TomTom Assigned Patent
Use of long file names in storage systems
By Francis Pelletier | October 12, 2016 at 2:00 pmTomTom International B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been assigned a patent (9,449,021) developed by Slegers, Walter, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Salters, Michiel, Delft, The Netherlands, and Van Den Brand, Jan Willem, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Norway, for a “use of long file names in data storage systems.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage system comprises a data storage device, (2) that comprises a first file system, (4) of a first type and a second file system, (70, 72, 74, 76, 78) of a second, different type, and a file system control means, (92) for controlling file system operations, wherein the file system control means, (92) is configured to receive requests to write files to the first or second file systems, and to write to the second file system, (70, 72, 74, 76, 78) in response to substantially all requests to write files that have at least one predetermined file name property to the first or second file system.“
The patent application was filed on July 10, 2009 (13/383,255).
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