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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Mahesh K. Sreenivas, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stefan R. Steiner, Sammamish, WA (US);
Arkadi Brjazovski, Redmond, WA (US);
Sameet H. Agarwal, Redmond, WA (US);
Mahesh K. Sreenivas, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stefan R. Steiner, Sammamish, WA (US);
Arkadi Brjazovski, Redmond, WA (US);
Sameet H. Agarwal, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A file namespace hierarchy bypass and method to access files are provided. The bypass can be employed, for example, as a computer-readable medium with instructions for generating a unique identifier associated with a file and instructions for accessing the file based on the unique identifier and a specified search space. A computer-readable medium having instructions for obtaining the unique identifier and specified search space associated with the file and instructions for generating a path designation by combining the unique identifier and the specified search space used to access the file may also be employed. The method for bypassing the namespace hierarchy of the file, for example, may include passing the unique identifier and specified search space to a program and accessing the file based on a path designation generated by the program by combining the unique identifier and specified search space.