VIRTUAL STORAGE OF PORTABLE MEDIA FILES
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1. A method of storing files comprising:
- accessing, via a client computer, a source file stored on a portable media drive, said client computer being coupled to a remote storage server via a data communication network, said storage server having allocated storage associated with the portable media device;
partitioning the source file into a plurality of portions; and
storing at least one of the portions of the source file in the allocated storage of storage server.
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Abstract
Storing and/or virtually compressing a file on a virtual file system associated with a portable media drive. The virtual file system includes the portable media drive and allocated storage of a storage server. The file partitioned into a local portion and at least one remote portion. The local portion is stored on the portable media drive and the remote portions are transferred to the storage server. For a virtually compressed file, the storage size of the file on the virtual file system is calculated as a function of the storage size of the local portion on the portable media drive.
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1. A method of storing files comprising:
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accessing, via a client computer, a source file stored on a portable media drive, said client computer being coupled to a remote storage server via a data communication network, said storage server having allocated storage associated with the portable media device; partitioning the source file into a plurality of portions; and storing at least one of the portions of the source file in the allocated storage of storage server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for compressing a file associated with a virtual file system associated with a portable media drive, said virtual file system including the portable media drive and allocated storage of a storage server, comprising:
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connecting the portable media drive to a client computer, said client computer being different than the storage server and having access to the storage server; partitioning the file into a first portion and second portion; transferring the first portion to the allocated storage of storage server storing the second portion on the portable media drive; and calculating a storage size of the file on the virtual file system as function of the storage size of the second portion on the portable media drive. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for decompressing a file associated with a virtual file system associated with a portable media drive, said virtual file system including the portable media drive and allocated storage of a storage server, comprising:
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connecting the portable media drive to a client computer, said client computer being different than the storage server and having access to the storage server; accessing a first portion associated with the file on the portable media drive; determining a reference to a second portion of the file from the first portion; retrieving the second portion to the allocated storage of storage server as a function of the reference; assembling from the first portion and second portions; storing the file on the local storage of the client computer; and calculating a storage size of the file on the virtual file system as a function of the storage size of the file. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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