(under the class definition) Subject matter directed to generic data, file, and directory upkeeping, file naming, and file and database maintenance including integrity consideration, recovery, and versioning.
(1) Note. These subclasses are directed to means and steps for handling of generic files and databases only in computers and digital data processing systems. For the purpose of these definitions, a generic file is defined as a named collection of data. File content and database content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in information processing applications art areas, such as, for example, business data processing machine translation, s:graphics processing, simulation, animation and software development, is classified elsewhere. See the search class notes below.
(2) Note. This subclass is directed to management and maintenance of files and databases in computers and digital data processing systems and accepts subject solutions working within single memories and across multiple memories. Memory accessing and control and memory management, per se, is classified elsewhere.
(3) Note. This subclass is directed to management and maintenance of files and databases in computers and digital data processing systems and accepts only nominal recitations to operator interfaces, icons and other metaphors used in the maintenance of files and databases. File management tools, metaphors or objects with significant operator interface features are classified elsewhere. See the search class notes below.
(4) Note. Formatting and file allocation in memory systems such as direct access storage systems is generally found in the art area directed to the storage system device.
333+, for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in operator interface customization and editioning, and subclasses 467+ for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in font generation and animation.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,
490+, for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in integrated circuit design and analysis environments, and subclass 578 for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in simulation systems.
395, Information Processing System Organization,
500.02+, for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in circuit design, subclasses 500.34+ for file
content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in simulating electronic device and electrical system, subclass 527 for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in emulation systems, per se, and subclasses 701+ for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in software development environments, per se.
704, Data Processing - Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression, 2+, for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in machine translation, per se.
705, Data Processing - Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
1+, for file content authoring, generating, producing, and editing in business data processing.
711, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems - Memory,
100+, for memory accessing and control, per se, and subclasses 154-166 for memory control, maintenance, and management techniques.
