System, method, and computer program product for providing and incremental retrieval adaptor
First Claim
1. 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.
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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.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer system for accessing and retrieving data, said computer system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of accessing and retrieving data in a computer system having a processor, said method comprising the steps of:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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