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Remote automated volume mounting

US8572215B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 2007
Grant dateOct 29, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/305
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for remotely and automatically mounting volumes over a network. The invention uses an interface, such as a web browser, to authenticate a client on a server. The server supplies volume mounting parameters specific to the authenticated client via a plug-in installed on the client. The plug-in then interacts, in one embodiment of the invention, with file system software on the client and automatically mounts the volume(s) in accordance with the supplied parameters.

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