Methods and systems for managing data
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsYan Arrouye, Dominic Giampaolo, Andrew Carol, Steve Zellers
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or index databases. In one exemplary method, a notification that an existing file has been modified or that a new file has been created is received by an indexing software component, which then, in response to the notification performs an indexing operation, where the notification is either not based solely on time or user input or the notification includes an identifier that identifies the file. Other methods in data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.
Claims16
A machine implemented method of processing data, the method comprising:
- determining a file is to be indexed into an indexing database;
- adding an entry representing the file into a list for indexing operations;
- saving the list to a nonvolatile storage.
A machine readable medium providing instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method of processing data, the method comprising:
- determining a file is to be indexed into an indexing database;
- adding an entry representing the file into a list for indexing operations;
- saving the list to a nonvolatile storage.
A data processing system comprising:
- means for determining a file is to be indexed into an indexing database;
- means for adding an entry representing the file into a list for indexing operations;
- means for saving the list to a nonvolatile storage.
A machine readable medium providing instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method of processing data, the method comprising:
- determining a file is to have metadata for the file to be added into a metadata database;
- adding an entry representing the file into a list for metadata processing operations;
- saving the list to a nonvolatile storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.