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Mechanism for achieving transparent network computing

  • US 6,446,253 B1
  • Filed: 03/19/1999
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transparently transferring data between a plurality of different resources, wherein each of the plurality of resources is physically accessed using a different protocol, the method comprising the steps of:

  • for each of the resources, providing a module associated with an implementation of the protocol associated with the resource; and

    for each of the resources, providing a logical identifier associated with a user interface to the resource, wherein the logical identifier is mapped to the module associated with the implementation of the protocol, and wherein a user can indicate that one of the resources should be accessed using only a respective one of the logical identifiers such that the implementation of the protocol associated with the resource is maintained separately from the user interface.

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