Patent ID: 7620652

Claim:
A method for efficiently processing a structured data file, the structured data file including one or more pieces of content, comprising: parsing the structured data file by: creating a first record in an intermediate file, the first record corresponding to a starting tag in the structured data file and having information regarding the starting tag and a content type field identifying the first record as corresponding to a starting tag; creating a second record in the intermediate file, the second record corresponding to a piece of content in the structured data file, the second record containing one or more descriptors containing information regarding the content, wherein the second record includes an offset indicting a position for said piece of content relative to a point in said structured data file; creating a third record in the intermediate file, the third record corresponding to an ending tag in the structured data file and having information regarding the ending tag and a content type field identifying the third record as corresponding to an ending tag; and formatting said intermediate file in a way that allows data from the structured data file to be accessed using both said intermediate file and the structured data file together.