Patent ID: 6219766
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for skipping back to a desired logical record within a physical block of a storage medium, said physical block comprising one of a plurality of physical blocks of said storage medium, said method comprising:(i) evaluating a current block to determine a number of logical records in the current block;(ii) determining whether the desired logical record is within the current block using said number of records in the current block, and if so, providing a pointer to the desired logical record for skipping back to said desired logical record; andwherein said determining (ii) comprises evaluating whether the number of logical records in the current block is greater than or equal to a number of logical records left to be skipped before reaching said desired logical record, and if yes, said providing comprises setting said pointer to the desired logical record within the current block for skipping back to.