ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,699, issued on May 27, was assigned to PME IP PTY LTD (Richmond, Australia).
"Fast file server methods and systems" was invented by Malte Westerhoff (Berlin) and Detlev Stalling (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides, in one aspect, an improved system for data access comprising a file server that is coupled to a client device or application executing thereon via one or more networks. The server comprises static storage that is organized in one or more directories, each containing, zero, one or more files. The server also comprises a file system operable, in cooperation with a file system on the client device, t...