Patent ID: 7877567
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method for transporting an image file over a network including at least a first computer and a second computer, the image file comprising a control stream, a data stream, and a cluster map stream, the method comprising: parsing the image file into a plurality of segments including at least a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment comprises the control stream, the cluster map stream, a bitmap stream, a property stream, an audit trail stream, a fix up stream, and a first portion of the data stream and wherein the second segment comprises a second portion of the data stream; sending the first segment from the first computer to the second computer; and sending the second segment from the first computer to the second computer, wherein the cluster map stream includes a record that maps cluster locations of data of a file in a source storage media volume, from which the image file was generated, to its location within the data stream, the location within the data stream specified by a byte offset from the beginning of the data stream and a length.