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US 2006/0215291 A1Published application
Data string searching
OwnerGlen Jaquette, Scott Schafferinventors
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Abstract
Searching data string matches, e.g. data stored on magnetic tape cartridges, and is searched by magnetic tape drives. String comparison engines are configured to search data and to indicate matches to search terms, and an identification engine is configured to identify patterns of the matches indicated by selected string comparison engines.
Claims20
Logic comprising:
- a plurality of string comparison engines configured to search data and to indicate matches to search terms;
- and
- an identification engine configured to identify patterns of said matches indicated by selected said string comparison engines.
A magnetic tape drive, comprising:
- a tape drive system for moving a magnetic tape longitudinally;
- at least one read channel configured to read data recorded on a magnetic tape as the tape is moved longitudinally by said tape drive system;
- and
- a search engine configured to search data read by said at least one read channel and to identify matches of strings of data to search terms.
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A service method of searching data, comprising:
- searching a common set of data in parallel and indicating matches of strings of said data to search terms;
- and
- identifying patterns of selected said matches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.