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EP 1977348 A1 20081008 - EVENT STRUCTURED FILE SYSTEM (ESFS)

Title (en)

EVENT STRUCTURED FILE SYSTEM (ESFS)

Title (de)

EREIGNISSTRUKTURIERTES DATEIENSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME DE FICHIERS STRUCTURÉ PAR ÉVÉNEMENTS

Publication

EP 1977348 A1 20081008 (EN)

Application

EP 07701720 A 20070126

Priority

CA 2007000097 W 20070126
US 76250206 P 20060127
CA 2534170 A 20060127

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2007085083A1] A computer storage file system structured without the use of tables or indexes, instead using a sequence of a small but extensible number of predefined Event types in a logical sequence that describes the complete historical state and content of the file system, Events being actions taken upon objects, objects being at least a directory or a file, optionally with associated user data.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 16/16 (2018.12)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2007085083 A1 20070802; EP 1977348 A1 20081008; EP 1977348 A4 20100804

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 2007000097 W 20070126; EP 07701720 A 20070126