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Consumer share quota feature

US8402051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 2009
Grant dateMar 19, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/067
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system and method that that allows device administrators to set disk quotas for each share of a server. Quotas are set and enforced per share. The quota specifies the total disk space the share may consume on the device. When a share reaches or exceeds the set quota the share can no longer be written to.

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