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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Dustin L. Green, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajeev Nagar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Neal R. Christiansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dustin L. Green, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajeev Nagar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Neal R. Christiansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to an offload provider. In aspects, an offload provider may provide a token that represents data. The offload provider may be expected to ensure that the data the token represents will not change while the token is valid. The offload provider may take actions to ensure the immutability of the data. The actions may be taken, for example, in conjunction with receiving an offload read and/or offload write, and/or in conjunction with receiving another write that, if allowed to proceed, would otherwise change the data represented by the token.