Patent №
US 9,239,762
Granted
2016-01-19
Filed 2009
Owner
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12539571
The virtualization of file system placeholders is described. In one embodiment, a method for virtualizing placeholders includes monitoring placeholder creation initiated by at least one archival operation, generating placeholder data in a separate data store from a file system, wherein the placeholder data comprises a plurality of placeholders that correspond with a plurality of archived files, and servicing access requests for at least one archived file of the plurality of archived files using the placeholder data.
AI classification
Ownership
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
assignment · 230930755
Assignors
GUNDA, LAXMIKANT VITHAL, SHANMUGHAM, PILLAI BIJU
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.