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Accessing and providing access to computer files over a computer network

US8930401B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

22Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Steven M. French · Austin, US
Venkateswararao Jujjuri · Beaverton, US
Anthony Nicholas Liguori · Bainbridge Island, US
Badari Pulavarty · Beaverton, US
Eric Van Hensbergen · Austin, US
Aneesh K. Veetil · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2010
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2213/0038
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided that may relate to controlling access to or accessing computer files over a computer network. A file server may execute on a first computer system and a client may execute on a second computer system. The client may be configured to send a first communication to the file server relating to a first computer file stored on the first computer system. The first communication may include first access control data associated with the first computer file. The file server may be configured to receive the first communication and extract the first access control data from the first communication. The file server may then store the extracted first access control data in extended attributes of the first computer file on the first computer system.

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