Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data

Details Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data

2006-01-06

2010-12-07

Patel, Hetul (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C711S161000, C711S162000, C707S689000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07849257

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data. The embodiment may maintain all previously-written data in a portion of a storage device, such as a hard disk, writable optical media, or memory, for an indefinite period. Old data is not overwritten unless the storage capacity of the storage device is exceeded. Accordingly, prior versions of data may be accessed by the embodiment as desired.

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