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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Zheng Lin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Class, Snohomish, WA (US);
Benjamin W. Schwarz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeremy S. Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Beau A. Belgrave, Sammamish, WA (US);
Zheng Lin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Class, Snohomish, WA (US);
Benjamin W. Schwarz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeremy S. Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Beau A. Belgrave, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments of dynamic replication of networked files, a process that utilizes file system objects is executed on a computing device. A file system request that is initiated by the process for a requested file system object can be intercepted, and a determination is made as to whether the requested file system object exists based on file system metadata. The file system request from the process is returned if the requested file system object is stored on the computing device. Alternatively, replication of the requested file system object is initiated from a networked peer device that has the requested file system object to replicate the file system object to the computing device. Alternatively, an indication that the requested file system object does not exist can be returned to the process.