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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Webster, NY (US);
Naveen Sharma, Fairport, NY (US);
Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Webster, NY (US);
Naveen Sharma, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system including a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), the method and system further including a storage station having geographically separated MFDs for permitting users to store information generated by the plurality of MFDs in operable communication with the locale aware DFS; wherein the information is stored on a plurality of storage stations based on a weighted undirected graph generated from a plurality of dynamically monitored user behaviors, required level of replications, and selection rules to pick the points of storage.