METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA

• US 20100257179A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew Carol, Dominic Giampaolo, Yan Arrouye
• Original Assignee: Andrew Carol, Dominic Giampaolo, Yan Arrouye
• Inventors: Giampaolo, Dominic, Carol, Andrew, Arrouye, Yan
• Application Number:
  US12/748,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20100257179A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or indexes of content of files. In one exemplary method, notifications to update a metadata database or an index database are combined into a combined notification. According to other aspects, an order among logical locations on a storage device is determined in order to specify a sequence for scanning for files to be indexed. According to another aspect, a method includes determining whether to index a file based on a path name of the file relative to a plurality of predetermined path names.

Claims

1. A machine implemented method of processing data, the method comprising:

determining whether to index a file based on a file pathname of the file and a plurality of predetermined pathnames;

indexing the file in response to determining that the file is to be indexed.

2. A method as in claim 1 wherein files within predetermined directories are not to be indexed.

3. A method as in claim 2 wherein the predetermined directories are specified at least in part by the plurality of predetermined pathnames and comprise temporary directories and operating system directories.

4. A method as in claim 1 wherein the determining is based on at least a portion of the file pathname.

5. A machine readable medium providing instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method of processing data, the method comprising:

determining whether to index a file based on a file pathname of the file and a plurality of predetermined pathnames;

indexing the file in response to determining that the file is to be indexed.

6. A medium as in claim 5 wherein files within predetermined directories are not to be indexed.

7. A medium as in claim 6 wherein the predetermined directories are specified at least in part by the plurality of predetermined pathnames and comprise temporary directories and operating system directories.

8. A medium as in claim 5 wherein the determining is based on at least a portion of the file pathname.

14. A medium as in claim 5 wherein files within predetermined directories are not to have their metadata added to the metadata database.

15. A medium as in claim 6 wherein the predetermined directories are specified at least in part by the plurality of predetermined pathnames and comprise temporary directories and operating system directories.

16. A medium as in claim 5 wherein the determining is based on at least a portion of the file pathname.

9. A data processing system comprising:

means determining whether to index a file based on a file pathname of the file and a plurality of predetermined pathnames;

indexing the file in response to determining that the file is to be indexed.

10. A system as in claim 9 wherein files within predetermined directories are not to be indexed.

11. A system as in claim 10 wherein the predetermined directories are specified at least in part by the plurality of predetermined pathnames and comprise temporary directories and operating system directories.

12. A method as in claim 9 wherein the determining is based on at least a portion of the file pathname.

13. A machine readable medium providing instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method of processing data, the method comprising:

determining whether to add metadata from a file to a metadata database based on a file pathname of the file and a plurality of predetermined pathnames;

add the metadata of the file into the metadata database in response to the determining.