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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Michael Mast, Howell, MI (US);
Barry Lind, Manistee, MI (US);
Tomas Ruzicka, Brno, CH;
Blackboard Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a system for storing data is provided. The system includes a processor that receives an application request to update a file on a server storage device, and generates, based on the request, a command to update the file on a server storage device. The system also includes a communications module that provides, to the server storage device, the command to update the file on the server storage device. The request is formatted for a file storage protocol of a client storage device, and the command is formatted for a file storage protocol of the server storage device. The command to update the file on the server storage device is not specific to the application generating the application request. Methods and computer-readable mediums are also provided.