Patent №
US 7,302,452
Granted
2007-11-27
Filed 2003
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10455179
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for use in an operating system for managing requests for files. A request for a switch file from an application is received. The application points to the switch file. Many files may point to the same switch file. Location information for the switch file points to a set of files. A file from the set of files based on system information to form an identified file is identified. The identified file passes to the application. The system information may be already present within the system or passed to the system by a user or process.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 141470663
Assignors
BARFIELD, JANEL GUILLORY, LAMPITT, JOSEPH VERNON, MCLANE, TOMMY LUCAS
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.