Title:
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDEXING FILES AND ADDING ASSOCIATED METADATA TO INDEX AND METADATA DATABASES BASED UPON THE POWER STATE OF A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006012317
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or indexes for index databases. In one exemplary method, different processing priorities are assigned to different indexing tasks based upon the origin of the task. In another exemplary method, indexing tasks are processed in a first mode when a data processing system is in a first power state and indexing tasks are processed in an second mode when the data processing system is in a second power state.
Inventors:
ARROUYE YAN (US)
GIAMPAOLO DOMINIC (US)
CAROL ANDREW (US)
GIAMPAOLO DOMINIC (US)
CAROL ANDREW (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/022536
Publication Date:
April 13, 2006
Filing Date:
June 24, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
APPLE COMPUTER (US)
ARROUYE YAN (US)
GIAMPAOLO DOMINIC (US)
CAROL ANDREW (US)
ARROUYE YAN (US)
GIAMPAOLO DOMINIC (US)
CAROL ANDREW (US)
International Classes:
G06F17/30; G06F1/32; G06F11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2003060774A1 | 2003-07-24 | |||
| WO2003090056A2 | 2003-10-30 |
Foreign References:
| US6067541A | 2000-05-23 | |||
| US20020040442A1 | 2002-04-04 | |||
| US6418535B1 | 2002-07-09 | |||
| US20030084087A1 | 2003-05-01 |
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