Internet-based shared file service with native PC client access and semantics
US7058696B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/95
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-user file storage service and system enables each user of a user group to operate an arbitrary client node at an arbitrary geographic location to communicate with a remote file server node via a wide area network. More than one user of the user group is permitted to access the file group at the remote file server node simultaneously, but the integrity of the files is maintained by controlling access so that each access to one of the files at the remote file server is performed, if at all, on a respective portion of that file as most recently updated at the remote file server node.
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