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Method and system for managing file system access and interaction

US10803027B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 2015
Grant dateOct 13, 2020
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/168
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In general, embodiments of the invention relate managing the interaction of applications with one or more file systems and/or data managed by the file systems. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to providing applications with access to an overlay file system (OFS) and then servicing OFS operations using a file system module and one or more underlay file systems (UFSes) that are not directly accessible to the applications.

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