Patent ID: 9286372
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of using a relational database as an underlying structure of a cloud file storage, the method comprising: receiving a first file comprising first content and first non-content information; storing, via a processor, the first non-content information associated with the first file in a a first relational database table; in a case that the first content is binary content, storing the first content in a second relational database table; in a case that the first content is non-binary content, storing the first content in a third relational database table; and in a case that the first content is non-binary content and is of type VARCHAR, (i) segmenting the first content into multiple strings with each string of the multiple strings being stored in a respective row of the third relational database table and (ii) assigning an assembly order identification to each string of the multiple strings so that the multiple strings are ordered based on their respective assembly order identification.