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Method and system of managing data files

  • US 9,947,072 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of updating a container file of data files, the container file having a container file metadata section and one or more empty records, each record of the one or more empty records comprising:

  • (i) a data file section reserved for storing a data file, (ii) a file metadata section reserved for storing metadata about the data file, and (iii) a record metadata section including information about the record and having at least a record status mark indicating that the record is empty, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more processors configured to execute processing operations, the method comprising;

    setting, by the one or more processors, the record status mark of the one or more empty records to being updated;

    writing, by the one or more processors, one or more records containing the data file into the one or more empty records within the container file;

    if writing the one or more records is successful, resetting, by the one or more processors, the record status mark to valid after writing the one or more records; and

    updating, by the one or more processors, the container file metadata to reflect a number of records in the container file.

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