US5900000A
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System, method, and computer program product for providing and incremental retrieval adaptor
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1998-03-05
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Granted: 1999-05-04
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Expires: 2018-03-05
Abstract
Abstract A computer program product comprising at least one controller to enable a processor to perform incremental changes in storage and retrieval. The at least one controller comprises an incremental storage adaptor for enabling the processor to store a change associated with a base file, rather than modifying the base file by the change and storing the result as a new file. An incremental retrieval adaptor is included for enabling the processor to merge the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file. The incremental retrieval adaptor can perform the merging in response to a call from an application running on the processor or another processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Inventors
- 👤 Roni Korenshtein
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 18:27
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F8/00; G06F8/40; G06F8/41; G06F8/48; G06F8/70; G06F8/71; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A computer system for accessing and retrieving data, said computer system comprising: a processor; a base file; a change associated with the base file, rather than modifying the base file by the change and storing the result as a new file; and an incremental retrieval adaptor for enabling the processor to merge the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from an application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A computer system for accessing and retrieving data, said computer system comprising: a processor; a base file; a change associated with the base file, rather than modifying the base file by the change and storing the result as a new file; and an incremental retrieval adaptor for enabling the processor to merge the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from an application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system according to claim 1, wherein the change is stored in a domained incremental change repository.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system according to claim 2, wherein the call passes information identifying the domained incremental change repository and the base file to the incremental retrieval adaptor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system according to claim 2, wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor interfaces with the domained incremental change repository in a process to form a logical new file.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system according to claim 2, wherein the base file has changes in two or more domained incremental change repositories.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system according to claim 2, wherein the base file has a default domained incremental change repository.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of accessing and retrieving data in a computer system having a processor, said method comprising the steps of: executing an application by the processor; accessing by an incremental retrieval adaptor a base file and a change associated with the base file, rather than accessing a new file resulting from the base file modified by the change; and merging by the incremental retrieval adaptor the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from the application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of accessing and retrieving data in a computer system having a processor, said method comprising the steps of: executing an application by the processor; accessing by an incremental retrieval adaptor a base file and a change associated with the base file, rather than accessing a new file resulting from the base file modified by the change; and merging by the incremental retrieval adaptor the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from the application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the change is stored in a domained incremental change repository.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 8, wherein the call passes information identifying the domained incremental change repository and the base file to the incremental retrieval adaptor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 8, wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor interfaces with the domained incremental change repository in a process to form a logical new file.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 8, wherein the base file has changes in two or more domained incremental change repositories.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 8, wherein the base file has a default domained incremental change repository.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
144 words
An article of manufacture for use in a computer system for accessing and retrieving data in the computer system, said computer system having a processor, said article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program embodied in said medium which may cause the computer system to: execute an application by the processor; access by an incremental retrieval adaptor a base file and a change associated with the base file, rather than accessing a new file resulting from the base file modified by the change; and merge by the incremental retrieval adaptor the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from the application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
144 words
An article of manufacture for use in a computer system for accessing and retrieving data in the computer system, said computer system having a processor, said article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program embodied in said medium which may cause the computer system to: execute an application by the processor; access by an incremental retrieval adaptor a base file and a change associated with the base file, rather than accessing a new file resulting from the base file modified by the change; and merge by the incremental retrieval adaptor the change with the base file thereby forming a logical new file; wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor performs the merging in response to a call from the application running on the processor, and the incremental retrieval adaptor then provides or otherwise makes the logical new file available to the application.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The article of manufacture according to claim 13, wherein the change is stored in a domained incremental change repository.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The article of manufacture according to claim 14, wherein the call passes information identifying the domained incremental change repository and the base file to the incremental retrieval adaptor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The article of manufacture according to claim 14, wherein the incremental retrieval adaptor interfaces with the domained incremental change repository in a process to form a logical new file.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The article of manufacture according to claim 14, wherein the base file has changes in two or more domained incremental change repositories.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The article of manufacture according to claim 14, wherein the base file has a default domained incremental change repository.
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