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Apparatus and method for searching files

  • US 7,111,015 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2002
  • Issued: 09/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A file searching apparatus which forms a hierarchical structure of directories and manages files, wherein:

  • a management table which is associated with a particular directory within said hierarchical structure of directories and which records at least one of a name of a subdirectory located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, and a name of a file located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, andsaid management table is supplied for accessing, from said particular directory, a directory or a file in a directory different from said particular directory, and comprises at least one of imaging date directories and image data files of a file structure.

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