable Zone file management information based on one of a model of hardware and an operating system necessary for using said storage medium, from said medium management information read by said reading means and contents of said Read Only Zone, upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
89 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 1, further comprising data writing means for comparing a data write request to write request data in a predetermined region of said Read Only Zone with data already written in another region in said Read Only Zone by searching for said another region having the same data contents as the request data, and for determining the request data to have the same contents as the data already written in said another region based on said comparison.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 1, further comprising data writing means for comparing a data write request to write request data in a predetermined region of said Read Only Zone with data already written in another region in said Read Only Zone by searching for said another region having the same data contents as the request data, and for determining the request data not to have the same contents as the data already written in said another region based on said comparison.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 3, wherein: said data writing means further limits the number of reading data from regions to a predetermined number of times, when said data writing means searches for the region in the Read Only Zone where the same data as the data requested to be written are already written.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
86 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 1, further comprising a region supervising means, for use in managing region management information in file management information created in said Rewritable Zone, for examining, at a predetermined timing, control data for a region to be managed in said region management information in the Read Only Zone, and for updating said control data for said region, such that said region becomes unusable, when said control data assigns said region as a usable region.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
86 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 2, further comprising a region supervising means, for use in managing region management information in file management information created in said Rewritable Zone, for examining, at a predetermined timing, control data for a region to be managed in said region management information in the Read Only Zone, and for updating said control data for said region, such that said region becomes unusable, when said control data assigns said region as a usable region.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
86 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 3, further comprising a region supervising means, for use in managing region management information in file management information created in said Rewritable Zone, for examining, at a predetermined timing, control data for a region to be managed in said region management information in the Read Only Zone, and for updating said control data for said region, such that said region becomes unusable, when said control data assigns said region as a usable region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
86 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 4, further comprising a region supervising means, for use in managing region management information in file management information created in said Rewritable Zone, for examining, at a predetermined timing, control data for a region to be managed in said region management information in the Read Only Zone, and for updating said control data for said region, such that said region becomes unusable, when said control data assigns said region as a usable region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 3, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 4, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 5, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
103 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone each store program data and file management information for a predetermined number of target systems defined by the combination of a model and an operating system, and upon the commencing of the use of said storage medium, said reading means selects one of the file management information based on the model and the operating system under which the storage medium is being used, and then said creating means copies said selected file management information into said Rewritable Zone.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the Operating system of a target system.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
50 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein: said pieces of management information for said respective files created in said Read Only Zone include data specifying which programs respectively stored in said files are used for the operating system of a target system.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 23, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
51 words
The file management system for a partially rewritable storage medium according to claim 24, wherein: said desired number of files in said Read Only Zone store data indicating an operating system for a target system and said data includes bit maps created individually for said respective files on a bit-by-bit basis.
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