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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Stephen F. Correl, Beaverton, OR (US);
James John Seeger, Portland, OR (US);
Martine Bruce Wedlake, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen F. Correl, Beaverton, OR (US);
James John Seeger, Portland, OR (US);
Martine Bruce Wedlake, Hillsboro, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of references to a plurality of files corresponding to a plurality of devices are stored in a data structure implemented in a computational device, wherein the computational device is coupled to the plurality of devices via a network. Access is enabled to the data structure to a distributed application, wherein the distributed application uses a stored reference in the data structure to determine a file corresponding to a device, and wherein the distributed application performs data transfer operations with the device via the determined file.