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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2004
Lambertus Hesselink, Atherton, CA (US);
Dharmarus Rizal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric S. Bjornson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lambertus Hesselink, Atherton, CA (US);
Dharmarus Rizal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric S. Bjornson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Applications, systems and methods for efficiently accessing and controlling data of devices among multiple computers over a network. Communication of data over one or more networks may be managed by means of one or more connection servers which may also manage any or all of authentication, authorization, security, encryption and point-to-multipoint communications functionalities. Alternatively, computers may be connected over a wide area network without a connection server, and with or without a VPN. In any case, file structure integrating means are configured to integrate a file structure of accessible files accessed at a second or first computer, into a file structure contained at the first or second computer, respectively.