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Volume management method and system for a compilation of content

  • US 6,449,627 B1
  • Filed: 01/21/2000
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing volume container limits in a compilation comprising a plurality of content entities and at least one volume containing the content entities, comprising the steps of:

  • in response to addition, deletion or movement of content within the compilation, for each volume X, A) determine the volume size, B) if the volume size exceeds a predefined maximum, determine the last content entity in the volume, determine if a next volume, X+1, already exists, and if not, create a new volume, move the last content entity from volume X to the beginning of volume, X+1, and repeat steps A) and B);

    C) otherwise, if volume X−

    1 exists, then determine the size of the first content entity in volume X, determine the size of volume X−

    1, If (predefined maximum)−

    (size of X−

    1)>

    (size of first content entity) then move the first content entity from volume X to the end of volume X−

    1, and repeat steps A)-C);

    recalculate the page counts for both volume X−

    1 and X D) determine if volume X is empty if so, delete volume X.

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