Patents by Inventor Zhimin Jian

Zhimin Jian has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for creating archives on removable mass storage media and archive server
    Patent number: 6199072
    Abstract: A method for creating archives on removable mass storage media, comprising steps of: digitizing data to be archived into digitized archives; extracting record information representing details about the archives; storing the record information in archive directory files; and storing the digitized archives and archive directory files onto the removable mass storage media. Also described is a digital archive server for loading archives created by the method of the invention. The server reads the archive directory files and loads them into the database of the digital library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Jian, Zhong Tian