Managed peer-to-peer applications, systems and methods for distributed data access and storage
First Claim
1. A method of backing up data, said method comprising:
- securely connecting at least first and second privately addressed computers over a network, wherein at least one of said computers is connectable to the network through a firewall element, sending at least a portion of a first version of a file from the first computer to the second computer;
comparing the at least a portion of the first version with a corresponding at least a portion of a second version of the file stored at the location of the second computer; and
saving at least one of said at least a portion of the first version and at least a portion of the second version at the location of the second computer.
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Abstract
Applications, systems and methods for backing up data include securely connecting at least first and second privately addressed computers over a network, wherein at least one of the computers is connectable to the network through a firewall element. At least a portion of a first version of a file is sent from the first computer to the second computer. The file or portion of a file sent from the first computer is compared with a corresponding version of the file or portion stored at the location of the second computer, and at least one of the versions is saved at the location of the second computer. Systems, applications, computer readable media and methods for providing local access to remote printers, including connecting remote printers over a wide area network to a user computer; displaying an indicator including at least one of a graphical indicator and text for each remote printer that is connected, on a display associated with the user computer; selecting an indicator for the remote printer that is to be printed to; and printing a file stored locally on a local storage device associated with the user computer at the remote printer; wherein at least one of said user computer and the selected remote printer is located behind a firewall, respectively.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of backing up data, said method comprising:
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securely connecting at least first and second privately addressed computers over a network, wherein at least one of said computers is connectable to the network through a firewall element, sending at least a portion of a first version of a file from the first computer to the second computer;
comparing the at least a portion of the first version with a corresponding at least a portion of a second version of the file stored at the location of the second computer; and
saving at least one of said at least a portion of the first version and at least a portion of the second version at the location of the second computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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15. A method of providing local access to remote printers, said method comprising the steps of:
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connecting remote printers over a wide area network to a user computer;
displaying an indicator including at least one of a graphical indicator and text for each remote printer that is connected, on a display associated with the user computer;
selecting an indicator for the remote printer that is to be printed to; and
printing a file stored locally on a local storage device associated with the user computer at the remote printer;
wherein at least one of said user computer and the selected remote printer is located behind a firewall, respectively.
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