Methods and systems for managing data

• US 8,793,232 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Arrouye, Yan, Giampaolo, Dominic, Carol, Andrew, Zellers, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US13/408,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20120216206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 707/625, 707/634, 707/688, 707/693, 707/696, 707/741, 707/751, 707/700, 707/821, 707/711, 707/746, 707/747, 707/748, 707/750, 707/812, 707/830, 709/224
• US Class Current: 707/696
• 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 16/134 Distributed indices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/328 Management therefor

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