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Application: US8762658B2

Matter Number US8762658B2
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Reference Case 1 US8762658B2
Reference Case 2
Created 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
Modified 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
Id 3,494
Content
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing data with an empty data segment directive at the storage device. The apparatus, system, and method for managing data include a write request receiver module and a data segment token storage module. The write request receiver module receives a storage request from a requesting device. The storage request includes a request to store a data segment in a storage device. The data segment includes a series of repeated, identical characters or a series of repeated, identical character strings. The data segment token storage module stores a data segment token in the storage device. The data segment token includes at least a data segment identifier and a data segment length. The data segment token is substantially free of data from the data segment.
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