STORAGE OPTIMIZATIONS BY DIRECTORY COMPACTION IN A FAT FILE SYSTEM

Patent №

US 8,429,331

Granted

2013-04-23

Filed 2008

Owner

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12326915

Storage optimizations by directory compaction in a file allocation table (FAT) file system. The method comprises determining if a cluster comprises a deleted content, indicating that the deleted content is deleted, and updating an entry of a FAT associated with the cluster to indicate that the cluster is free. The method may also comprise indicating that the deleted content is deleted and modifying a metadata of at least one of a file of the cluster and a directory of the cluster according to a specified protocol.

AI classification

AI hardware0.91
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Ownership

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

assignment · 299220396

Assignors

MUNEGOWDA, KESHAVA, RAJU, VEERAMANIKANDAN, JOSHI, ROHIT

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