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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Connected Data, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA (US);
John B. Turner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Gary Mendelson, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brad Lee Morse, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joel Feaster, Boise, ID (US);
Connected Data, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods for managing user data in a plurality of storage appliances coupled to a wide area network. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods that allow users to view and manipulate files in a shared virtual container. In other embodiments, the present invention also relates to systems and methods that allow users to access virtual containers located on storage appliances that are owned by other users.